June 29, 2018 Why Advocacy Is Not Just for “Advocates:” Five Reasons to Join Healthy Me PA Most everyone needs and uses health care at some point in our lives. We who work in health care are doubly invested: for ourselves and our loved ones when we are sick or injured, and for the patients and communities we serve.
April 26, 2018 Future-proofing for Health Care’s Four Alternate Realities Within the industry and without, opinion leaders are making sweeping predictions about the future of hospitals.
December 19, 2017 Opioid Addiction is a Chronic Illness Requiring the Right Care, in the Right Setting, at the Right Time With communities reeling from an epidemic of opioid addiction, Pennsylvania lawmakers are understandably focused on developing legislation to address the crisis. Their instinct to help is natural and laudable.
November 28, 2017 Let’s Talk: Why Pennsylvania Needs POLST Honoring patients’ end-of-life health care wishes is easier said than done. Even when patients and families have had those difficult conversations, and documented them in the form of advance directives, the complexity of modern health care can let them down.
October 13, 2017 Patient and Family Engagement: Nice to Have—or Strategic Necessity? For some time now, Medicare has been financially rewarding hospitals for good patient experiences as measured by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS).
August 11, 2017 Tackling the high price of medications in PA: Why target 340B, a program for vulnerable patients and hospitals? Pennsylvanians, like all Americans, are concerned about how much they pay for prescription drugs.