by Keri McDermott | Jan 29, 2016 | Archived
American Heart Month is February; this observance honors health professionals, researchers and heart health ambassadors whose dedication to fighting heart disease enables countless Americans to live full and active lives. The observance is focused on reducing the...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 29, 2016 | Archived
Comparison Ratings that Help Patients Compare and Choose Among Home Health Agencies The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the first patient experience of care star ratings on Home Health Compare. Known as Home Health Care Consumer...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 20, 2016 | Archived
According to this week’s FluView report from the CDC, seasonal influenza activity increased slightly in the United States. While influenza A (H3N2) viruses have been most common since October 1, in the past three weeks, influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 viruses have...
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 | Dec 10, 2015 | Archived
It was an encouraging week for all American healthcare consumers, as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report demonstrating nearly $20 billion in health care cost savings and 2.1 million fewer hospital-acquired conditions, and over 2,000...
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...
