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Instacart Health Partnership Focuses on Food Insecurity in Chicago

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

October 25, 2023 – A new partnership between Instacart and Wellness West tailored for food insecurity will help forge deeper inroads into the healthcare space for the grocery store technology company.

In particular, the…

Homelessness Key Social Determinant of Health Predicting Sudden Death

October 24, 2023October 24, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

October 24, 2023 – Homelessness remains a key social determinant of health, with researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, revealing that individuals who are homeless are 16 times more likely to…

Pediatric Sepsis Mortality Risk Marred by Racial Health Disparities

October 23, 2023October 24, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

October 23, 2023 – Pediatric patients who are Black are far more likely to die from sepsis than their White counterparts, even within a single hospital, a new analysis presented at the 2023…

Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs Double with Dementia Diagnosis

October 17, 2023October 18, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

October 17, 2023 – A dementia diagnosis is going to cost you, with new data from the University of Michigan showing that individual personal wealth dropped after a diagnosis while out-of-pocket healthcare costs…

Health Literacy Stands in the Way of Adequate Breast Cancer Screening

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

October 17, 2023 – Fewer than half of adults are aware of the common signs of breast cancer, save for having a lump, a clear signal that patient health literacy is faltering, researchers…

Patients Want Doc Counsel Under Cures Act Patient Data Access Rules

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

October 11, 2023 – New data in the journal Radiation Oncology is providing more insights into how the 21st Century Cures Act’s provision mandating immediate patient data access and access to lab results…

Health Equity Accreditation Aims to Provide Actionable Roadmap

October 6, 2023October 6, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

October 06, 2023 – A new health equity accreditation from URAC is set to help healthcare organizations assess and guide their efforts to address health disparities, the accreditation body said in a recent…

Racial Health Disparities Emerge in Access to OUD Medications

October 3, 2023October 4, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

October 03, 2023 – A third of the 1.5 million Medicaid enrollees with opioid use disorder in 2021 did not receive medication to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD), with searing racial health disparities…

Emotional Well-Being Screening Needed for Family Caregivers

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

September 25, 2023 – Fewer than one in five oncology practices screen family caregivers for signs of emotional distress despite the significant burden these informal caregivers carry during a loved one’s cancer journey,…

OIG: Failure to Post Home Health Falls Taints Care Compare Quality

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

September 11, 2023 – Inaccurate reporting of home healthcare falls may be tainting the quality of information shared via Care Compare, the online platform the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to…

Diverging trajectories of trust in healthcare and on-line information seeking: what’s next with LLMs

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Embedding clinical intelligence to help close care gaps

Impact of Mobilization Facilitated by Wearable Device Enhanced Patient Monitoring/Electrophysiology Pod–Based Feedback on Postoperative Complications Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Randomized Controlled Trial

Author: Patient Engagement HIT

Instacart Health Partnership Focuses on Food Insecurity in Chicago

Homelessness Key Social Determinant of Health Predicting Sudden Death

Pediatric Sepsis Mortality Risk Marred by Racial Health Disparities

Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs Double with Dementia Diagnosis

Health Literacy Stands in the Way of Adequate Breast Cancer Screening

Patients Want Doc Counsel Under Cures Act Patient Data Access Rules

Health Equity Accreditation Aims to Provide Actionable Roadmap

Racial Health Disparities Emerge in Access to OUD Medications

Emotional Well-Being Screening Needed for Family Caregivers

OIG: Failure to Post Home Health Falls Taints Care Compare Quality

Diverging trajectories of trust in healthcare and on-line information seeking: what’s next with LLMs

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Weekly Roundup – January 31, 2026

Embedding clinical intelligence to help close care gaps

Impact of Mobilization Facilitated by Wearable Device Enhanced Patient Monitoring/Electrophysiology Pod–Based Feedback on Postoperative Complications Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Randomized Controlled Trial

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