Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. This selection focuses on collecting and understanding data, using it to create information that can be used to improve health and healthcare. In addition, the system alerts clinicians when a patient fills a prescription.

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Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Social Determinants of Health 60

Phreesia

JANUARY 22, 2025

Patient activation is the ability of individuals to manage their own health and actively participate in their healthcare. When patients are more activated, they tend to achieve better health outcomes and contribute to improved healthcare efficiency. Whats patient activation? 10 strategies to increase patient activation 1.

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Phreesia

JANUARY 22, 2025

Patient activation is the ability of individuals to manage their own health and actively participate in their healthcare. When patients are more activated, they tend to achieve better health outcomes and contribute to improved healthcare efficiency. Whats patient activation? 10 strategies to increase patient activation 1.

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 52

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Social Determinants of Health 52

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as more closely associated with health, such as health care services, health literacy, engagement in one’s own health care, adherence to prescribed health care treatment and medication.

Social Determinants of Health 113

Social Determinants of Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Health Literacy 113

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as more closely associated with health, such as health care services, health literacy, engagement in one’s own health care, adherence to prescribed health care treatment and medication.

Social Determinants of Health 113

Social Determinants of Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Health Literacy 113

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as more closely associated with health, such as health care services, health literacy, engagement in one’s own health care, adherence to prescribed health care treatment and medication.

Social Determinants of Health 60

Social Determinants of Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Health Literacy 60

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as more closely associated with health, such as health care services, health literacy, engagement in one’s own health care, adherence to prescribed health care treatment and medication.

Social Determinants of Health 60

Social Determinants of Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Health Literacy 60

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as more closely associated with health, such as health care services, health literacy, engagement in one’s own health care, adherence to prescribed health care treatment and medication.

Social Determinants of Health 60

Social Determinants of Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Health Literacy 60

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as more closely associated with health, such as health care services, health literacy, engagement in one’s own health care, adherence to prescribed health care treatment and medication.

Social Determinants of Health 60

Social Determinants of Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Health Literacy 60

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as more closely associated with health, such as health care services, health literacy, engagement in one’s own health care, adherence to prescribed health care treatment and medication.

Social Determinants of Health 60

Social Determinants of Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Health Literacy 60

The Health Care Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. However, as we discussed in a 2021 posting in Health Affairs , these large, complex health enterprises played a vital role in the societal response to the once-in-a-century COVID crisis. Origins of Hospital Consolidation.

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HEALTHBEAT

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Latinos, who make up at least 11% of the state’s population, face serious barriers to health care, especially mental health services, according to the State of the Latino Community in Georgia report released Tuesday. Here are five takeaways related to public health. It’s hard to identify when heat causes a death.

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

“Later, I became fascinated with big data and what can be done with the routinely collected data that gets captured in a hospital. There are millions and millions of patient records that can provide insights on social determinants of health. That’s why I wanted to be closer to the grassroots of health.”

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The Health Care Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One sets up the problem healthcare has (although healthcare is not explicitly mentioned), while the other illustrates it. Those are exactly the right questions we should be asking about healthcare. Our most ambitious healthcare reform proposals seem to either be the catch-all “Medicare For All” or the simplistic single payor.

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Exploring Health

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Why Food Recalls are Everywhere Right Now By Ellen Ioanes and Li Zhou , Vox Multiple outbreaks in the United States has been linked to fast food and grocery products after foodborne illnesses cases and associated hospitalizations and deaths. First, more imported foods in the US food system leaves more room for disease to enter.

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Socioeconomic Status and Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Ageing and Health Social Determinants of Health 59