Creating a healthcare system that is centered on the needs of patients and their families is a key to the kind of transformation that is needed in the United States. Patient-Centered Care is both very simple and very complex. Creating…
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The U.S. healthcare system is a complex beast. There are some aspects that are really, really working and others that are really, really not working. Mostly it depends on your perspective, whether you have good health insurance and can afford…
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Access to information for patients and their family members is one of the most important steps in the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system. Increasingly patients want access to information about their own healthcare. There may have been a time…
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Transforming the U.S. healthcare system may seem like a daunting task; however, there are steps that can be taken now that can help further change and transformation. Here are five things healthcare leaders and organizations can do right now: 1.…
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Have you considered if healthcare is a moral issue? With recent arguments made in the Supreme Court about the constitutionality of the 2009 healthcare reform law, it is time to again consider this question. Arguments in the Supreme Court primarily…
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One of the core principles of Occupy Healthcare is that “patients, families and communities should be at the center of all healthcare.” In many ways over the last several decades patients and those who support them have been marginalized in…
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There has been much talk over the last several years of the need to bring more of the quality initiative and approaches to safety that have been so successful in the airline industry into the practice of healthcare. The notion…
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Building healthy communities is one element of a transformed healthcare system in the U.S. Among other things, healthy communities help to reduce overall healthcare costs, decrease morbidity, increase the quality of life and the life span of every citizen. A…
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While including the voice of the patient in decision making during their healthcare and treatment is essential, it is also important to find ways to bring the voices of patients into organizational decision making. While not as critical in many…
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Note: This is part 1 of a 2 part series on the voice of the patient. In this post we will look at the patient’s voice at the point of care. In the second part we will look at the…
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