Sat.Oct 06, 2018 - Fri.Oct 12, 2018

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The Smell of Love: An Olfactory PX

The Beryl Institute

It's been an important realization for me to see that the way in which I look at the patient experience is dependent on my orientation to it at the time. Most of the time, I look at it through my professional eyes, using the Experience Framework and the Eight Lenses of how to operationalize improvement. When I am actually experiencing the need for medical care, my orientation shifts.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. In February 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), less formally known as the Stimulus Bill.

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Is Your Diabetes Management Program Missing the Mark?

Health Dialog

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. The CDC has found that 30.3 million U.S. adults have diabetes and an additional 84.1 million have prediabetes. Unfortunately, in many cases prediabetes is not being diagnosed and addressed until it is too late. Patients are facing an uphill battle with behavior change, unique barriers to progress, and inadequate disease education.

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Open Source Health Care Will Liberate Patients

Health Populi

Information is power in the hands of people. When it’s open in the sunshine, it empowers people — whether doctors, patients, researchers, Presidents, teachers, students, Everyday People. Welcome to the era of Open Source Healthcare, not only the “about time” for patients to own their health, but for the launch of a new publication that will support and continue to evolve the concept.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

Health Populi

CVS Health’s acquisition of Aetna was approved this week by U.S. Federal regulators after months of scrutinizing the antitrust-size-market control implications of the deal. I wrote this post on the deal as an inflection point in American healthcare on 3rd December 2017 when CVS and Aetna announced their marriage intentions. This post updates my initial thoughts on the deal, given the morphing US healthcare market on both the traditional health services front and fast-evolving retail health envir