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This article outlines the results of a study by the Ontario Hospital Association and the Della Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto that examined the future burden of illness in Ontario and highlighted its impact on the provincial healthcare system by 2040. It's pretty prescient and mirrors what will likely happen in the U.S. (at least in areas with moderate to strongly growing populations). It argues that the current system, which is already overburdened and understaffed, will simply be insufficient to handle the growing aging population and increased chronic disease prevalence. It argues for essential solutions, including increased prevention and early detection. The Ontario provincial government is taking measures, including adding hospital beds and improving primary care access, but they seem like bolt-on solutions to an outdated and outmoded delivery chassis. In the US, we'll try to GLP-1 out of this problem. To expand primary care access, we'll use AI clinical decision-support tools and broaden the scope of practice for NPs, PAs, and pharmacists. I'm curious to see what others think and what message resonates at HLTH Inc. regarding future care model delivery trends, workforce issues, and primary care access. The article and the study are in the comments. https://lnkd.in/etHZQzGd

Many thanks to all the participants for our 29th edition of #IPHS-online PH Roundtable and Educational forum. Key focus was on Patient Centered Care (PCC): Components, Principles, Practices and Current trends. Some key takeaways. 1. More than 8m people die every year from conditions that are treatable by the health system and 60% of these deaths are due to poor quality care. 2. High quality systems could prevent 2.5m deaths from Cardiovascular diseases, 1m newborn deaths, 900k deaths from TB and 50% of materbal deaths each year. 3. The Institute of Medicine defines PCC as Providing Care that is respectful of and responsive to the individual patient preferences,needs and values and ensuring that patient values guided all clinical decisions. 4. A report from Lancet Commission shows: 1in 3 people in LMIC cited negative experiences in health system in the areas of attention,respect communication and length of visit. Quality of care is worst for the most vulnerable, poor,less educated,adolescents and those with stigmatized conditions. As healthcare workers we must look out for and show extra care for the voiceless and helpless 5. #PickersEight Principles of #PatientCenteredCare: #Respect for patients preferences #Coordination and Integration of Care #Information and Education #Physical comfort #Emotional support. #Involvement of family members #Continuity and Transition #Access to care. 6. Similarly a people- centered approach should encompass: Equity in access, Quality, Responsiveness and participation,Efficiency, Resilience-WHO. 7. Patient centered care is every ones business. Anybody may be a patient tomorrow. Advocate and push for PCC in your facility. #IPHS-online: advancing #science, improving #practices and changing #outcomes!!! #EmergencyPreparedness #Emergencyresponse #Healthsystemstrengthening #Healthworkforce #Patientsafety #infectionpreventionandcontrol #AfricaCDC #NigeriaCDC #WHO

This article describes the strategies that leaders at the Mass General Brigham (MGB) health system have used in launching a standardized patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) collection program in 2012, a major step in the value-based transformation of health care, and documents many benefits to patients, clinicians, and payers from the effective design, collection, and use of PROMs. Benefits include shared decision-making aligned to patients’ goals; improving patient expectations about their likely experiences and outcomes from treatment; empowering patients to self-monitor during recovery; facilitating communication between physicians and patients about what matters most to patients; enhancing treatment by having PROMs embedded in the patients’ electronic health record; and reducing disparities in access, treatment, and outcomes for previously underserved racial and ethnic groups. For payers, PROMs allow payments to be based on patient outcomes. By continuously answering each stakeholder’s “what’s in it for me” question, MGB has taken an important step toward building a learning health system to equitably achieve health outcomes that align with patients’ goals for their health. Working together, the MGB PROMs Program and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value, and Experience Center, a transdisciplinary PROMs research hub, plan to continue their efforts to improve and expand the use of PROMs to accelerate the shift toward accountable, patient-centered care: https://nej.md/3RgoNQH (by Jason Liu, Robert Kaplan, David Bates, Maria Edelen, Rachel Sisodia, Andrea Pusic @MassGenBrigham)

Deandre White is a clinical research professional and a member of the Health Equity Emissary Team (HEET) at Diverse Health Hub. Deandre was invited to speak at the 2024 COLA Forum on her experience working with patients, and how healthcare professionals can address their assumptions when it comes to #diagnostictesting. Learn more about how diagnostic testing is the "Hidden Gem of Healthcare" in our latest article: https://bit.ly/4e5RWIe

