The concept of a Patient Bill of Rights has been around for decades. Congress and other organizations have made several attempts at creating a formal bill of rights, but to no avail. The US Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Read More
If Healthcare Data Were Managed by the DMV
What if Healthcare data was managed by the DMV? That conversation recently came up as one of our team members relocated from to a different state. During the process of trying to get a license in the new state of Read More
What is a Smart Health Card?
According to the Smart Card Alliance (now the Secure Technology Alliance), Smart Health Card implementations are continuing to be deployed for various solutions in healthcare, worldwide: Healthcare organizations worldwide are implementing smart health cards supporting a wide variety of features Read More
Patient Centered Care
The National Institute of Health defines patient centered care as: “health care that establishes a partnership among practitioners, patients, and their families (when appropriate) to ensure that decisions respect patients’ wants, needs and preferences and solicit patients’ input on the Read More
21st Century Cures Act
As reported by Beckers, on August 13, 2017, National Coordinator for Health IT Don Rucker, MD, laid out three of the ONC’s top priorities related to the 21st Century Cures Act during a speech at Allscripts Client Experience, the company’s Read More