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2 months ago in Health Operations By Shubham

Can we think of healthy habits as a kind of "process medicine"?

We prescribe medications. Could we prescribe processes—like a smoking cessation program or an exercise regimen—as a form of medicine?

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By Natasha Answered 1 month ago

Absolutely. In operations terms, that's exactly what "process medicine" means: the service delivery of health-promoting activities. It's not a pill or a device. It's a designed sequence of interactions, reminders, and supports aimed at changing behavior and improving health. A smoking cessation program isn't a product. It's a value-adding operational process. Thinking of it as "medicine" reframes prevention from optional advice to core treatment. The intervention isn't the drug. It's the process.

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