Social Determinants of Health: Can ZIP Codes Influence Health Outcomes?
For health systems to start addressing social determinants of health, they must start to think about how these factors play a critical role in patients' health outcomes.
Transparency in Healthcare Explained in 280 Characters or Less
We asked our members to answer the question: How can we achieve transparency in healthcare? Here's what they had to say—in 280 characters or less.
Humanity and the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence
Our guest writer shares two fundamental ways we can use patient care technology—and specifically the benefits of artificial intelligence as a tool—to return some humanity to healthcare.
Precision Medicine: The Promise and the Challenges
Precision medicine, shares our guest blogger, is seeking to make health maintenance, disease prevention, diagnoses and treatment solutions more precisely selectable for each individual.
A Generalizable Approach to Becoming a “Top Performer” in Provider Satisfaction Presentation
This presentation discusses strategies that streamline processes to reduce drug utilization and cost of abuse, and highlight related work to improve population health outcomes.
Incorporating Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health in Patient Care Presentation
Social and behavioral determinants of health have a significant impact on the overall health of a patient, knowing how to leverage this infomation is critical. This presentation addresses how nurse informaticists can optimize systems to collect and use this information.
Precision Medicine and Your Health Story
As precision medicine continues to advance and evolve, ensuring the data collection process provides an accurate representation of all races and nationalities will be key to creating insights that are actionable.
Developing an Opioid Abuse Program: Three Guidelines from Model Practices
Using our Davies Award recipients as case studies, we've identified three critical areas health systems should consider when building a comprehensive opioid abuse program.
Social Determinants of Health: Breaking Down the Barriers
Did you know that social determinants of health can affect up to 70% of health outcomes? Building a healthier future means addressing the existence of health disparities.
Removing Patient Transport Barriers with Innovative Partnerships
A look into how a health system developed a patient transport program to improve health outcomes by partnering with other organizations.
Genomic Data and Blockchain: A New Paradigm for Precision Medicine and Science
While there is still a long way to go before we have the ability to understand how individuals and their genomes interact to cause disease – and therefore use that genomic data to improve health – there is progress, shares our guest blogger.
Developing Application Software for Detecting and Documenting Diabetic Foot Complications for Use by Nurses
With the increasing number of diabetes cases worldwide, developing application software that detects diabetic foot complications can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of nursing care services, especially in Indonesia.