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How can Patient Experience provide a pathway for better health and care? This paper presents a strategy for improving healthcare by focusing on patient experience. “The Path to Better Healthcare: A Framework for Patient Experience Excellence” (August 2024, by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Key points include: Patient-Centered Care: Promotes using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and addressing social factors to enhance care. 10-Point Framework: 🎯 Primary Concerns: Cost, care quality, and convenience. ❗ Table-Stakes Concerns: Confidentiality, communication, and collaboration. 💜 Emotional Concerns: Consideration, community, comfort, and choice. 💲 Cost Transparency: High costs delay care; AI and value-based care models can improve transparency. ⚠ Care Quality: Focus on personalized outcomes and safety. 💹 Convenience: Virtual care and flexible solutions reduce wait times and enhance accessibility. 📩 Communication & Confidentiality: Clear, private, and transparent communication builds trust. 🌏 Cultural Competence: Address disparities by improving staff diversity and training. 💙 Comfort: Tranquil healthcare environments improve patient recovery. 🔅 Patient Empowerment: Offering clear choices boosts adherence and health outcomes. Produced by: Matthew Huddle, M.D. Diego S. Bernardo Raakhi Agrawal Nick Cristea Relevant: Jennifer Clawson, #ValueBasedCare, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) ************ SIGN-UP: "Transforming Health and Care Experiences with Research and Actionable-Insights". A free monthly digest supported by The Journal of Patient Experience https://lnkd.in/eWG5XSEd ************ ATTEND: Patient Experience Symposium, Boston, Sept 16-18, 2024 https://lnkd.in/eNKSpJ8G ************ ATTEND: International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) on Value-Based Health Care, Amsterdam, Oct 21 – 23, 2024: https://lnkd.in/ewznMk2K ************ PUBLISH: Special Collection on "Exploring the Relationship between Patient Experience, Health Outcomes, and Value-based Care" https://lnkd.in/ew4gEgz7 ************ #PatientExperience #ValueBasedHealthcare #VBHC #VBC #PatientEngagement

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This Medical News article discusses a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on persistent gaps in women’s health research and key recommendations that would require $16 billion in congressional funding. https://ja.ma/3VObzNB

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Check out this recent article from JAMA about the new NASEM Report on the gaps in women's health research featuring Connors Scientific Advisor, JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH, MAC:

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This Viewpoint introduces the 4P's Road Map for translational population health and health equity research—moving from building blocks to innovations (interventions, therapies, policies, connections, etc) at scale, and toward optimal, equitable outcomes. https://ja.ma/4djJB2S

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Viewpoint: To achieve better health outcomes and reduce disparities in the US, it is important to prioritize research on social determinants of health (SDOH) alongside traditional biomedical research. https://ja.ma/4gfbPNp

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IGHS' own Mike Reid and collaborators at PEPFAR talk about the road ahead for PEPFAR in the Lancet. 1) Treatment interruptions risk undoing progress. 2) Empowering nurses, leveraging AI, and new treatments like long-acting options are vital for the future. 3) Focus on youth engagement, mother-to-child prevention, and key populations to reduce new infections. PEPFAR's mission is clear: sustain gains, accelerate progress, and ensure long-term sustainability. The economic benefits are undeniable, echoing the success of smallpox eradication. #PEPFAR #HIV #GlobalHealth #Sustainability #UCSF https://lnkd.in/eRZXsMww

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It’s Sepsis Awareness Month! Are you looking for peer inspiration to get started on improving Sepsis practices? Check out our 2023 Sepsis Honor Roll hospital journey posterboards, compiled in this Excellence in Practice Hospital Journey virtual booklet. https://hubs.ly/Q02MWxGn0 #SepsisAwarenessMonth

