Month: April 2021

Empowering Caregivers

  Despite caregivers’ critical roles, they often feel unprepared to provide care and often receive little guidance from healthcare providers. Research evidence reveals knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors and resources are required to empower caregivers. Caregivers often grapple with constantly changing roles, grasping medical knowledge, emotional stress, financial strains and changing..

EDPB to strengthen sharing of health data between EU and UK

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) In February 2021, published 2  opinions on the European Commission draft Implementing Decisions on the adequate protection of personal data in the United Kingdom. The EDPB has since brought to the public that it has taken into consideration its opinion on the draft adequacy decision..

Care Coordination

Care coordination is identified by the Institute of Medicine as a key strategy that has the potential to improve the effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of the American health care system. Well-designed, targeted care coordination that is delivered to the right people can improve outcomes for everyone: patients, providers, and payers…

The Evolution of Teams in Health Care

Health care has not always been identified as a team sport, as we’ve currently come to consider it. In the “good old days,” individuals were cared for by one all-knowing doctor who lived within the community, visited the home, and was available to attend to needs at any time of..