Patient advocacy

Patient advocacy is the dedicated support of individuals navigating the healthcare system. Advocates empower patients by ensuring their rights, facilitating communication with healthcare providers, and promoting informed decision-making. This crucial role enhances patient autonomy, fosters healthcare transparency, and strives for equitable, quality care.

Cancer patient satisfaction with telehealth differs by race
Though cancer patient satisfaction with telehealth is high, racial disparities in perceptions of telehealth's usefulness and ease...
How digital health is powering population health strategies
Healthcare leaders discuss how digital health technologies are boosting population health efforts by enhancing access and ...
How does virtual primary care affect pediatric care utilization?
Virtual primary care visits for pediatric patients result in fewer medication prescriptions and lab tests but higher rates of ...

How do FQHCs affect accountable care organizations?
FQHCs help accountable care organizations reach a more diverse patient population and potentially enable better patient access to...
For-profit hospices linked to poor care quality
Researchers discovered that hospices owned by private equity firms and publicly traded companies were linked to poorer care ...
Back surgeries: Low-value care swells Medicare spending
According to new research from the Lown Institute, unnecessary back surgeries led to an estimated $2 billion in Medicare spending...

How AI-driven data curation could advance precision medicine
The data curation requirements for successful precision medicine initiatives present hurdles for healthcare stakeholders. Can AI ...
Collaboration key to using data standards for value-based care
Panelists at Xtelligent Healthcare's Payer + Provider Summit discussed the promise and challenges of using data standards for ...
Study reveals cost-efficiency strategy for LLM deployment
Efficient deployment of large language models at scale in healthcare settings could streamline clinical workflows and reduce ...

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