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Virtual Reality Comforts Cancer Patients at Christiana Care

Jan 31, 2019 || Emily Schweich

Christiana Care Health System, in Wilmington, Del., helps patients and their loved ones cope during chemotherapy through visits to virtual destinations.

cancer care, christiana care health system, patient engagement, patient centered care models

patient engagement

Innovation and Adaptation: 3 Key Insights from VITAL2018

Aug 8, 2018 || Kimberly Green

Front-line staff engagement, patient empowerment, and collaboration were key themes in our VITAL2018 sessions focused on innovation and adaptation.

bmc, erie county medical center, innovation, mihs, nyc health plus hospitals, opioids, patient engagement, vital conference

patient engagement

Research Project to Give Hospitals Tools for Building Patient Trust

Aug 6, 2018 || Staff

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Essential Hospitals Institute will research best practices for building patient trust in hospitals that fill a safety-net role.

association news, patient engagement, population health

patient engagement

Essential Hospitals “Help Healers Heal” From Adverse Patient Events

May 25, 2018 || Emily Schweich

Helping Healers Heal promotes peer support in the face of adverse patient events among health care providers at essential hospitals.

harbor ucla medical center, lacusc medical center, mental health, nyc health plus hospitals, olive view ucla medical center, patient engagement, quality improvement, university of missouri health care

patient engagement

Horsin’ Around At Erie County Medical Center

Oct 13, 2017 || Emily Schweich

The Buffalo, N.Y., hospital took a creative approach to animal-assisted therapy by inviting two Shetland ponies, Quinton and Lilly, to visit patients.

alternative therapy, erie county medical center, patient engagement

patient engagement

CMS Innovation Center Releases New Patient Engagement Models

Dec 9, 2016 || Michelle Rosenfeld

The two new Beneficiary Engagement and Incentives models test different shared decision-making approaches designed to increase patient engagement.

innovation, patient engagement

patient engagement

CMS Announces New Primary Care Medical Home Model

Apr 20, 2016 || Matthew Buechner

The Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model will encourage primary care practices to transform care delivery, including by increasing care management and coordination.

care coordination, health care access, health it, medical homes, medicare, patient engagement, primary care, us population health

patient engagement

AHRQ to Survey Health Literacy Improvement Work

Apr 14, 2016 || Michelle Rosenfeld

Agency aims to find quality improvement measures to assess organization health literacy. Will interview organizations that have worked to improve patient health knowledge, health care system navigation, and condition self-management.

agency for healthcare research and quality ahrq, patient engagement

patient engagement

Report Identifies Best Practices for Hospital Quality

Apr 13, 2016 || Matthew Buechner

Hospitals that perform well in quality programs—despite serving high levels of vulnerable patients—invest in health equity, data, collaborative partnerships, patient engagement, and more.

care coordination, community health needs assessment, equity, patient engagement, quality improvement, quality measurement, socioeconomic status

patient engagement

HHS Releases National Chronic Pain Strategy

Mar 22, 2016 || Matthew Buechner

Department calls for interagency approach that employs alternative payment models and better communication between patients and providers.

care coordination, hhs, medicare, patient engagement, patient centered care models, payment

patient engagement

Article Reviews Progress 15 Years after ‘To Err is Human’

Dec 23, 2015 || Maryellen Guinan

New journal article notes challenges remain since IOM published report, but also points out progress, including reducing CLABSI rates nationwide.

clabsi, patient engagement, patient safety, patient safety goals

patient engagement

Digital Health, Primary Care: The Future of Patient Empowerment

Jul 24, 2015 || Sandy Laycox, MFA

Bay Area medical school students are flocking to the tech industry to change patient care. A former Bay Area hospitalist also uses technology, and common sense, to rethink primary care.

health care information technology, patient engagement, primary care, ucsf

patient engagement

Elements of a Successful Population Health Program

Jul 2, 2015 ||

community outreach, memorial healthcare system, patient engagement, preventive care, uncompensated care

patient engagement

Care Transitions Taskforce

Jul 2, 2015 ||

care coordination, patient engagement, reducing readmissions, sfgh

patient engagement

New AHRQ Tool Fosters Patient-Provider Shared Decision Making

May 18, 2015 || Matthew Buechner

AHRQ offers an online toolkit, including accredited webinars and in-person workshops, to help clinicians implement its five-step SHARED approach to working with patients to make ideal care decisions.

patient engagement, patient centered care models

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