Patient and Family Education/Engagement
Saving an estimated 50,000 lives and $12 billion in health care costs is something to celebrate. Congratulations to the 3,700 acute-care hospitals that have participated in one of the Hospital Engagement Networks (HENs) that are part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Partnership…
Read about how patient and family engagement practices are related to patient experiences.
To truly transform care, hospitals and care systems must effectively engage patients and their families.
As the field moves from a fee-for-service to value-based model, leaders are focusing on quality, population health management and providing more integrated, better coordinated care. The goals are to improve the health of the community through increased access to primary care, appropriate admissions…
As the field moves from a fee-for-service to value-based model, hospitals are focusing on quality and population health management, and on providing more integrated, better coordinated care.
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What is it?The Heart of New Ulm Project (HONU) is an award-winning, community-driven initiative to reduce heart attacks in the rural community of New Ulm. As a population-based prevention demonstration project, it applies evidence-informed health improvement practices in the community, health care…
What is it?HealthAware is an online health-risk assessment tool to identify an individual’s risk for heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease or diabetes. If at risk, the participant is invited to receive free lab work and free education from a registered nurse, which includes ways to…
What is it?Nuestra Vida (Our Lives) is a collaborative effort between Memorial Medical Center and county government. The program improves self-managed care and preventive behaviors and increases community awareness within a cultural context, incorporating local language and culturally appropriate…
What is it?During registration, delivering parents are asked if they would like the free services of a volunteer doula. A doula is a nonmedical person who assists a woman and her husband and/or family before, during and after childbirth. Community women who are trained as doulas with Doulas of…