At MedCity News’ INVEST conference Monday, panelists in a session on patient-centric care talked about the impact of the pandemic. While Covid-19 has sparked some improvements, like greater access to virtual care, they said more change is needed.
Panelists at HLTH's patient engagement track, hosted by MedCity News, zeroed in on three strategies for achieving patient centricity: building trust, engaging health navigators and providing easy-to-understand health information.
We should encourage and inspire patients and families to make the decision to opt-in and share their data with trusted research organizations and foundations.
The bottom line is that good patient experience can drive higher hospital profitability and those experiences correlate closely with better care.
We live in a pre-Copernican model where all of the planets float around the healthcare system, including the patient. What we need is the patient at the center. We need to put the sun where it belongs.
Reaching your patients through the technology they already use is key to patient engagement, and email and text are the most effective way to reach patients of all ages.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Two things were missing from previous attempts by the Institute of Medicine to shine light on the epidemic of medical harm in U.S. healthcare: diagnostic error and a patient-centered approach to fixing the many problems.
Everyone's talking patient empowerment, patient safety and patient engagement, but often, patients themselves are an afterthought.
There is a significant effort underway in healthcare to ensure that patient and family goals guide the therapies and care that patients choose to receive.
With docs buried in EHRs, scanning tablet-ready genomics information and monitoring the various (interoperable!) devices – all the while tracking, say, their own Facebook feeds – how much actual attention does the individual patient get? Here’s a pretty astute take on patient-centered care from Sachin Jain, a lecturer on health policy at Harvard University, and […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Today’s #Path2Cures panel is a great reminder that patients need to be at the heart of all we do. — Nick Valeriani (@njvaleriani) June 24, 2014 Dr. Martin Harris, Chief Information Officer of Cleveland Clinic, has the best idea about how to cope with HIPAA that I’ve heard in a long time: Give patients the […]
As the healthcare landscape continues to move toward team-based care, pharmacists are playing a significant role in improving patient outcomes. One of the most important ways pharmacists can take an active role is by providing Medication Therapy Management (MTM). Uncovering the benefits For patients, a Comprehensive Medication Review (CMR) conducted during an MTM consultation provides […]
Medical errors are part of medical practice. No matter how hard the healthcare system tries, no treatment will be free of risk. We need to accept that and start making better decisions.
Apple had the early advantage in the BYOD trend at hospitals. The iPad was the tablet of choice among doctors when the cool factor was the most important criteria. Now the need to actually get work done has taken top priority and Microsoft is aiming to make Surface the tablet of choice. The Surface Pro […]
Charlotte Yeh was an emergency physician for eight years, but it was not until she was hit by a car that she experienced the emergency room from the patient side. She was in Washington DC for a business trip and got hit as she was crossing an intersection. I used to travel to DC for […]
