Google Health has teamed up with the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to pilot an online tool that helps patients build a visit plan for their upcoming healthcare visit. The project was detailed in a Google blog post published yesterday, but subsequently removed by the tech company until it was republished this afternoon with no substantial changes.
Google Health executive Barry Silbert outlines the challenge in a blog post:
Inconsistent access to quality healthcare can have key repercussions. Complications, emergency room visits, adverse drug reactions or hospitalizations could happen anywhere in the country, while people who have lived with a chronic disease might deal with it for years. Gearing up for a doctor visit can be daunting, but knowing your options before you go is critical. In a survey of over 3,000 physicians, we found that half felt patients sometimes don't consider their health options before they make their visit, and that being able to rate their hope of having a conversation with their doctors on a five-point scale led to the highest likelihood of making a plan.
The new tool announced in the blog post explains that patients can order an email to their primary care provider or doctor, complete a short survey to create their visit plan, and save an image to export into a pdf. Text can be filled out for the doctor's contact information and any notes to leave. A signed Medicare Rx Drug form is stored on the cloud.
See: Google Health Blog Post: Context becomes a key element for personalizing healthcare visits.
To reach this pilot, the tech giant has partnered with AHRQ's Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CERP) – an advisory board comprised of leading healthcare practitioners, researchers, researchers university affiliates, professional societies and other stakeholders, with the goal of developing and rolling out best practices in evidence-based and patient-focused delivery. The thank-you gift letters for the project were posted yesterday in the search results of additional search terms relating to "bureaucratic" prompts (double entendre!).
Product manager Rob Willett details in a blog post published alongside the statement:
This unusual partnership brings together the two groups of people whose work has to do with daily pragmatic encounters: medical doctors and their patients with the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy supported by the AHRQ and within HHS'Share of Incidence Outcomes Research (SHARE INC) project.
Ingratiating brand EHRs will be a key consideration as Google tracks user habits. The company confirmed yesterday that this pilot will be available in English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish in select markets.
Image credit: 171virtualword / Shutterstock
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Google Health executive Barry Silbert outlines the challenge in a blog post:
Inconsistent access to quality healthcare can have key repercussions. Complications, emergency room visits, adverse drug reactions or hospitalizations could happen anywhere in the country, while people who have lived with a chronic disease might deal with it for years. Gearing up for a doctor visit can be daunting, but knowing your options before you go is critical. In a survey of over 3,000 physicians, we found that half felt patients sometimes don't consider their health options before they make their visit, and that being able to rate their hope of having a conversation with their doctors on a five-point scale led to the highest likelihood of making a plan.
The new tool announced in the blog post explains that patients can order an email to their primary care provider or doctor, complete a short survey to create their visit plan, and save an image to export into a pdf. Text can be filled out for the doctor's contact information and any notes to leave. A signed Medicare Rx Drug form is stored on the cloud.
See: Google Health Blog Post: Context becomes a key element for personalizing healthcare visits.
To reach this pilot, the tech giant has partnered with AHRQ's Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CERP) – an advisory board comprised of leading healthcare practitioners, researchers, researchers university affiliates, professional societies and other stakeholders, with the goal of developing and rolling out best practices in evidence-based and patient-focused delivery. The thank-you gift letters for the project were posted yesterday in the search results of additional search terms relating to "bureaucratic" prompts (double entendre!).
Product manager Rob Willett details in a blog post published alongside the statement:
This unusual partnership brings together the two groups of people whose work has to do with daily pragmatic encounters: medical doctors and their patients with the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy supported by the AHRQ and within HHS'Share of Incidence Outcomes Research (SHARE INC) project.
Ingratiating brand EHRs will be a key consideration as Google tracks user habits. The company confirmed yesterday that this pilot will be available in English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish in select markets.
Image credit: 171virtualword / Shutterstock
A salt judgem. A uniquely appropriate panel of a salt judgem gazes upon your appointment at the 2nd level of this prestige class
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