Seema Verma, CMS administrator (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) gave an exclusive interview at the World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C., where she was also the keynote speaker.
Timely palliative care improves patient experience
Consumerism in patient experience is here to stay and studies relating to this aspect are showing the way. Healthcare organizations that care to deliver appropriate, timely patient-centered palliative care, improve patient experience and lead to lower hospital costs.
Maryland’s Prince George County work towards a single population health management platform
Population health management needs to be responsive to patient needs and has to be efficient in order to save costs and improve outcomes. In 2013, Earnest Carter, MD deputy health officer at Maryland’s Prince George’s County Health Department had the vision to involve local stakeholders to work on social issues that influence an individual’s ability to live a healthy life.
Fat transfer to the dorsum of the foot can change lives of patients
Patients who cannot walk pain free now have a solution. Fat transfer to the dorsum of the foot is being widely discussed in the podiatry field. Fillers have made a difference in patients’ lives. For patients who could not walk pain-free and surgery wasn’t a great idea for them, fat transfer seems to be a better choice.
Uber and Lyft venturing into healthcare transportation
Uber and Lyft are trying hard to make roadways into the healthcare transportation space, with the aim to scale up their operations and also to help providers to improve the care they provide patients. Healthcare depends a lot on patients making it to the appointments.