To thrive in today’s healthcare environment, primary care as well as specialty care physicians must implement and maintain strong patient engagement strategies. Effective patient engagement produces improved patient retention and patient outcomes. (1) Proactively engaging patients about their health and Read More
Research clearly shows nursing engagement is a key factor in increasing medical quality, reducing medical errors, preventing complications, and the leading indicator of mortality variation. “[T]the most serious indicator of medical quality is the rate of patient deaths across hospitals. Read More
Health promotion and disease prevention are more relevant today than ever before considering some of the key issues affecting the US Healthcare system. According to CMS, national healthcare expenditures rose 9.7% in 2020 to $4.1 trillion, accounting for 19.7 percent Read More
Last week we began looking at APPs (advanced practice providers) as valuable members of a patient’s healthcare team, especially in today’s current shift from fee-for-service healthcare, to value-based healthcare. I quoted MEDI Leadership’s Kathy Gibala, and I think it’s worth Read More
Shift in Healthcare Steve Jobs once said, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” (1) Speaking of Steve Jobs and changing the world, do you remember when Apple rolled Read More