CAPS
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Last June the CAPS Board honored me by asking me to be the Executive Director of your CAPS organization. I’ve been working with CAPS in Patient and Family Engagement consulting and developing Education events for six years. My advocacy was a response to my now adult child’s lifelong chronic complex medical needs. Professionally, my background is in broadcasting and marketing.
Healthy Debate
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The post Why are medical records so difficult for patients and families to access? appeared first on Healthy Debate.
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Healthcare Leadership Council
OCTOBER 9, 2019
We applaud the Department of Health and Human Services for launching regulatory action aimed at advancing value-based care and enabling greater care coordination to benefit patients. While we will be reviewing the proposed rules in detail and providing comment to HHS, this effort to modernize the Physician Self-Referral Law and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute is an important step forward in shaping a healthcare system that consistently provides high-quality care while containing costs.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 8, 2019
A study in JAMA published this week analyzed research reports that have measured waste in the U.S. health care system, calculating that 25% of medical spending in America is wasted. If spending is gauged at $3.8 trillion, waste amounts to nearly $1 trillion. If spending is 18% of the American gross domestic product (GDP), then some 4.5% of the U.S. economy is wasted spending by the health care system and its stakeholders.
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
CAPS
OCTOBER 11, 2019
“Giving patients more of a voice in healthcare is hugely important” – Marty Hatlie. Marty Hatlie, CAPS founder and board member, participated on a panel at the MedStar Crouse Patient Safety Lecture on October 2, 2019. Hatlie joined patient safety legends Dr. Lucian Leape, professor emeritus of the Harvard School of Public Health, and Dr.
Healthy Debate
OCTOBER 8, 2019
The post Out-of-province medical care: what you need to know. appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
CAPS
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Did you know: Please See Me is an online literary journal that features health- and healthcare-related stories in the form of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and digital media, including photography, podcasts, and short films. At the heart of the publication is the cultivation of meaningful patient–provider partnerships in the spirit of wellness.
CAPS
OCTOBER 11, 2019
I read Bottle of Lies – The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban. It traces the frightening lack of effective oversight and integrity in the Generic Medicine supply chain. My family has likely been impacted by poor quality generics. This reads as a true to life thriller. I was impressed that patient advocacy has played a role in starting to resolve some of the generic medicine issues.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 10, 2019
There is no health without mental health. Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide. So #LetsTalk (the Twitter hashtag to share stories and research and support on the social feed). Today is October 10th, World Mental Health Day. As we go about our lives today and truly every day, we should be mindful that mental health is all about each of us individually, and all of us in our communities and in the world.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 6, 2019
As patients have taken on more financial responsibility for first-dollar costs in high-deductible health plans and medical bills, hospitals and health care providers face growing fiscal pressures for late payments and bad debt. Those financial pressures are on both sides of the health care payment transaction, stressing patients-as-payors and health care financial managers alike.
Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll
Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha
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