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Cultivating an Early Warning System in Healthcare Quality Through Bi-Directional Patient-Physician Engagement 

HIT Consultant

As the relationship between healthcare providers and patients evolves, the healthcare industry is beginning to acknowledge and encourage patients as active partners in their care journey. The 21 st Century Cures Act is enabling patient-driven healthcare information exchange.

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The Common Denominators of Sustainability in Healthcare: Measurement and Transparency

HIT Consultant

Michael Byczkowski, Global VP, Head of Healthcare Industry at SAP. The global healthcare industry accounts for roughly 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. carbon emissions emerge from healthcare. carbon emissions emerge from healthcare. Healthcare leaders recognize this. economic output. Do no harm.

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AI’s Executive Order and Its Key Healthcare Implications 

Sheppard Health Law

The EO addresses the duality of AI—its promising utility and disconcerting risks—across a range of public and private sectors, including healthcare. Below are five key takeaways from the EO for the healthcare industry. Establish an AI Task Force. Protect Privacy.

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The Imperative to Stay the Course on Value-Based Transformation

HIT Consultant

healthcare costs? Recent Congressional hearings have criticized the CMS Innovation Center for failing to generate significant savings in healthcare costs. Defining Value-Based Care Simply put, value-based care is a healthcare delivery model where providers are paid based on patient health outcomes.

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Fixing The Hospital-To-Home Health Care Transition

Home Health Care

A study of SOAR’s results within a pilot program in Pennsylvania was recently published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality. “On It also takes into account patient preferences and patient needs before care is transitioned. As the U.S. population begins to skew older, care coordination woes will exacerbate.

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Professional Development: The Overlooked Solution to Nurse Burnout & Turnover

HIT Consultant

Now is the time for healthcare organizations to look inward and not only seek to remedy these deficits by counteracting existing burnout but to also prevent new staffing challenges as the reverberations of COVID-19 continue to be felt.

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Delivering Patient-Centered Care Means Decluttering the Digital Health Landscape

HIT Consultant

On the surface, the blossoming of the digital ecosystem is a tremendous step forward in the use of technology to address gaps in traditional healthcare. However, “an app for everything” mentality has significant downsides, namely a complex and disjointed patient experience – and arguably, does not result in better quality of care.