Breaking the Barriers to Rural Elderly Care with Design Thinking
Innovative thinking can help address complex issues that have eluded us for years, like access to elderly care, care coordination for chronic conditions, social isolation and loneliness, and medication management.
The Changing Landscape of Quality Measures in Healthcare
It’s an issue around the globe—how can we implement quality measures in healthcare to reimburse providers based on improving care and outcomes? The U.S. is trying with its new value pathways.
Prioritizing Patient Safety Success Stories
Here’s four different examples of health systems innovating for improvements in patient safety.
The Impact on Underserved Communities in Times of Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the globe and the United States and exposed the fragile state of our healthcare system, specifically in underserved communities.
The Front Line: Thoughtfully Leveraging Technology in a Pandemic
In a challenging environment, health systems are leveraging a variety of information and technology tools to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Immediate State and Local Strategies for a Public Health Emergency
There are many short- and long-term policy and funding mechanisms that state and local jurisdictions in the U.S. can leverage to scale-up their efforts using health IT to combat a public health emergency like COVID-19.
Six Ways to Unleash the Potential of Telehealth
Explore six ways to expand the potential of telehealth, with insights on barriers, benefits and best practices.
Shifting Toward Preventive Medicine with Health Information and Technology
Historically, healthcare has generally looked at the people they serve as patients. However, these models are evolving quickly as we move to value-based reimbursement with a focus on preventive medicine, shares our digital influencer.
Lessons Learned from the Health Journey of a Cancer Survivor and Caregiver
Our digital influencer shares her personal health journey as a cancer survivor and caregiver and the lessons she’s learned along the way that are particularly applicable in times like these.
Health Inequity in the Time of a Pandemic
The current public health crisis has exacerbated and amplified health inequity, or the systematic differences, regarding the access individuals have to achieve optimal health, leading to unfair and avoidable differences in health outcomes.
Increasing Community-Based COVID-19 Testing Bridges Health Equity Gaps
By increasing access to COVID-19 community-based testing, we can help slow the spread of the virus in at-risk populations and provide valuable demographic data to help improve health equity in the long term.
How the Collective Force of Advocacy Can Make a Difference in Underserved Communities
In order to advocate for and protect underserved communities, we must have broader discussions around the complex disparity ecosystem and look for a deeper why, shares our guest writer.