Reimagining the Language and Translation Space for Patients
Lack of adequate translation and interpreting services isn’t just an inconvenience, it is dangerous and potentially life-threatening.
Providers Should Do These 3 Things to Improve Access
When talking about increasing access, it’s essential to remember that there is a difference between making healthcare more accessible and simply increasing patients’ access to appointments, pointed out Lee Schwamm, chief digital health officer at Yale New Haven Health System. In this article, he explains three steps hospitals can take to actually boost accessibility.
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
Tackling the Loneliness Crisis at Scale
The solution requires healthcare providers, community programs, and social services to work collaboratively to develop broader community-based approaches.
As Interest in GLP-1s Explodes, People Living With Diabetes Need Structured Support To Ensure Effective Use
By working together to build an ecosystem of support around people with diabetes, the healthcare system as a whole can ensure that no one slips through the cracks.
The Value-based Care Throughline to Healthcare Quality and Safety
By prioritizing continuous patient engagement and strategic communication across the entire care journey, healthcare organizations can drive real progress toward value-based care.
Unlocking Better Health: The Role of Personal Health Literacy in Medicare Advantage Enrollment
The impact of personal health literacy on seniors
Unlocking Transparency in PBM Pricing
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
Allying With Patients to Make Every Cure Possible
To win the battle against rare diseases, drug developers must work hand-in-hand with patients.
Hospice — The Best Way to Alleviate Loneliness for Middle-Stage Dementia Patients
In-home hospice care, which gives them ample opportunities to engage with family and friends in the comfort of their own homes, allows providers to give dementia patients the daily contact they deserve.
Generational Intel: Helping Patients Identify Where to Seek Care
Communication with patients should be a top area of focus as urgent cares look to develop their marketing strategies, tailored to each generation they are trying to reach, with an eye toward relieving unnecessary demand on emergency departments.
It’s Time to Give Patients a Seat at the Table
Game-changing advances can be achieved by integrating patient collaboration and priorities into the full span of trial design.
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Patient Engagement Is Essential for Achieving the Goals of Value-Based Care
Success requires both novel VBC models as well as moving care beyond the clinic walls to meet patients where they are.
Protecting Health Data Without Harming Patients: Overcoming the Barriers That Limit Our Access to Our Personal Health Information
The availability of innovative technologies affords us the opportunity to chart a more patient-centric, efficient, and secure path to managing and leveraging PHI.
Guidance and Education For Employees Facing a Cancer Journey
In vulnerable moments when employees need it most, virtual specialty care delivers a human connection that offers empathy, support, and guidance.
The Skeleton in the Diet Closet: Why Quick-Fix Diets Like Keto Are Unrealistic, Impractical and Downright Discriminatory in the Workplace
A healthy and inclusive workplace environment needs flexible solutions that are personalized to all lifestyles, work schedules, cultures and food preferences.
Why Health System Execs Say You Can’t Separate ‘Patient’ from ‘Consumer’
Many people don't take well to the term “healthcare consumer,” or have expressed that they prefer to be referred to as a patient rather than a consumer. But in the U.S., it’s a plain fact that people have choices when it comes to their healthcare. In this piece, three health system executives give their take on why “patient” and “consumer” are often one in the same — and why hospitals need to be mindful of this.