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.

Using connected care tools to further value-based care goals
Kaiser Permanente is using connected care tools to boost care quality, provider well-being and prevention efforts, driving the ...
PHTI: Some digital hypertension tools effective in reducing BP
A report by PHTI finds that digital hypertension tools using a medication management approach effectively reduced blood pressure ...
Behind the scenes of telehealth standards development
Leaders from NCQA and URAC discuss the development of telehealth standards to ensure high-quality virtual care and provide ...

Medicare Shared Savings Program saves $2.1 billion in 2023
Accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program earned performance payments totaling $3.1 billion in 2023, ...
Has hospital price transparency affected healthcare costs?
Data indicates that hospital price transparency laws have caused healthcare costs to level off.
90% of medical coding staff worry about upcoding, fraud
Healthcare fraud, such as upcoding and unbundling, has medical coding and billing professionals worried about the industry.

AI chatbots show promise for HIV prevention
Artificial intelligence-based chatbots could serve as valuable tools for community-based and public health organizations to ...
Can AI-driven care coordination software improve workflows?
By integrating an AI platform across dozens of hospitals and outpatient settings, University Hospitals aims to streamline care ...
LLMs show potential for hospital quality measure reporting
Large language models can process Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Management Bundle quality measures in agreement with manual ...

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