2016 Meaningful Use – Patient Engagement
By Jim Tate – In 2015 CMS released a Final Rule that upset the Meaningful Use apple cart. No longer did we have to remember what were Core vs. Menu measures.
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AHRQ’s Unique Role in Developing Surveys to Measure Patients’ Experience With Their Health Care
By Andy Bindman MD – As a general internist by training and a primary care physician in practice, I can personally attest to the importance of understanding more fully the patient’s experience of care.
How Will Patient-Centered Care Change the Role of Radiologists?
By Satish Maripuri – Economic pressures and demand for quality, patient–centric care are impacting the role of radiologists. I recently sat down with Dr. Tarik Alkasab, a radiology leader at Massachusetts General Hospital and member of the ACR, to discuss how.
Predictive Analytics and Improved Healthcare Outcomes
Predictive analytics can be used effectively to evaluate massive data generated within the healthcare industry. Predictive analytics is a process that uses machine learning to analyze data and make predictions.
Helping Providers and Patients Work Together with Health IT
By Thomas Mason MD – Playbooks Aren’t Just for Sports Teams: Clinicians and other health care providers practice medicine with the noble goal of improving patient outcomes. The day-to-day considerations in treating patients are complex, which is where technology can be leveraged to streamline and better inform the patient-provider interaction.
National Health Council Receives PCORI Award to Advance Patient Involvement in Health Quality Research
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has awarded the NHC $246,300 through the PCORI Eugene Washington Engagement Award program to create a patient-specific curriculum on health care quality. NHC, collaborating with the NQF and U of MD, will create a patient-specific curriculum on health care quality.
Pilot Testing Patient Reporting of Safety Events from the Patient and Family Perspective
By Jeff Brady MD, MPH – To make health care safer, we have to know when harm happens. If information about a patient safety event is incomplete or doesn’t exist, providers can’t make the necessary changes to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. Clinicians are an important source of reports about harm that occurs in health care—or safety events—when they happen. But that’s just one perspective.
Did You See these Lists?
Who doesn’t like a good list? Whether you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. Here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing. They include the Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT, experts in patient safety, Boston’s 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators, and activating patient engagement.
Health Datapalooza Highlights Key Challenges for Ongoing Research
By Chris Dymek EdD – Last week I attended Health Datapalooza VII, an annual conference where over 1,400 experts gathered to discuss how to bring data to life in ways that matter in health and health care. I wanted to share a few post-conference reflections on how AHRQ can address some of the important issues raised.