Patient-physician communication

Clinicians see conflicts in patient access to mental health notes

OpenNotes challenges the power dynamics in the clinician-patient relationship, such as who controls the flow of information, according to a recent study of Veterans Health clinicians.

EHR documentation Greg Slabodkin June 20

EHR documentation Greg Slabodkin June 20
HIT Think Why providers are dragging their feet with virtual care

Emily Zuehlke
Consultant for Research Advisory Board

Survey data show the majority of patients would consider getting care without a trip to a doctor’s office, offering a market opportunity to those offering these services.

Telehealth June 16

Telehealth June 16
Video Transitioning to Value-based Care: Leakage of services, specialty practices and payer provider collaboration

Nandini Rangaswamy, Zeomega, addresses some of the challenges and opportunities involved in transitioning to VBC, including facilitating payer-provider collaboration.

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HIT Think How to build portals that entice patients to use them

D’Arcy Guerin Gue
Vice President of Industry Relations Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere Systems

Patient-provider web sites need to be easy to use and allow people to talk to their doctors, make appointments, view their records and.more.

Patient engagement May 23

Patient engagement May 23
NYC Health + Hospitals reports breach at Coney Island Hospital

Unregistered volunteer had access to protected health information for about three months.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert May 22

Data breaches Joseph Goedert May 22
HIT Think Why providers should push for patient ownership of medical records

Theresa Hush
CEO, co-founder Roji Health Intelligence

Consumers are shouldering more of the cost burden of their care, and they expect access to their data to make the best decision possible.

Patient engagement May 19

Patient engagement May 19
Clinicians need support, better tools to manage job burdens

Physicians find little joy in their profession, and senior execs must reverse that trend, Liz Boehm says.

Workplace management Joseph Goedert May 18

Workplace management Joseph Goedert May 18
Using video to explain test results to patients

Clinician avatars could describe tests and treatments via patient portals, says Dan Morrow.

Patient-physician communication Joseph Goedert May 16

Patient-physician communication Joseph Goedert May 16
ATA, ClearHealth Quality to work on telemed accreditation

Expected growth in the use of technology underlies outsourcing agreement.

Telehealth Joseph Goedert May 15

Telehealth Joseph Goedert May 15
Former CMS leader Slavitt joins AVIA in senior advisor role

Projects could incorporate IT to solve common challenges faced by healthcare industry.

Patient-physician communication Joseph Goedert May 11

Patient-physician communication Joseph Goedert May 11

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