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Patient-Provider Relationships at the Front of Care Coordination
On January 27, HealthIT Analytics reported that the American Hospital Association (AMA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued guidance on preventing hospital readmissions and creating a patient-centered care delivery system that...
Cardiac Health with Janet Wright, Executive Director of Million Hearts®
Janet Wright, MD, FACC is the Executive Director of Million Hearts®, a Department of Health & Human Services national initiative, co-led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, with the explicit goal...
February is American Heart Month
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...
CMS Releases First Ever Home Health Patient Experience of Care Star Ratings
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...
CDC: FluView – Influenza is Spreading and Serious
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...
AHRQ Offers Tools To Promote Patient Involvement
"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 families as part of their healthcare...
Study Finds Patients with Diabetes at Risk for Developing Surgical Site Infections
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...
Knowledge + Skills + Confidence = Patient Activation
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)...
CDC Report: Many Are Not Taking Prescribed Cholesterol-Lowering Medications
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...
CMS Releases Report Announcing Successful Efforts to Reduce Harm and Spending in America’s Hospitals
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...