Apple sets its sights on patient care management

http://stateofreform.com/issues/healthit/2016/03/apple-unveils-software-framework-for-patient-care-management/?utm_source=State+of+Reform&utm_campaign=2fc34edc06-5+Things+Jan+%2802%29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_37897a186e-2fc34edc06-272256165

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From Triple to Quadruple Aim: Care of the Patient Requires Care of the Provider

http://www.annfammed.org/content/12/6/573.full?utm_source=State+of+Reform&utm_campaign=2fc34edc06-5+Things+Jan+%2802%29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_37897a186e-2fc34edc06-272256165

http://www.vox.com/2016/3/15/11157552/medical-errors-stories-mistakes

Is value-based pay leading to more MD face time?

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/value-based-pay-leading-more-md-face-time?cfcache=true

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Are Masks a Good Alternative to Flu Shots for Healthcare Workers?

http://www.medpagetoday.com/HospitalBasedMedicine/InfectionControl/54905

At some hospitals, it’s vaccinate or be fired

What Makes Doctors Value Patient Feedback

https://hbr.org/2015/11/what-makes-doctors-value-patient-feedback

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By committing to transparency, providers are acting on several key beliefs. First, they are reaffirming that patient evaluations are legitimate and important elements in evaluating quality of care. Second, they are establishing that sharing such feedback is good for both providers and the communities they serve. And finally, they are embracing the idea that such self-imposed accountability is key to serving patients’ needs and, ultimately, reducing suffering.

Why doctors still don’t text or email their patients

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/11/09-outdated-doctor-patient-communication-yaraghi

Doctor Stephane Mercier, Head of the palliative care unit at Paul-Brousse Hospital, attends an interview with Reuters in his office at the hospital in Villejuif near Paris March 4, 2015. France's parliament will on Tuesday debate a bill allowing patients near the end of their lives to stop treatment and enter a "deep sleep" until they die, a move that critics say amounts to euthanasia in disguise. If passed, the legislation would give dying patients in the secular but majority Catholic country more power over their own treatment. Jean Leonetti, a centre-right lawmaker and doctor who authored the law, told Reuters the bill would allow patients with "hours or days to live" to request to be placed under general anaesthetic right through to the moment they die.

Geisinger to begin offering refunds to unsatisfied patients

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/geisinger-to-begin-offering-refunds-to-unsatisfied-patients.html

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The Most Crucial Half-Hour at a Hospital: The Shift Change

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-most-crucial-half-hour-at-a-hospital-the-shift-change-1445887115

Nurses Corey Bennett, left, and Reenie Mraz-Peterson talk in a patient’s room during a shift change at the University of Vermont Medical Center.

Nurses conferring in hospital rooms makes patients and families feel comforted and safe

9 facts about medical errors you should know before entering a hospital

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHVp5wILNhA&feature=youtu.be

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Paying For ‘Patient Satisfaction’ Harms Hospitals That Care For Poor People

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2015/10/16/paying-for-patient-satisfaction-harms-hospitals-that-care-for-poor-people/?utm_campaign=forbeshealth

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