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Blog | Operations | Patient Activation | | RCM

‘If there’s no money, there’s no mission’: An interview with FQHC expert Beth Wrobel

August 5, 2024
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Blog | Operations | Security & Privacy | Staffing

Four reasons it’s time for your hospital to digitize patient forms

May 3, 2024
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Blog | Clinical | Patient Experience

Q&A: How collecting self-reported race, ethnicity and language data can advance health equity

April 5, 2024
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Clinical | Patient Activation | | Policy Perspectives | Value-Based Care

Capturing the Patient Voice in Discharge and Rehabilitation Could Improve Outcomes and Reduce Costs

Why it’s important to include patient activation in skilled nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and hospital quality and payment programs

July 10, 2024
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Clinical | Patient Activation | | Value-Based Care

Q&A with Wellinks on the Importance of Activating Patients

Wellinks’ Dr. Abi Sundaramoorthy and Phreesia’s Dr. Christina Suh discuss the importance of activating COPD patients, and all patients, in their care.

July 8, 2024
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Clinical | Patient Activation | | Policy Perspectives | Value-Based Care

Ensuring the Patient Voice is at the Heart of the MA STARS Quality Ratings Program

Supporting patient activation in MA STARS quality rating program is important.

May 13, 2024
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Clinical | Patient Activation | | Policy Perspectives | Value-Based Care

Bringing Patient Activation to Specialty Care

A key way to support more patients in taking an active role in their care is by having the PAM included in additional MIPS measure sets. 

May 2, 2024
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Clinical | Patient Experience | Value-Based Care

How patient activation made it possible to thrive with kidney disease

Dave White felt helpless when he was diagnosed with kidney disease. But today, he’s thriving—and patient activation made it possible.

December 20, 2023
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Clinical | Policy Perspectives | Value-Based Care

Patient activation is critical to achieving optimal health for all

Achieving optimal health depends upon patient activation: helping patients gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health.

December 12, 2023
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Clinical | | Value-Based Care

‘We’re here to change communities’: Q&A with HealthLinc on addressing social needs at scale

Melissa Mitchell shares how HealthLinc, an FQHC in Indiana, transformed its SDOH workflows with the Patient Activation Measure®.

October 23, 2023
Clinical | | Value-Based Care

Want to close gaps? Activate patients in their care.

Two leaders actively engaged in addressing care gaps share how healthcare organizations can activate patients to identify and resolve them.

February 22, 2022
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Clinical | Operations | | Patient Experience | RCM | Security & Privacy | Staffing | Value-Based Care

What Is Patient Intake? The Complete Guide

Learn about patient intake, why it's important and how automating the process can help healthcare organizations drive success.

November 4, 2019
Clinical | | Value-Based Care

Understanding Social Determinants of Health Starts in the Exam Room

Learn why it's important for providers to discuss social determinants of health (SDOH) with patients and how to encourage a willing discussion of SDOH.

September 27, 2019
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Clinical | | Value-Based Care

What is Care Management?

The goal of care management is, first and foremost, to improve patients' health. Learn more about the components of a successful care management system.

September 16, 2019
Clinical | Value-Based Care

What is the Medicare Shared Savings Program?

The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) wants everyone to benefit from lower healthcare costs. Read this blog to learn how the program works.

June 1, 2019