Use of patient navigators linked to shorter hospital stays
A Toronto study reveals the positive effect of patient navigation on health outcomes.
Author: EHI Admin
Federal HIT Plan Focuses on Population Health, Patient Engagement
The new US Federal Health IT Strategic Plan is focused on patient engagement and population health management, “highlighting the important role of patient-centered care in the industry’s ongoing transformation.”
The FDA has launched a patient engagement committee
FDA’s sharpened focus on patient-centered technology development, evaluation and use has already begun to positively affect the development of innovative therapies and clinical solutions.
We’re a proud partner in National Health IT Week!
This October, Equicare Health — in support of the advancement of health information technology (IT) to help improve healthcare — is a proud partner in National Health IT Week. National Health IT Week offers healthcare stakeholders an opportunity to unite under one banner, expressing the benefits that health IT brings to US healthcare. “One Voice, One Vision.”
Comprehensive health care reform is not possible without system-wide adoption of health IT, which improves the quality of healthcare delivery, increases patient safety, decreases medical errors, and strengthens the interaction between patients and healthcare providers.
With Meaningful Use now providing the way forward, eligible providers across the country increasingly understand the benefits for themselves and their patients, and are adopting Meaningful Use-compliant electronic health records (EHRs).
Initiated in 2006 by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), National Health IT Week has emerged as a landmark occasion for using health IT as part of the overall solution to improve America’s healthcare as a bipartisan, federally-led, market-driven initiative.
The Week consists of events in Washington DC and across the country and includes National Health IT Week participants — vendors, provider organizations, payers, pharmaceutical/biotech companies, government agencies, industry/professional associations, research foundations, and consumer protection groups — all working together to elevate national attention to the advantages of advancing health IT.
Visit www.HealthITWeek.org for a full list of partners and updates on the Week’s activities. Working together with a growing coalition of stakeholders, Equicare is helping to transform healthcare for all.
Meeting the challenge of patient engagement
Patient engagement remains a crucial but challenging component of the modern care paradigm. “Providers are finding that there is a lot of nuance to defining a truly engaged patient…Those who have successfully engaged patients in their care have done so with a combination of human touch and technology.”
Research Points to Five Lessons for Ensuring Seamless Health Care
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine outlines 5 lessons for delivering seamless healthcare. “The promise of creating a seamless health care system depends on patient care coordination services that establish a strong relationship with both patients’ medical teams and that share real-time data between inpatient settings and physicians.”
Rethinking Patient Engagement as “Systems of Engagement” Around Healthcare Consumers
Chartis Group consultants discuss how implementing systems of patient engagement is a key strategy for traditional providers——hospitals, medical groups, and integrated health systems——to employ in order to thrive in the emerging healthcare landscape.
Patient navigation eliminates disparities in delays to cancer care
A new study in the journal Cancer demonstrates the value of providing patient navigation to patients at high risk for delays in cancer care.
Patient portals more useful than many realize
Patient portals are potent tools for engaging patients and meeting MU2 VDT requirements. “Making healthcare information easily accessible is a critical part of keeping patients involved and informed in their care.”
Equicare Health Accelerates to Become One of BC’s Fastest Growing Companies
Vancouver, CANADA – Sept 9, 2015 – Equicare Health, the leading supplier of comprehensive care coordination solutions for cancer centers, is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as the fifth fastest growing company in British Columbia by Business in Vancouver. This announcement comes as BIV publishes its annual Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies list.