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Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance May 11, 2017

Health Literacy, Patient Advocacy, and Patient Generated Health Data: A New Direction

By Debi Primeau – According to HHS health literacy is “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.”

Health Innovation, Patient Engagement May 11, 2016

A Patient’s Advocate: Nurses and Technology

By Terry Hayes – It’s easy for patients to feel lost in our healthcare system. Between multiple doctors, nurses in and out of exam rooms, tests, re-tests, a handful of prescriptions—not to mention the complex web of how to actually pay for care—patients can feel like they’re caught in a convoluted situation, with rules they don’t understand.