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Globally, over 26% of deaths are attributable to poor lung health. (1) This makes today, #WorldLungDay, more important than ever. The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies has made improving lung health a priority in our work through our Respiratory Health Initiative and the recently launched #COPDIndex https://lnkd.in/da6Aj7dJ With the COPD Index, we aim to increase attention and support action around COPD, which is the third leading cause of death worldwide. This World Lung Day, we want to not only highlight the need for a greater focus on lung health but also emphasise that robust solutions are  within reach: 🌀Improved tobacco control laws and tobacco bans 🌀Measures to reduce climate change-related risks 🌀Faster and more targeted access to diagnosis and patient care pathways 🌀Facilitating collaboration between primary and secondary care professionals 🌀Supporting patient groups and empowering patients 🌀Activating decision- and policymakers to put lung health on the policy agenda 🌀Advocating for the development and implementation of national lung health plans 🌀Ensuring adherence to care guidelines All of these measures are possible and have the potential to save lives! What can you do to improve lung health today? Explore how your country performs in the COPD Index and how to improve approaches to COPD prevention, diagnosis, and care here: https://lnkd.in/da6Aj7dJ Reference: (1) IHME. 2024. Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies  Respiratory Health Initiative #WorldLungDay #COPDIndex

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Briana Stephenson, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health develops biostatistical models to understand population health disparities. She shares what drives her work and its wide-ranging applications. https://ow.ly/jrHm50U8amV

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SREE, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness is hosting a two-part webinar, “An Introduction to Bayesian Impact Analysis,” featuring Howard Bloom, former MDRC Chief Social Scientist, and Pei Zhu, MDRC Senior Research Associate, on October 24 and November 14. The webinars will introduce program evaluators to the basic ideas, intuition, logic, methods, applications, benefits, and limitations of Bayesian impact analysis, an emerging method for integrating a current impact estimate for a specific intervention with prior impact estimates for related interventions and study populations to obtain a more fully informed current impact estimate.

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Two new studies highlight the perils of relying on preconceptions of how #shareddecisionmaking #participatorymedicine, #coproduction and #healthcareconsumerism should work. In the first, researchers in Australia presumed that giving #TKA (otherwise known as "total knee replacement") patients an #AI driven #Predictivemedicine tool would change their preference for surgery. Nope. My guess is that people in pain don't make decisions based on what the spreadsheet says ("Those patients are so illogical!), but on their hopes and fears. The authors acknowledge that more holistic approach to #patientengagment may be needed. In the second study, a research team that included clinicians, sociologists, economists and others in The Netherlands, People's Republic of China, Germany and Turkey looked at how shared decision-making worked in practice. Fascinating methodology, and a conclusion that what worked in practice for different kinds of patients and clinicians should be accepted as just as much as "best practice" as what theoretically was the best way to go about things. International acceptance of the patient voice, plus real-world wisdom. Progress is slow, but it's coming. Dave deBronkart Jane Sarasohn-Kahn Grace Cordovano, PhD, BCPA Victor Montori Glyn Elwyn eugene NELSON Andrea Downing Jennifer Bright Danny Sands, MD, MPH Danny van Leeuwen Jennifer Goldsack Soojin Jun, PharmD, BCGP, CPPS, CPHQ ❤️Tejal Gandhi, MD Thomas Lee, MD Patient Experience Institute Yushy Zhou Chris Schilling

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"How to Live Longer" - reflecting on a fascinating discussion about the future of healthcare at the #newyorkerfest between Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Dhruv Khullar: A few key insights worth sharing: 💡 The future of medicine isn't just about living longer—it's about living better. We're finally recognizing that healthcare should align with patients' life priorities and values, not just survival metrics. 🔍 While maximum lifespan remains stubborn (~120 years), we're getting better at helping more people reach their 80s and 90s with quality of life. Countries like Japan and Korea are leading the way with 85-year average life expectancies. 📊 The power of accessible healthcare is striking: Thailand reduced deaths before age 50 from 60% to just 35% in 20 years by building strong primary care infrastructure and deploying community health volunteers. That's the difference good healthcare systems can make. 🌡️ Climate change is emerging as a major health crisis. From heat-related illnesses to changing disease patterns, our healthcare systems need to adapt quickly. ⚖️ The biggest challenge ahead? Healthcare equity. When our top 1% live to 89 while others barely reach 72, we have work to do. Countries succeeding in this space prioritize accessible primary care and community health workers. One measure Dr. Gawande uses in his work at USAID is % of people dying under the age of 50. This is what this measure looks like in different parts of the world: - Japan 2% - Europe -5%  - USA - 10%  - Africa - 65% #Healthcare #FutureOfMedicine #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #ClimateHealth

