HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

Since the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act in 2008, the U.S. healthcare system has been moving towards value-based care (VBC) which encourages health providers to improve care quality by reimbursing them based on successful outcomes rather than individual medical services.

Integration 98

Integration Primary Care Telemedicine Patient Experience 98

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

That purchaser takes the form of both the employer-sponsor of health care insurance for workers, and the patient-as-payer herself. Most patients have experienced frustrations – in the designer’s parlance, “friction” – when seeking routine care as well as during a routine medical appointment.

Health Technology 62

Health Technology Primary Care Patient Experience Healthcare 62

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

Nate Fox, co-founder and CTO, Ribbon Health. Racial Bias in AI Algorithms: Since AI is frequently used in healthcare, it needs to be used with a code of ethics to prevent bias. Patients prefer familiarity and personalized care, and research shows this can lead them to choose a provider of the same race or ethnic background.

Patient Experience 98

Patient Experience Nursing Primary Care Prevention 98

Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This brings up the concept of wearable digital health technologies for monitoring. Approximately 25% of patients experience an adverse event in US hospitals, with over 40% caused by preventable errors. Our patients in hospitals are not monitored continuously unless in a special unit.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Prevention Hospitals Healthcare 52