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Om Lala, Anna Garcia, Jen Lau, Evan DeFilippis & Dave A. Chokshi
How a New York safety-net health system used data science to identify obstacles to OpenNotes use, address technical barriers, and develop strategies for improving clinical note sharing by providers and viewing by patients.
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Kyan C. Safavi, David W. Bates & Sreekanth K. Chaguturu
A four-part framework developed by physicians at Partners HealthCare provides a stepwise process for assessing and integrating technologies to effectively use data through a continuous patient experience.
Article by
Reshma Gupta, Samuel A. Skootsky & James M. Wilson
A coordinated effort by UCLA leaders to identify a high-cost population with chronic kidney disease and to modify care processes and personnel has led to improved health and reduced utilization.
Though survey respondents don’t indicate strong use of telehealth and remote monitoring, NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members discuss the ways they’re using these tools to monitor chronic disease, with good results.
Health care leaders need to focus less on ownership and control of the delivery process, and more on outcomes, cost efficiency, and customer experience.
The consolidation craze continues, but vertical integration has yet to demonstrate real progress toward the Triple Aim. Health care leaders would do well to consider innovative approaches that are working in other industries, including the tech-enabled full stack model.
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Anil C. Singh, Tariq Cheema & Tony Farah
Allegheny General Hospital created a comprehensive solution for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that led to improved clinical outcomes, reduced hospital admissions and readmissions, and a resultant decrease in the total cost of care.
For big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google, the health care sector looks ripe for disruption. Two executives working in different parts of the health care ecosystem discuss what this means for patients and doctors, including the positives and unintended consequences.
Many health care organizations are reasonably effective in treating chronic diseases, but they are limited from doing better by fee-for-service payment, which remains the predominant payment model in the United States. This report serves as a snapshot in time, showing the intent of health care providers to be proactive in treating chronic disease, but limitations in their ability to address population health.
Physicians must hone the “four Cs” — critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity — when leveraging AI as a new partner in their care teams.
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Virginia (Ginny) Bache, RN, BSN etc. etc.
Amy Compton-Phillips, what ever you do, do not stop promoting the type of care you just spoke of. After over fifty-five years in nursing and healthcare administration, I was about to give up on the chance that it is possible. I would like you to read my newly published book. I feel it is a honest look at what has happened to our system. Your "back to the simple" hits it on the head. LAKEMORE, Ohio – Ginny Bache, aka VK Lynn says that working and observing the changes in healthcare for over 55 years caused an eruption of negative feelings about the future of quality care for the patients. In “Wake Up America!” (published by AuthorHouse), she writes with the hope that others will awaken to the trend and join her in pushing for a better system of care for the people. “If you have not been a patient in a hospital or nursing home recently, you may not be aware of what is really happening as to the care and costs of healthcare,” Bache expresses. “No one bothers until they are presented with a bill they don’t understand or receive care that is atrocious. It will only get worse unless we take a stand and learn how the government is usurping our rights for quality care when we are the most vulnerable.” This book is written with the hope that the readers will be motivated to speak up to their legislators, banking on the belief that public opinion can force changes. It calls for those in charge on both the federal and state levels that are out of control and have no idea of the time, energy and money that is wasted in just reimbursement procedures. This is a lamentation and an urging for change. An excerpt from the book: We have become too wealthy, too comfortable and far too ignorant of what is happening right in front of us that is going to do us in. In our healthcare facilities we are ruled by marketers and the push for bigger pools, art galleries and pubs, etc., outweighs the insistence on higher quality of care in the nursing units.
January 04, 2017 at 6:56 pm