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Interrupted time series analysis finds modest decreases from the prepandemic to intrapandemic periods for communication, problem-solving, and personal-social domains among US children aged 0 to 5 years. https://ja.ma/4aMQXL2

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In an article published in Nature Cancer, cancer education leaders outline challenges and opportunities in running successful research training programs. Lawrence Boise, PhD, associate director for education and training at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, co-authored the paper with national and international peers. Read more ➡️ https://brnw.ch/21wPQvZ

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A dynamic presentation by AIMI Co-director Nigam Shah and an engaging panel discussion featuring AIMI affiliated faculty Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, and Stanford colleagues Alex Weihan Chu and Michael Pfeffer demonstrated the vital role of AI in health care, and emphasized the importance of using it safely, ethically, and cost-effectively. Drs. Shah and Rodriguez's fascinating insights -- shared as part of the "Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Medicine & Health Care Is Here" live event -- showed how Stanford is at the forefront of medical innovation by using AI responsibly for the benefit of the Tri-Valley community and beyond. From the 'Green Button Project' to enhancing patient prognostic models, Dr. Shah discussed how AI is playing a pivotal role in advancing clinical decision-making and patient care at Stanford. He also emphasized the need to ensure benefits of Large Language Models (LLMs) in medical implementations. In the panel discussion, Dr. Rodriguez shared her insights on an initiative that is underway to use an AI model to analyze existing imaging data to find patients at risk of heart disease, and then deliver subsequent—and often lifesaving—preventive care. Want to learn more about the potential of AI to advance health care? Watch Dr. Shah's full presentation: https://bit.ly/3XF6QOu Watch the full panel discussion with Dr. Rodriguez: https://bit.ly/4de3GqA The event included opening and closing remarks by Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley President and CEO Rick Shumway. #Datasets #LargeLanguageModels #AIinHealthcare #InnovationInMedicine #PatientCare

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Dive into our latest study published in BMC Health Services Research for an illuminating view of Sinai's Diabetes Center's innovative, team-based care model. We explore the benefits, challenges, and potential impact on health outcomes in diverse urban settings. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gSW8wAdp #DiabetesCare #HealthServicesResearch #SUHI

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Join Dr. Karen Jacobson, an associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine, in the latest episode of “Talking Global Health with Fogarty”, as she shares her journey in understanding the spread and evolution of drug-resistant #tuberculosis in South Africa and how she’s using genomic data help stop the spread: https://loom.ly/hYeD1JI

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▶️ very reasonable life sciences predictions for 2025 by Mass Gen colleages ⏺️ agreed, beyond the ebbing hype of AI, cell- and gene-based therapies, and therapeutic vaccines we’ll see a lot of incremental developments ⏩️ my favorite therapeutic areas where we’ll see such developments (in this order): 1) Neurosciences, incl Rare/Ultra-Rare 2) Oncology / Hematology 3) Cardiovascular (finally back) 4) Metabolics (tailored GLP-1s etc.) 🆙 this will apply to all interventions with an ongoing shift from drugs to biotech to devices ➡️ yes, difficult to quantify political, or rather policy uncertainty this year, perhaps overrated in anticipation

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There is still time to register and attend our next #cmewebinar. This series is focused on helping physicians bring joy back to their practice of medicine. #physicianwellness #joyofpractice #cme

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