Patient Engagement
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules on patient record disclosures to ensure substance use disorder patients can participate in new integrated healthcare models without risk of having their records shared inappropriately.
Physicians need to have and share analytical information to deliver quality care that drives down costs. But too often valuable findings aren't making it to the right people, according to Deloitte's Dorrie Guest.
As part of the development of four new operating rooms, the University of Michigan Health System announced Monday that it will become one of the first hospitals in the country to integrate new neurosurgical imaging equipment called BrightMatter.
Six hospitals in the North Carolina-based Vidant Health system will join Winston-Salem's Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Telestroke Network by the end of the year, Wake Forest Baptist announced in a statement Wednesday.
To become a reality, the promise of patient engagement requires good data, communication, transparency, quality measures, and most importantly, listening to the patient's goals, according to experts interviewed Tuesday by The Hill's Bob Cusack and Sarah Ferris.
As taxi companies like Uber and Lyft continue to pick up billions in funding, the surging interest in similar on-demand services is trickling over to healthcare startups.
It's a powerful draw for hospitals and other health care providers scrambling to adjust to sweeping changes in how they're paid for the care they provide. Whether the emails actually trigger an empathetic connection or not, the idea of tailoring regular electronic communications to patients counts as an innovation in health care with potential to save money and improve quality.
A spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but that's hardly useful if a patient doesn't remember to take it in the first place.
There are perhaps 250 to 300 patient advocates for hire in the United States, one professional association estimates. They can help decipher complex information and guide patients and loved ones.
According to a recent Gallup poll, the medical professionals who take care of us when we are injured and sick, specifically nurses, medical doctors and pharmacists, are the most honest and ethical professionals in the workforce.