This week readers flocked to MedCity News to read the thoughtful tribute that reporter Neil Versel penned at the untimely passing of empowered patient powerhouse —29-year-old Jess Jacobs. That and the other most-popular stories of the week are below:
Jess Jacobs, upbeat empowered patient and Aetna innovator, dies
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Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
July 2016 will be remembered as the tipping point for movement towards value-based payments