Patient Engagement News and Articles

Patient Boarding in the ED Soars by A Third at MGH, Harms Experience

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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is boarding patients in the emergency department nearly a third more often than it has in the past, marking a serious capacity problem that’s impacting...

Medication Errors in Kids Cut in Half with Better Caregiver Education

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A new study in JAMA Network Open is advocating for more depth and breadth during the pediatric hospital discharge process, asserting that providing caregiver and patient education with more health...

SDOH, Transportation Access a Problem for 5.7% of Patients

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Transportation access continues to be a leading social determinant of health, with new CDC data showing it affected 5.7 percent of adults over the course of 12 months. The report, which used 2022...

YouTube Unveils Public Health & First Aid Education Videos

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YouTube wants to help viewers learn first aid with a new slate of videos the social media and online video platform has posted to promote public health and first aid education. The move comes as a...

HHS Finalizes Religious Rights Rules Protecting Patient Care Access

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HHS has finalized the last piece of the puzzle to restore the government’s process for handling complaints of conscience and religious discrimination, which the agency said will improve patient...

Care Coordination Model Increases Primary Care Follow-Up Access

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The Camden Coalition’s model for care management and care coordination may not have achieved its initial aims of reducing hospital readmissions, but the program was successful in improving...

Uber Health’s Health IT Deal to Ease Transportation, SDOH Referral

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Health IT company Socially Determined is teaming up with Uber Health to make it easier for payers and providers to flag patients with social determinants of health barriers, like transportation access,...

More Patients Visit NPs & PAs as Usual Source of Care, Primary Care

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The landscape for people’s usual source of care is changing, with fewer people reporting a regular primary care provider, according to a Fast Facts report from the Employee Benefit Research...

Data Reveals How Health Outcomes Link to Structural Racism

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A recent study from researchers out of Mount Sinai is providing data to support what many have argued in the past few years, that structural racism is linked to poorer health outcomes. The study,...

Nurse Practitioners Predict Doc Shortages, Care Access to Loom in 2024

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Provider shortages, appointment wait times, increasing patient demand, and a shift toward more primary care are top of mind for nurse practitioners going into this year, says the American Association...

Few Providers Use Z-Codes to Document Social Determinants of Health

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Z-codes were added as an element of ICD-10 to help healthcare organizations document and track social determinants of health in patients, but two new and unrelated studies in Health Affairs Scholar...

Which Healthcare Players Yield the Highest Patient Satisfaction?

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While patient satisfaction with clinicians such as doctors and nurses is still high, that’s not necessarily the case with every healthcare player, according to recent Gallup polling. The survey...

Patient-Provider Communication Ranks High While Doc Face Time Lags

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Patient-provider communication is proving highly effective and beneficial to the patient experience during hospital stays—but that’s only if a patient can actually see a doctor, according...

Medication Access for OUD Abysmal for Medicare Enrollees

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About a million Medicare enrollees have opioid use disorder (OUD), but only 18 percent of them received medication to treat OUD, according to a new Office of Inspector General report that illustrates...

Patients Leery of GenAI for Medical Misinformation Potential

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Four in 10 adults acknowledge that generative AI is ready for the healthcare big leagues, but most still harbor pretty significant concerns about the accuracy and sourcing of the medical information...

Zocdoc Sheds Light on User Appointment Scheduling Trends

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Zocdoc Sheds Light on User Appointment Scheduling Trends Zocdoc users tended to prefer in-person care that is close to home, scheduled for earlier in the week, and wouldn’t have a long...

Patients Are Traveling for Abortions. How Does It Affect Care Access?

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New data out of the Guttmacher Institute shows that nearly one in five patients seeking an abortion are traveling out of state to get it, calling into question the accessibility of the procedure. The...

CVS Health’s Consumer App Targets Disease Management, Patient Engagement

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CVS Health wants its new consumer app to super charge patient engagement and care and disease management, with the company airing a new video outlining the tool at its investor meeting. “Imagine...

Health Equity Key 2024 Priority, But Challenges Lie Ahead

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Health equity will remain in the industry spotlight as healthcare and life sciences executives continue to eye it as a top priority for 2024, according to a new report from Deloitte. The Deloitte...

Discrimination in Healthcare Affects Patient Experience, Outcomes

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More data is out demonstrating the role racism and discrimination play in healthcare, with the latest from KFF showing that Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN), and Asian people are...