Partnering with Patients and Families from the Bedside to the Boardroom

Patient- and Family-Centered Care

Partnering with Patients and Families from the Bedside to the Boardroom

Imagine a setting where patients and families feel confident and comfortable asking questions, providing valuable historical information, and discussing their health priorities in open dialogue with their providers. How many adverse medical events could be avoided? How many duplicated tests could be eliminated?

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Predictive Analytics Drives Patient Engagement and Improves Care

Analytics

Predictive Analytics Drives Patient Engagement and Improves Care

 

Despite the best efforts of clinicians around the country, healthcare delivery is still largely a cottage industry. Just like the old family-run corner store, or the artist down the street who makes jewelry to sell at local craft fairs, isolated teams of wonderfully talented and committed individuals have for many years done the best they can to provide rescue care.

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IOM Plans to Add Diagnostic Error to ‘Quality Chasm’ Series

Editor’s Notebook

IOM Plans to Add Diagnostic Error to ‘Quality Chasm’ Series

Mark L. Graber launched the 6th annual Diagnostic Error in Medicine (DEM) conference with a major announcement. Graber is founder and president of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM), an organization that was formed just prior to last year’s DEM conference. DEM 2013, “Define, Measure, Improve,” was held in September at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

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