Category: Patient Engagement

Healthcare providers are increasingly looking at innovation in order to reduce costs, improve patient care and increase patient safety, according to a survey from the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) and innovation accelerator AVIA. Healthcare providers are increasingly looking at innovation in order to reduce costs, improve patient care and increase patient safety,…

To help ensure greater access to quality health care for newly enrolled members of Covered California in the greater Los Angeles area, HealthCare Partners has signed a provider agreement with L.A. Care, the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan and a key health plan partner for the California Health Exchange. …read more    

Even as patient care organizations nationwide struggle forward on the journey towards the new healthcare, some pioneers are charting a bold, clear course. At Minnesota’s North Memorial HealthCare, CMO J. Kevin Croston, M.D., and his colleagues are creating clinical transformation through cultural change. Even as patient care organizations nationwide struggle forward on the journey towards…

We are happy to announce the nine teams whom we have awarded semifinalist status in this year’s program. These nine organizations represent a diverse array of healthcare provider organizations using health information technology to improve patient care quality, patient safety, clinician and staff effectiveness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and more. Innovation is blossoming everywhere in U.S. healthcare…

0 With the right core vision, strategy, execution, and ongoing governance, patient engagement-oriented data-sharing between providers and patients can prove to be immensely successful. Just ask Lori Posk, M.D., and her colleagues at Cleveland Clinic. Lori Posk, M.D., presenting in San Diego read more …read more

At the Health IT Summit held Jan. 21-22 in San Diego, a number of presentations and discussions touched on patient engagement. One was by Lori Posk, M.D., a practicing internal medicine physician and the medical director of MyChart, the personal patient portal at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Posk shared the lessons learned so far from…

Nearly half of pharmaceutical manufacturers are now actively using social media to engage with patients on healthcare-related topics, according to a new report released by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. Nearly half of pharmaceutical manufacturers are now actively using social media to engage with patients on healthcare-related topics, according to a new report released…

New research finds significantly higher levels of infectious pathogens in water from faucet taps with aerators compared to water from deeper in the plumbing system. Contaminated water poses an increased risk for infection in immunocompromised patients. …read more

Boston Medical Center (BMC) successfully reduced audible alarms as a way to combat alarm fatigue and improve patient safety. The hospital, one of two in the country that spearheaded this issue, implemented a novel cost-effective approach during a six-week pilot program that resulted in a drastic drop in audible alarms. …read more

By Datix Ltd Patient safety software helps nine Clinical Commissioning Groups improve healthcare for up to 3.5 million residents across five counties …read more