Patient Centered Care Archives - Page 6 of 8

1 Million VA Patients Can Now Access Their Complete Health Record

by Susan Woods | Jan 21, 2013

This weekend is momentous not only for the 2nd inauguration of the President. History will say the Veterans Health Administration is innovative, truly patient centered and even a bit risky. Today, VA patients can view, print and download ALL their health record data...

Research – Route funding through consumer organizations

by Danny van Leeuwen | Jan 16, 2013

This is the third of 3 recommendations a group of Boston-based PCORI Ambassadors made to the PCORI Board in November. The first was Expanding the Scope of Research Questions Funded, the second, Micro-contracts. Researchers typically struggle to include...

PCORI and Micro-Contracts

by Danny van Leeuwen | Jan 4, 2013

Susan Woods responded to my previous post, PCORI and Just-In Time Decisions with the research funding system doesn’t really work for anyone. It is in concrete, Agreed. Micro Contracts could be a small intervention that could help move the dial. (As a reminder,...

Can Patient-Centered Care Reduce Hospital Readmissions?

by David Harlow | Dec 17, 2012

A recent Press Ganey white paper highlights an association between HCAHPS performance — patient experience scores — and lower rates of readmission. (Performance Insights – The Relationship Between HCAHPS Performance and Readmission Penalties.) With...

“Mind the Gap” on patient engagement: uck, “What???” and the scapegoat disconnect

by e-Patient Dave | Aug 24, 2012

Over on Mind The Gap, Steve Wilkins (Twitter) has a poster about patient engagement that annoyed me:-) right out of the box – because although I pretty much like everything he does, the poster starts with what I find to be the ouchiest mental disconnect in all...