Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Kind of on a whim I decided to head to San Diego (a great place for whimsical travel) for the RARE Patient Advocacy Summit by Global Genes. One other cool thing was that many of those in attendance had literally written the book on rare disease. Ok, Barby has like 9 books: [link]. HITsm pic.twitter.com/EqdQvPhisf.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 4, 2022

One hundred sixty civil rights, medical, scientific, patient advocacy, and women’s health organizations opposed the Coons-Tillis bill, arguing that if it were enacted, “Patients will again be at risk of lacking access to information about their genes, about their very selves. Myriad and Gene Patenting.

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Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2022

Sidebar: Dr. Lustig’s book, Metabolical, is must-reading if you are keen to better understand the interrelationship between nutrition, metabolism, inflammation, and immunity). The philosophy underneath Foogal is that “Our health is in our hands,” and the best medicine we have is food.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Primary care provides patient advocacy in the health care system to accomplish cost-effective care by coordination of health care services. Primary care promotes effective communication with patients and encourages the role of the patient as a partner in health care. This is one of the pillars for U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

My friend and colleague Susannah Fox coined the term peer-to-peer healthcare as she observed the phenomenon while leading studies at the Pew Research Group into how patients were using the Internet for self-care. Now, people seek better customer service, enchanting design, streamlined workflows, and more confidence in their medical care.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

On the demand side — as the patient is becoming a growing force as Payor — will patients-as-consumer-payors articulate their demand to exorcise wasted spending, taking on their mantle as Health Citizens? That’s the Holy Grail and vision in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Patient data will be a sustainable resource that continually generates patient-benefitting research insights. Patient advocacy and non-profit health organizations will be the “credit unions” — responsible fiduciaries who connect patients, researchers, hospitals and other institutions.

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