Category Archives: How-To for Patients
Patient Engagement in Research: A Toolkit for Patient-Family Advisory Councils
October 10, 2017From Planetree through a project that was funded by a Eugene Washington Engagement Award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to support our understanding of how Patient-Family Advisory Councils engage
Case: Avoiding Cognitive Bias in Diagnosing Sepsis
September 24, 2017September is Sepsis Awareness Month. According to the Sepsis Alliance, it is also a leading cause of death worldwide. So why is it that so many people, including health care
An Invitation to Patient and Family Engaged Care for Consumers: What it is, Why it Matters and How Patients and Families Can Engage
July 24, 2017As one of the co-authors, I am excited to share that the BMJ has just published, as a response to a British Medical Journal editorial, An Invitation to Patient and Family Engaged Care for
Those Indecipherable Medical Bills? They’re One Reason Health Care Costs So Much
April 4, 2017The New York Times Magazine | By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | MARCH 29, 2017 “… A scan showed she was suffering from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. A vessel had burst, and blood was
Workers Who Give Care To The Homebound Often Can’t Afford To Get Their Own
April 4, 2017KHN Kaiser Health News | By Shefali Luthra March 31, 2017 For more than two decades, Celeste Thompson, 57, a home care worker in Missoula, Mont., had not had regular contact
Sick after hours? How to navigate your health care options
April 4, 2017CTMirror | By: Arielle Levin Becker | March 27, 2017 This story is the latest in a series on how to better navigate the health care system. So you’re coming down with
Ask These Three Questions to Get Better Healthcare
August 8, 2016Peter Pronovost MD PhD; July 13, 2016 <img alt=”Ask These Three Questions to Get Better Healthcare” class=”StretchedBox W(100%) H(100%) ie-7_H(a)” src=”http://l1.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/pGelLrxhyWLHhEQ_rHVqJA–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/robb_report_221/d691e2362bfc8c7ee4a9ee6924453fd6″/> These three key questions can transform healthcare decisions.
Want to know about medical mistakes? Talk to the parents.
March 9, 2016By Ryan White March 04, 2016 | USC Center for Health Journalism As someone who has spent quite a bit of time as a visitor at a hospital recently,
CMS updates hospital results for consumers
July 29, 2015CMS reports these outcomes for patients who are admitted to the hospital for a heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stroke, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
Making the Cut: Why choosing the right surgeon matters even more than you know
July 14, 2015by Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce, ProPublica July 13, 2015 In February 2012, LaVerne Stiles went to Citrus Memorial Hospital near her home in central Florida for what should have