by Keri McDermott | Jan 20, 2016 | Archived
“Questions Are the Answer” Tools to Promote Patient Involvement “Questions Are the Answer,” is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ’s) ongoing public education initiative to involve patients and their...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 18, 2015 | Archived
On October 28, News Medical reported that patients with diabetes have a considerably increased risk for developing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs), according to a study in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. Researchers found that diabetic patients...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 18, 2015 | Archived
What would it take for consumers to become effective and informed managers of their health and health care? What skills, knowledge, beliefs, and motivations do they need to become “activated” or more effectual health care actors? The Patient Activation Measure® (PAM)...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 18, 2015 | Archived
More than a third of American adults are eligible to take cholesterol-lowering medications under the current guidelines or were already taking them – but nearly half of them are not, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 10, 2015 | Archived
“Patient engagement is the blockbuster drug of the century.” – Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, from Patient Engagement: Medicine’s New “Blockbuster...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 20, 2015 | Archived
There are four kinds of people in the world: Those who have been caregivers; Those who currently are caregivers; Those who will be caregivers; Those who will need a caregiver. – Rosalynn Carter (Former First Lady) There are more than 65 million...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 13, 2015 | Archived
CMS Awards 16 Partnership-Driven Special Innovation Projects to Close the Gap between Best Practice & Common Practice Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has taken another step toward ensuring that beneficiaries...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 27, 2015 | Archived
What Can We Do to Show Support? Stroke is a non-communicable disease that attacks millions of people worldwide every year. The World Stroke campaign aims to encourage people to understand stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high blood...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 13, 2015 | Archived
Physicians who primarily issue prescriptions electronically have lower rates of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) among their patients with diabetes, according to an AHRQ study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. National estimates suggest that...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 12, 2015 | Archived
Fierce Healthcare recently reported that community involvement and targeting high-risk patients are essential to implementing meaningful preventive care. According to the article, there are several other strategies to improving preventive care in hospitals, which...
