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Defining 11 common types of medical errors, patient harms
Understanding the most common types of medical errors might help tailor patient safety best practices.
Using a data-driven approach to human-centered SDOH work
As healthcare embraces SDOH data, it must confront challenges in balancing empathy and human connection with a data-driven population health approach.
Healthgrades: Clinical outcomes key for hospital rankings
Data from Healthgrades' outpatient hospital rankings indicate a steep disparity in patient outcomes between high- and low-performing hospitals.
Affordability, GenAI top-of-mind for healthcare consumers
GenAI holds promise for ameliorating patient navigation and affordability issues that get in the way of patient care access, healthcare consumers say.
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Patients trust social media over docs for health information
More than half of patients trust social media and online resources for health information over advice from their doctors and providers.
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Quarter of patients miss preventive screenings, primary care
Three in four patients support scope of practice laws that would let nurse practitioners fill in gaps in preventive screenings and primary care access.
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Diagnostic errors affect patient safety in 7% of patients
One in 14 hospitalized patients are affected by diagnostic errors and patient safety events, usually due to various process failures.
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Improved health equity to add $2.8 trillion to U.S. GDP by 2040?
Health equity improvement could yield $763 billion in corporate profits and prevent 5 million people from leaving the workforce due to health issues.
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U.S. trails peers in healthcare quality ranking, care access
The nation's healthcare quality ranking is low for outcomes and equity, but the U.S. does excel in preventive care and patient safety.
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Adverse childhood experiences screening key for risk profiles
The pronounced effect adverse childhood experiences have on adult health and well-being indicates a need for better screening and risk profiling.
Features
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Real-time patient feedback data key for consumerism
Real-time patient feedback data can help create a more personalized experience, which is key in the throes of healthcare consumerism.
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5 pitfalls to avoid when using GenAI for patient engagement
Issues like algorithmic bias and deepening the digital divide are potential pitfalls to using GenAI for patient engagement.
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Tackling patient safety, diagnostic errors on a system level
Addressing patient safety and diagnostic errors will require a team-based approach that promotes no-shame accountability.
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Promising patient engagement use cases for GenAI, chatbots
Generative AI's strongest patient engagement use cases center on reducing staff and clinician burden while streamlining the patient experience.