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Welcome to Nancy Finn’s blogs, a collection of timely and relevant articles that cover topics on health, wellness, and digital health all from the patient’s perspective. The blog posts are a critical overview of the healthcare industry. Topics include:
Digital Health,
Mobile phone apps and their ability monitor and manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, weight, and breathing disorders such as Asthma and COPD. AI bots such as Chat GPT, CoPilot, Bard, and more;
Electronic Health Records and Patient Portals,
Web Resources to find answers to common health issues;
Social Networking
Telehealth
Short Message Systems
Health Information Exchange
Cost of Care including:
Health insurance plans,
Hospital charges,
Medication pricing including Co-Pay.
Patient Empowerment and Engagement using apps for social networking, tips and suggestion on how to communicate with provider, and other interested parties, how to find valid health information.
Finding Healthcare, including:
Retail Clinics, telehealth, urgent care centers, emergency departments
Hospitals, Community Health Centers
Providers, including: PCPs Concierge doctor, Nurse practitioners, Physician assistants.
Reengineering Healthcare
Medicare for All;
Universal Health Coverage; and
Eliminating Waste in the Health System.
Health Equity including options and choices, legislation and regulation, payment plans such as Obamacare and Federal programs, diversity and disparities.
The Patient Experience including: coordination of care & collaboration.
Patient Safety — Medical Adherence,
Quality in Care Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Privacy of health information/patient rights
The Future
Genetics,
Genomics,
Robotics,
AI in health other technologies
Nancy's Current Blogs
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For more than 200 years, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has been a leader in medical discovery. As the nations’ largest hospital system…New Beginnings for Drug Price Reduction for Americans
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA P.L. 117-169),which was signed into law on August 16, 2022, expands Medicare benefits by lowering…Hospitals No Longer a Refuge for Sick Patients
Hospitals used to be a place where patients who were sick could seek care. Funded by wealthy donors and religious…Messaging for Money. What Happened to Patient Centered Care??
In its report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, published in 2001 by the…How Telemedicine Succeeded in Enhancing Public Health
Using innovative digital technologies and social media as a defining way to keep people connected, safe, productive, and healthy while…Medical Debt, Shame on Us
The healthcare cost debate has been silenced over the past few months as our focus has turned to the serious…Mobile Phones Are Revolutionizing Healthcare
Over 95% of American adults own a mobile phone and, for many, it is their primary means of online access,…