Patient Engagement

The Office for Civil Rights at HHS settled this week with Phoenix-based St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center for $160,000, alleging that a mother was unable to access her son's medical records.

Because telemedicine is effective, cost-effective and easy to adapt to, healthcare providers are turning to telehealth to expand their services during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.

The transfer of the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) system for health insurance to all public and private hospitals across the emirate has been completed.

For example, only around 2% of patients in the home pulse oximetry program have required readmission to date.

Positive findings from the two year study could be used to guide the implementation of nurse-led volunteer programs and pain assessment interventions across other Ramsay hospitals.

The technology has been used across the health system by thousands of providers to make 1.1 million digital health prescriptions to patients. More than 40% of those patients have engaged with at least one piece of content.

Innovaccer Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Nace shares his thoughts on the changing landscape of health data and information sharing.

A report from KLAS and CHIME finds that hospitals and health systems are still investing in population health management tools, but many are "becoming less optimistic" about the near-term prospects for value-based reimbursement.

GE Healthcare's Simon Rost discusses the value of technology in improving outcomes and the GE solutions that are helping improve patient care.

At Jordan Valley Community Health Center, a $740,000 award from the FCC meant it was able to deploy clinic-based telemedicine kiosks and home-based virtual care units, all while a NextGen EHR integration is in process.