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The voice of the patient is crucial in designing and planning facilities for pediatric health. Often the patient is unable to advocate for themselves, so HGA uses a variety of tools including patient and family advisory councils, creating a framework for engagement and measuring outcomes through pre-and-post occupancy evaluations. In Healthcare Facilities Today, Mezio Zangirolami, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB and Erin Labrec present case studies on designing for pediatric patients: https://lnkd.in/ggyTg4ir

The voice of the patient is crucial in designing and planning facilities for pediatric health. Often the patient is unable to advocate for themselves, so HGA uses a variety of tools including patient and family advisory councils, creating a framework for engagement and measuring outcomes through pre-and-post occupancy evaluations. In Healthcare Facilities Today, Mezio Zangirolami, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB and Erin Labrec present case studies on designing for pediatric patients: https://lnkd.in/eaePa_JG

The Greater Lehigh Valley Healthcare Alliance (GLVHA) network is committed to serving more than just the Lehigh Valley region. Our network includes surrounding counties, recognizing that healthcare needs don’t stop at borders. By expanding our reach to beyond Northampton & Lehigh counties, to Carbon, Berks, Bucks, Monroe, & Warren, we’re creating a truly inclusive network that reflects the diversity and needs of our larger community. Why is this expansion essential? Health is multifaceted and touches all ages and stages of life. We’re connecting with specialists in areas like pediatric care, mental health services, cardiology, cancer care, complex chronic illness management, (& of course - senior care). By broadening our focus, we address the needs of entire families, from young children to older adults, and ensure that support is available across a full spectrum of health services. This expanded network strengthens our impact. Together, we’re increasing access to high-quality healthcare, improving outcomes, and creating a healthier future for everyone in the Greater Lehigh Valley. At GLVHA, we believe that when we broaden our partnerships, we build a healthier, more resilient community for all.

As part of the Patient Experience strategic priority in Strategic Plan 2026, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) has begun the design and implementation of a co-design framework. This framework aims to foster a shared understanding of co-design among staff, patients, and families, ensuring it becomes a cornerstone of how we deliver care. Over the past two years, tremendous effort has gone into defining what co-design means specifically for TBRHSC. A diverse committee of over 30 individuals—including frontline staff, physicians, administrative staff, and Patient Family Advisors (PFAs)—collaborated to craft a definition that reflects the values of our Hospital. Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gErrua52

We are preparing the expand the National Contract Value Review process for all Phases of research next month! And what a journey it has been so far… This wonderful video is a timely boost for this work. It gives insights on delivering commercial research from the Primary Care setting and mentions the impact of expanding this process beyond secondary care NHS Organisations. This is enabled through a voluntary sign up scheme for Primary Care organisations, which is managed through the NIHR working with system partners across the UK. The intention behind establishing a consistent and predictable approach for costing and contracting is keep making it easier to set-up and access research on the places where the UK’s patients are. Let’s keep going! There’s always more we can do. #IamNIHR #changemakers #NCVR https://lnkd.in/eRfVqX58

Andra Farcas, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, was first author on the paper "Achieving Equity in EMS Care and Patient Outcomes Through Quality Management Systems: A Position Statement" published last month in Prehospital Emergency Care. 👏 Read the full article online to learn more about the process framework of measuring and reducing care inequities in EMS, and what is needed to drastically reduce inequities: https://lnkd.in/gxZqEtuG

Worth a listen: Important segment about pain management for women in a subject not commonly discussed: IUD insertion.

Many of us with children know the behaviors that occur if they do not have our attention. Our need to be heard starts when we are young, but does not end. Whether it is through social media or traditional conversation, being heard is a societal concept that allows people to feel respected and even allows us to have common ground. It is also an aspect of our patient satisfaction scores; scores that are becoming more and more important to the business of medicine. Listening, involving our patients in shared decision making, and their participation in their care may improve the interaction and empowerment of our patients in their healthcare. It then may improve our patient’s perception of their experience if they feel valued and respected. Food for thought as we look into patient partnerships in the perioperative period.

To improve health outcomes for seniors after hospital discharge, Rebecca Trotta and colleagues have been reimagining hospital-to-home care transitions with a model called SOAR (Supporting Older Adults at Risk). Drawing on the Discharge to Assess model, SOAR involves coordination among a core team specializing in geriatric care and an interprofessional team over three phases: Prepare, Transition, and Support. Pilot results, reported in the Journal for Healthcare Quality, demonstrate success! On average, SOAR increased the percentage of patients discharged before noon, from 6% to 76%, reduced the time to first home care visit from 49 hours to 6 hours, and cut down hospital length of stay by more than a day. It also led to to improvements with 30-day ED visits and readmissions and facilitated connection to the in-house pharmacy, which allows patients to obtain medications before discharge. The article was coauthored by Anne Shoemaker, Ryan Greysen, and Marie Boltz. Link to paper: https://lnkd.in/e5Cu7SD7 SOAR was supported by CHTI's Innovation Accelerator Program, with David Resnick serving as innovation lead. Dr. Trotta was featured in our Innovator Spotlight series in 2023 – visit the CHTI blog to read it! https://lnkd.in/eB6SVdd3

BMHC Board President, The Honorable Dr. Larry Wallace, Jr., Ph.D., co-authored a health-equity-focused article with Dr. Norman Chenven, MD., of Austin Regional Clinic, and David Stein, CEO of Babson Diagnostics, called "Three Guys Walk into a Conference And...", in the July 2024 Edition of the Austin Medical Times Magazine. What is unique about this collaborative piece is how it was born. Three guys, who come from very different places—a medical group, community care coordination, and a diagnostics company—met as they all sat on a panel at the 2023 Healthier Texas Summit hosted by It's Time Texas in collaboration with the University of Texas System. However, they all had one question in common and that is: "How do we remove barriers, make access to care easier, and reduce any fear and anxiety related to getting medical help?" They all acknowledged statistics show the health equity gap appears to be more acute in Texas than in many other states. According to their article, our state recently ranked poorly across 24 healthcare metric determinants spanning across four categories: access, outcomes, cost, and quality of care. They also agreed the challenge of improving care is big and complex, but the place to start is with preventative care. We encourage you to read the full article: Pages 9 AND 14 https://lnkd.in/evM8WumM Subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/g_GFfMYu #BMHC #BlackMensHealth #HealthEquity #AustinMedicalTimes #PreventativeCare #HealthcareAccess #HealthcareBarriers #CommunityCare #HealthierTexas #HealthDisparities #AccessToCare #PublicHealth #HealthAwareness #HealthcareCollaboration #MedicalInnovation #TexasHealthcare #StayInformed #SubscribeNow #ReadTheArticle #HealthCareReform #HealthOutcomes #HealthcareQuality #ReducingBarriers #CommunityHealth