CMS aims to have Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in a care relationship with accountability for quality and total cost of care by 2030. Do you, as a healthcare provider or VBC organization, have challenges accessing patient clinical data to help provide context around care delivery and transitions of care after treating patients? If so, Health Gorilla offers a solution for those seeking a more efficient approach to streamlining clinical workflows. Our clients can effortlessly access patient data from various sources, such as electronic health records (EHRs), health information exchanges (HIEs), diagnostic systems, and the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). This streamlined access can significantly improve the quality of care and reduce the total cost of care (TCOC). DM directly if you’re interested in learning more. Check out the information below. 🦍 https://lnkd.in/eyFmzgj9

Despite the growing body of evidence that supports the efficacy of at-home care for patients with chronic or acute conditions, including those who need hospital-level care, innovative health systems pursuing these care models do have to make up for some wild cards when caring for folks at home. Each patient presents a particular set of circumstances, needs, treatments and follow-ups that make standardizing at-home care challenging. But even with myriad obstructions in making home-care effective, innovative health systems are making it work well for their patients. Here is a list of how members of the American Medical Association Health System Program—which provides enterprise solutions to equip leadership, physicians and care teams with resources to help drive the future of medicine—are solving these problems to bring care to where patients live, especially for those who are homebound. 

On #WorldHealthDay, we honor the tireless efforts of healthcare professionals worldwide. At Aim Trials, we're proud to contribute to the advancement of healthcare through our dedication to clinical research. Clinical trials play a vital role in improving access to quality health services for everyone in several ways: 1. Access to Experimental Treatments: Clinical trials provide an opportunity for individuals with specific health conditions to access experimental treatments that may not be available through regular healthcare channels. This gives patients who have exhausted conventional treatment options a chance to receive potentially life-saving or life-improving interventions. 2. Expansion of Treatment Options: By testing new treatments and interventions, clinical trials contribute to expanding the range of available treatment options. This leads to a broader selection of effective therapies, ultimately improving access and choice for patients. 3. Advancing Medical Knowledge: Clinical trials generate valuable data and insights about diseases, treatments, and health outcomes. This knowledge helps healthcare providers make informed decisions, develop evidence-based guidelines, and improve the overall quality of healthcare services. 4. Addressing Health Disparities: Clinical trials strive to include participants from diverse backgrounds to ensure that the benefits and risks of new interventions are understood across different populations. This helps in addressing health disparities and ensuring equitable access to healthcare services for underrepresented communities. 5. Development of New Standards of Care: Clinical trials often contribute to the development of new standards of care and treatment guidelines. This ensures that the best available evidence is used to guide clinical practice, leading to improved and standardized healthcare services for everyone #worldhealthday #healthday #clinicaltrials #healthcare #clinicalresearch #clinicaltrials #dfw #aimtrials #healthcareinnovation

The Reporting Conflicts of Interest and Funding in Health CareGuidelines: The RIGHT-COI&F Checklist is out! #conflictofInterests https://lnkd.in/ebBsTDyv

Why is consumer-mediated health data access increasingly in focus? In 2020, 38% of people nationwide accessed a patient portal, compared with 25% in 2014, according to a HealthIT.gov brief analyzing data from the Health Information National Trends Survey. In addition, 32% of patient portal users in 2020 downloaded their online medical record, compared with 17% in 2017, according to the brief.

78% of hospital CFOs & revenue cycle leaders believe hitting cash & cash flow targets will be even more important over the next three years, according to a Knowtion Health market study. Yet rising rates of denials, driven in part by increased use of AI tools by payers, continue to put dollars at risk. Examine the challenges revenue cycle teams are likely to encounter as they fight to keep pace with payers and the strategies that work best for peer hospitals in this presentation for the VA Chapter of AAHAM Winter Education Conference. Gain practical insight from Robert Boos of Centra Health and Deborah Herron of MedStar Health, moderated by Sarah Loeffler of Knowtion Health. Interested in those stats above? Access the Knowtion Health market study: https://hubs.li/Q02ZgxCL0