Category: Patient Engagement

Dave deBronkart, the famed patient engagement advocate who goes by the moniker, e-Patient Dave, spoke at the HIMSS 2014 pre-conference patient engagement symposia conveying his simple message to providers: “Let the patients help.” read more …read more    

The Chicago-based HIMSS Analytics announced on Feb. 20 that its leaders would be hosting a session during the HIMSS Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 25, to unveil its new Continuity of Care Maturity Model™, a model that addresses the adoption of health IT to support information exchange, care coordination, patient engagement, and analytics. The Chicago-based HIMSS…

Slowly, but surely, healthcare providers are beginning to embrace social media. What was once seen as a passing fancy is now being used to connect with patients, improve clinically, and create a community of collaboration with industry peers. It’s beginning to happen, slowly, but surely. Social media use in healthcare is beginning to scratch the…

Discrimination against transgender people -as many as one million Americans identify themselves as transgender – should immediately be addressed by the medical establishment, backed by policy change at the national level to provide equal access to quality health care. …read more    

Fewer than 10 percent of healthcare facilities have fully implemented medication barcoding technology, despite its proven role in reducing medication errors. This statistic didn’t prove daunting to Tomah Memorial Hospital, a critical access facility in Tomah, Wisc., when it was looking for a way to further improve patient safety. This technologically progressive facility has implemented…

The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) is a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization (QUANGO) that oversees the island’s only general hospital, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, as well as the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and the Lamb-Foggo Urgent Care Centre. As the main healthcare provider and second largest employer in Bermuda, BHB takes pride in its high patient safety…

A multidisciplinary, collaborative approach infuses every aspect of the enterprise-wide quality initiative that is being sponsored by leaders at North Memorial HealthCare in Minnesota. Linda Engdahl, R.N., M.S.N., director of Women’s and Children’s Services at Maple Grove Hospital, shares her perspectives on data-driven innovation, as a nurse leader and key team member. Hospitals and health…

So much about what the leaders at North Memorial HealthCare, a two-community-hospital health system based in Minnesota, are doing these days, exemplifies the characteristics of the boldest pioneering organizations in healthcare today. As a result, North Memorial was named the co-second place winning team in the Healthcare Informatics Innovator Awards program. Jon Nielsen, M.D. shares…

So much about what the leaders at North Memorial HealthCare, a two-community-hospital health system based in Minnesota, are doing these days, exemplifies the characteristics of the boldest pioneering organizations in healthcare today. As a result, North Memorial was named the co-second place winning team in the Healthcare Informatics Innovator Awards program. Jeffrey Vespa, M.D., medical…

Several of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains, including Walgreens, CVS Caremark, Kroger, Safeway, and Rite Aid, have pledged support to the Blue Button movement, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced this week. Several of the nation’s largest retail…