The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) https://www.ahrq.gov announced that the app called PRISM won the AHRQ “Step-Up-App Challenge”. The multi-phase competition’s goal was to develop a user friendly app capable of collecting standardized “Patient-Reported Outcomes” (PRO) data in various ambulatory settings, including primary and specialty care. (more…)
AHA Publishes Market Report
The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) https://www.aha.org Center for Health Innovation recently explored key issues in the report “Telehealth: a Path to Virtual Integrated Care”. The report is based on information and insights obtained from hospital and health system leaders and healthcare experts, surveys of providers, and data from research articles. (more…)
Telemedicine Use by Specialty
According to an article appearing in the Medical Society of the State of New York in their March 2019 newsletter, a little more than 15 percent of physicians work in a practice that uses telemedicine to interact with patients. However, 11.2 percent work in practices that use telemedicine to interact with other health care professionals according to a study published in Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org. (more…)
Briefing: Patients as Consumers
The Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org briefing held March 5, 2019 at the National Press Club, discussed issues involving Patients as Consumers. The Health Affairs March 2019 issue examining consumers’ thoughts and ideas on their role in the healthcare system was supported by The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute https://www.pcori.org and the New York State Health Foundation https://nyshealthfoundation.org. (more…)
Obtaining Expert 2nd Opinions
Recently, Credit Suisse www.credit-suisse.com kicked off their “Healthcare Disruptive Technologies Innovations” series by hosting Owen Tripp, Grand Rounds CEO, at a small group investor dinner meeting in New York City. On March 4, 2019. (more…)
Study Shows Telemedicine a Success
On Consult QD-Primary Care https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org, a site for primary care physicians and healthcare professionals at the Cleveland Clinic, a recent study shows that patients generally like telemedicine, but the new study delved deeper into why it’s a success.
HIT Update from Oregon
According to Updates as of February 2019 from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), https://www,oregon.gov/oha/HPA/OHIT/Dicuments/OHIT-Progtam-HITOC-Update-20190201.pdf, the Emergency Department Information Exchange (EDIE) now allows Emergency Departments (ED) in real-time to identify patients with complex care needs who frequently use the ED for their care. (more…)