Top Health Care Quality Digest Doctors Prevention Content for October, 2013

October, 2013

The Increasing Importance of Shared Decision Making and Patient Choice in Today’s Healthcare

Health Dialog

OCTOBER 9, 2013

A recent report (September 2013) from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that through effective public health measures, necessary screening and medical care, and lifestyle change, at least 200,000 deaths from heart disease and stroke each year are preventable and that more than half of preventable heart disease and stroke deaths happen to people under age 65.

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Healthcare Prevention Doctors Hospitals

A Patient Experience Lesson from the Latest U.S. Congressional Showdown

The Beryl Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2013

While I don't wade into the political spectrum often in these discussions, in light of the news of the day, I am hard pressed not to at least share a reflection on what is taking place in Washington, D.C., its impact on the U.S. Healthcare system, and the broader economic implications it is presumed to have. I do not intend to advocate for one position or another here, but rather share a core reflection on the lesson I see for patient experience professionals in the current state of affairs.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience Healthcare

October, 2013

The Increasing Importance of Shared Decision Making and Patient Choice in Today’s Healthcare

A Patient Experience Lesson from the Latest U.S. Congressional Showdown

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