Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Patient Rights Advocate concluded that some hospitals owned by Ascension and HCA Healthcare are omitting rates for medical services from files made public under new federal rules

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Andrew Barnhill, Head of Public Policy, Global Legal, IQVIA Alexandra Weiss, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Patient Advocacy Organizations, IQVIA Diversity is paramount to the success of clinical research, both ethically and scientifically.

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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. If sharing would help more patients, then sharing was worth it. Helping patients wasn’t just a means to an end.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

OMNY Health, which helps hospitals monetize operational data, took home the audience choice grand prize

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2020

When I saw the announcement of Unblock Health by my friends and colleagues, Dr. Grace Cordovano, BCPA, and Shahid Shah, I knew I had to learn more and help them in their efforts to Unblock Health for patients everywhere.

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The Digital Health Corner

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

A technology is a tool which only becomes a solution when it is placed in a context of healthcare needs, provider, patient and caregiver workflows, and incorporates human interactions which close the loop on significant outlying data. I will discuss five areas which I believe are going to make a difference in patient reported outcomes. In fact more than half of all patient interactions at Kaiser Permanente are virtual ones via smartphone, kiosk, or computer.

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The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

Electronic health records purchase, maintenance, and associated technologies (analytics, digital imaging, patient monitoring, etc) are now necessary big-ticket items in healthcare. In addition, the current use of electronic portals by patients to view their medical record is abysmal. A survey by athenahealth reveals that although 87% of patients want electronic access to their medical records only 29% actually use portals. Patients are affected directly and indirectly.

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The Digital Health Corner

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The traditional collection of information on cancer has been with the collection of limited data derived from patient demographics, health history and episodic office encounters. There are now digital technologies now which incorporate raw data from pathology, genomics, imaging studies, patient reported symptoms and follow-up and more. The convergence of social media and healthcare was both inevitable and beneficial for patients.

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The Digital Health Corner

JANUARY 30, 2017

The ability of digital tools to detect early diagnosis of Ad is important in medical and social planning for the patient and family. Digital assessment tools like these can also save clinician time and offer a better objective patient assessment. It is worthy of noting that patients with larger baseline ‘cognitive reserve’ do better to a point then characteristically have a rapidly progressive course. The statistics related to Alzheimer’s disease (Ad) are astonishing.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 9, 2019

By Romina Ortiz, COO and vice president of patient advocacy, Rare Genomics Institute. The article Rare Genomics Institute Brings Hope To Rare Disease Patients appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Getting a diagnosis for a rare disease is a long and often painful journey that can take an average of five years1 and hundreds of doctor visits.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Hospitals, biobanks and other institutions have been entrusted with patient data. As a result of that stewardship, patient privacy is always top of mind when they weigh the delicate balance of data sharing for innovation and protecting data.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

“I am a health care executive who happens to be a patient, caregiver, and advocate,” Stacy Hurt explained to me in a Zoom chat we shared on 31 May. I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

ATA is taking the week to encourage telehealth solution providers, hospital systems and medical practices, patient advocacy leaders, policymakers and other stakeholders to examine hybrid care models that include in-person and virtual care.

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Health Populi

APRIL 26, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted patients who were already deeply engaged with their own health care before the coronavirus emerged. PatientView, based in the UK, has collaborated with over 40,000 patient advocacy organizations globally marking over 10 years doing this research.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 4, 2022

Representing a coalition of medical and scientific associations, researchers, genetic counselors and patients, the ACLU and PubPat argued instead that human genes are “products of nature” that should not be patentable. In its unanimous 2013 decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2022

RARE Disease Patient Advocacy Summit. As most regular readers know, at Healthcare IT Today we go to far too many healthcare IT conferences. Plus, the fall conference season is the busiest time of year for health IT conferences.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Patient advocacy organizations and medical specialty societies can serve as a liaison between patients and providers in bi-directional engagement, closing gaps in the patient journey and ultimately driving innovation for higher quality care. David Voccola, Sr.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2022

– The platform empowers patients with experiential practice and immersive psychoeducation, with the goal of driving better diagnoses, and targeted treatment, leading to greater effectiveness and outcomes.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Connecting patients with each other, and with technologists Beyond pictures, videos and surgical explanations, many cardiology intervention patients want to know more about the technology that enabled their heart recovery.

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Natalia Mazina

JULY 3, 2022

Several pharmacists and patient advocacy groups filed legal actions against the DHCS and worked with legislature to eliminate these chargebacks to pharmacies.

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Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2022

Foogal, a recipe app designed to support patients’ healthy cooking and eating, launched on 24th March. In its initial version, Foogal addresses several specific diet paradigms: for patients demanding a wellness protocol, an autoimmune protocol, or wanting to address insulin resistance.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2021

In 2021, patients-as-health-consumers seek lower health care and prescription drug costs coupled with higher quality care, discovered by the patient advocacy coalition, Consumers for Quality Care.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

What You Should Know: – CVS Caremark announced an expansion of its efforts to address health disparities among patients, starting with certain conditions including sickle cell disease, HIV, and cardiovascular disease.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2021

AllStripes is currently partnering with more than 30 patient advocacy organizations across its 40 conditions, supporting more than 3,000 users to date. Nancy Yu, CEO and Co-founder, AllStripes.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 14, 2022

I previously shared about the amazing time I had listening to patients and caregivers at the RARE Patient Advocacy Summit that is hosted by Global Genes. Plus, all three applications are free for rare disease patients.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 2, 2022

Along this entire path, the organization must ensure that diverse voices are included and the needs of diverse patient populations are taken into account. – Ask themselves, “Is there an underserved patient population that we need to consider here?”.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Colin Hung recently chatted with Sightsavers’ Andy Tate to discuss the benefits of GIS to control and eliminate trachoma , an infectious cause of blindness easily treated with antibiotics – provided they get in patients’ hands. Clinical and administrative staff used to be afraid of process automation, but over time healthcare has learned to embrace automation as a way to augment staff or meet patients’ needs. Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2021

In 2021, patients-as-health-consumers seek lower health care and prescription drug costs coupled with higher quality care, discovered by the patient advocacy coalition, Consumers for Quality Care.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Andy Oram talked to Imprivata CEO Gus Malezis about the role of patient data harmonization and AI-powered analytics in helping Amazon capitalize on its One Medical buy – and why it will take at least five years for Amazon to put it all together.

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Kaiser Health News

MAY 4, 2022

And, as is true for the majority of the procedures nationally (success rates vary from 12% to 49% depending on a patient’s age), neither round resulted in a viable pregnancy.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

This bar chart comes from that study, which found a decline in primary are rates — but for those patients who had visits, those were longer and addressed ore issues per visit.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

patients). 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? On the consumer and patient side, the AARP, patient advocacy groups, and increasingly visible and assertive patient social networks are more in the mix on Capitol Hill than they were a decade ago.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 3, 2022

It has led me to found Tapestry Health, a multispecialty medical practice that focuses on providing medical infrastructure in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), as well as Project Patient Care, a patient advocacy organization based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Andy Oram talked to Imprivata CEO Gus Malezis about the role of patient data harmonization and AI-powered analytics in helping Amazon capitalize on its One Medical buy – and why it will take at least five years for Amazon to put it all together.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Research tells us that self-advocacy in healthcare is important, for both patients and providers. But self-advocacy is hard for patients today. Patients must navigate the complex, fragmented healthcare ecosystem to advocate for personal needs and have their voices heard.

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