We help people & organizations improve complex illness health outcomes.
For Individuals
People Navigating Complex Illness Who Want Better Outcomes
For Professionals
Care Professionals Helping People with Complex Illness Who Want Better Outcomes
For Organizations
Organizations Governing Employing, Financing, or Paying Care Professionals
Military Intelligence Frameworks Applied to Health, Wellness & Human Services Problems
“[Tenay is a] …brilliant leader who gets after tough problems.”
– Dustin Shultz, Major General (Retired), U.S. Army
We improve holistic health literacy & systemic empowerment through three groups:
“This problem is solvable, together.”
What are the Top Killers of Americans?
Complex illnesses harm more than one system of a person’s body & more than one domain of a person’s life. They include many genetic, rare, congenital, developmental, chronic & event-triggered illnesses.
Healing from complex illness requires coordinated, collaborative care across all three care sectors, all four care models, all seven healing stages & all seven life domains–something our fragmented, acute-focused U.S. healthcare, wellness, and human services sectors are not designed to do.
The numbers have been telling this painful story:
– 75% of U.S. deaths are caused by chronic illnesses alone.
– Eight of the top ten killers of Americans are chronic illnesses. Five of those have been on that list for 50 to 100 years.
– 194 million adults and 22 million children have at least one complex illness; many have more than one. That’s 3 in 4 adults and 2 in 5 children.
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Our Approach
We combine our personal & professional experience plus academic research & industry innovations to curate our complex illness care model:
- Collaborative care across health, wellness, and human services sectors
- Coordinated care across the seven stages of complex illness healing (aligned to Western, Eastern, alternative, and holistic care models
- Holistic care that pursues thriving in all seven life domains of a person’s health
Explore our evidence-based approach for complex illness overcomers, their caregivers, as well as the care professionals who help them.
System-of-Systems Approaches to Improving Complex Illness Health Outcomes
“[Brett is…] a master at bringing structure to ambiguity & has a rare talent for discerning the appropriate direction & steps necessary to arrive at the intended destination.”
– Calvin Watson, Serial Entrepreneur
Featured Keynote: Win the War on Complex Illness
Retiring Army Lieutenant Colonel, Tenay Benes, offers her featured keynote for health, wellness & human services organizations to apply her revolutionary military intelligence frameworks to improve complex illness outcomes.
~ As featured in the All-American Entertainment speakers bureau directory.
~ As featured in the A-Speakers international speakers bureau directory.
Powerful Keynote: Heal or Die
Complex illness overcomer, Tenay Benes, offers a powerful keynote for complex illness sufferers & their caregivers, patient associations & civic organizations to more effectively navigate the fragmented U.S. care ecosystem for improved complex illness outcomes.
The Care We Need Website
The Care We Need is a whole-person care coordination & collaboration platform built for clients navigating complex illness & the professionals who serve them. Its flagship feature is a client-professional matching referral system.
The Care We Need Podcast
We explore healing complex illness through honest conversations with patients, caregivers, clinicians & thought leaders. Designed for both those navigating illness & the professionals who treat them, we shares practical tools, systemic insights, & compassionate strategies to improve outcomes.
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