Christina's Considerations

Getting Personal: My Patient Experience #6

Those of you who have turned 50 years of age know what happens... you see your physician for your annual visit and they recommend a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer. My cousin didn't live long enough to join me... Read more →

Personalized Patient Engagement - with an app

This powerful video provides an overview of an app beign used by the Loyola Recovery Center in upstate New York with veterans in outpatient recovery. It combines patient generated data, telehealth, mobile, GPS monitoring, social media and personalized interventions for... Read more →

Hospital Rankings: Personal Health Management, Patient Satisfaction & Social Media Engagement

US News and World Report has produced a popular annual hospital ranking for 23 years, but it doesn't include patient engagement or satisfaction. A new ranking system leverages publically available information to addresses this gap and focus on the patient... Read more →

Use of IT to Empower Patients and Consumers

Health IT Safety

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released the Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan. It builds on recommendations of the 2011 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer... Read more →

30 Day Hospital Readmission Rates: Opportunity for Patient & Caregiver Engagement

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project has released a new infographic on hospital readmissions by diagnosis and inpatient procedure. Hospital readmission is an indicator of quality of care and is an opportunity for reducing... Read more →