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Patient Experience

Patients Are Increasingly Using Digital Health to Supplement Doctor Visits

March 14, 2016

Via: HitConsultant

Consumers are increasingly leveraging online resources to both prepare for appointments and validate physician recommendations – moving beyond diagnosis to become more active in the treatment decision, according to new findings released from the Sixth Annual Makovsky/Kelton “Pulse of Online […]


TECH

Health IT has to work better for doctors

March 2, 2016

Via: HealthcareITnews

In a co-presentation with National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, at HIMSS16 Tuesday evening, Acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Andy Slavitt said physicians “want better technology.” From both a policy and an innovation perspective, it’s time to give it […]


Patient Experience

3 Times It’s Good to Be a “Bad” Patient

February 19, 2016

Via: Health.com

DO: Try to call for appointments or to ask clinical questions long before the end of business hours; morning is often best so the staff has a chance to grab the doctor before she gets behind or needs to leave. […]


Patient Experience

Why the patient/provider relationship is key to better hospital care

February 15, 2016

Via: Healthcarebusinesstech

To improve patient outcomes, it’s critical to have patients take more active roles in their care. When patients act as partners with providers, readmissions and complications decrease. So your hospital’s clinicians need to be more open to having a close […]