The May 2019 News Update includes: The Intersection of Patient Education and Patient Experience Ambulatory Care: The Road to Improved Patient Outcomes Diabetes Lifestyle Management AAACN Conference Channel Verification Survey May 2019 The Intersection of Patient Education and Patient Experience Managing the patient experience ...
Managing the patient experience means paying attention to every aspect of the patient’s interaction with your healthcare system, from admitting through care and discharge, and even after they’ve gone back home. Additionally, details that used to be considered afterthoughts—like menus and room appointments—are integral to a ...
Written by: Georgina R. Howard, RN-BC, NE-BC, MPA, MSN With changes in healthcare reimbursement and health care policy, there has been a shift in access to care for patients. Fewer patients are accessing emergency rooms, opting instead for alternatives like urgent care clinics for non-acute conditions.[1], ...
Written by: Jon Vredenburg, MBA, RD, CDE, CSSD, LD/N Lifestyle management is the cornerstone of diabetes care. For some patients, just getting regular physical activity and following an individualized meal plan can yield sufficient outcomes. However, that is easier said than done. Diet and exercise are ...
The April 2019 News Update includes: Patient Experience: The Next Horizon Communication Issues Channel Verification ACLP Conference AONE 2019 April 2019 Patient Experience: The Next Horizon Delivering health care has always been about more than providing medical services. For more than 30 years—driven in ...
Delivering health care has always been about more than providing medical services. For more than 30 years—driven in part by changes in Medicare, as well as increased competition for patients—hospitals and healthcare providers have been aggressively developing initiatives meant to increase patient satisfaction and empower patients. These ...
As physicians, we understand that healthcare settings often function independently. For example, we know that not every physician has a relationship with their local hospital. As an outpatient physician, working for a private practice, for example, I don’t have access to the labs drawn at each one ...
The March 2019 News Update includes: Treating America's Mental Health Crisis Patient Experience Conference Channel Verification Diabetes Landscape AONE 2019 March 2019 Treating America's Mental Health Crisis In the past year, an estimated 16.2 million adults in the United States suffered from at least ...
Written by: Jon Vredenburg, MBA, RD, CDE, CSSD, LD/N The statistics regarding the prevalence of diabetes are overwhelming. More than 100 million Americans are now living with either diabetes or prediabetes. In order to give that number some context, the entire population of the United States ...
It’s almost a certainty that you know someone suffering from a mental health disorder. While much of the medical profession is focused on physical diseases like heart disease and diabetes, America is also in the grip of a less visible, but no less traumatic epidemic: mental ...