Health Literacy: A Bridge to Health Equity
Published June 6, 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the wake of the pandemic’s disparate impacts on different communities, healthcare organizations are exploring ways to advance their health equity initiatives. Given the fact that health literacy was identified as a valuable tool to help populations disproportionately affected by COVID-19, it is clear that addressing low health literacy can effectively improve health equity. What […]
Advance Care Planning: A Tool for Healthcare Empowerment
Published March 30, 2022
Reading Time: 4 minutes The onslaught of COVID-19 cases early in the pandemic derailed the process of shared decision making in healthcare by forcing in-the-moment medical decisions. The pandemic elucidated how health can deteriorate suddenly and unexpectedly, driving a call to action for individuals, families, and providers to initiate advance care planning (ACP) discussions and ensure end-of-life care wishes […]
3 Transformative Benefits of Telehealth
Published March 8, 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutes For many years, telehealth lingered on the fringes of healthcare. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic. The utilization of telehealth services skyrocketed from less than one percent to as much as eighty percent of provider visits in the early months of the public health emergency as temporary policies were enacted to promote a safer mode of care delivery. […]
The Crucial Role of Primary Palliative Care in Healthcare
Published November 5, 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a perfect healthcare world, advance care planning conversations are initiated early in the patient journey, advance directives and health care proxies are documented, and the patient’s healthcare team has access to this information. The reality is far from ideal. Care decisions are often made in the hospital during a health crisis. There is little […]
Add Your Logo to the ACP Decisions Patient Resources Page
Published September 22, 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes We find that patients like to feel like their providers are invested in their care. They want to trust that all aspects of their care are being coordinated by their care team. Currently, when patients access the ACP Decisions resources prescribed by their care team, they’re taken to a patient resources page like the one […]
The HEDIS Advance Care Planning Measure: What it is and Why it Matters
Published September 14, 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mrs. S., 68 years old, suffers from end-stage liver disease. Her husband, Mr. F., cares for her at home; however, it has been increasingly difficult for him as her condition has progressed and she has had to go to the hospital more frequently over the past year. While Mrs. S. has been making her own […]
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