Consumers as Partners
Consumers as Partners
How Patient-Provider Engagement Can Transform Patient Safety
How would the world change if, suddenly, clinicians had a highly motivated partner in carrying out each care plan? I propose that a new level of safety will be possible if we shift to a shared care plan model, with patients and families aware of the plan and engaged in its execution.
Consumers as Partners
Consumers as Partners
Empowering Patients and Families to Call for Rapid Response
Engaging patients and families as integral members of the healthcare team is an essential step in delivering high-quality, safe patient care. One approach for empowering patients and families being implemented in hospitals nationwide is to invite them to activate rapid response teams (RRTs) if patients show signs of physical deterioration or something doesn’t appear “quite right” with the patient.
Alicare Medical Management Expands Patient Transition Coaching Program to Reduce Readmissions
Patient Engagement in Patient Safety: Barriers and Facilitators
Patient Engagement in Patient Safety: Barriers and Facilitators
Patient safety has been at the forefront of recent domestic and international policy initiatives. The release of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) 2000 report To Err Is Human solidified the patient safety movement and the role that leadership and knowledge can play in preventing adverse events from occurring.
Krames Patient Education Now Available in eClinicalWorks 8.0
Krames has partnered with eClinicalWorks to provide consumer-friendly patient education to physicians using the electronic medical records system, eClinicalWorks 8.0.