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Elation Health Announces $50M Series D for Innovative Primary Care

Healthcare IT Today

Generation Investment Management and Ascension Ventures co-led the round for Elation’s primary care platform supporting practices in new payment models and more than 12.8 Elation Health , the clinical-first technology company powering innovation in primary care, today announced a Series D financing round of $50 million.

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Update: How empathy, education, communication and the PAST Model transformed Sickle Cell patient care

Society for Participatory Medicine

In 2004, as a staff nurse at Baptist Medical Center South in Florida, I cared for a group of pediatric and adult African-American Sickle Cell patients who would come to my medical-oncology unit for treatment. Because I had developed the pain questionnaire, administration asked me to be the Sickle Cell Coordinator for Care Advisor.

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How Empathy, Education, Communication and the PAST Model transformed Sickle Cell Patient Care

Society for Participatory Medicine

In 2004, as a staff nurse at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery, Alabama, I cared for a group of pediatric and adult African-American Sickle Cell patients who would come to my medical-oncology unit for treatment. They would stay a few days, get fluids, and get Phenergan around the clock for nausea, and narcotics for pain.

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Building Trust and Truth in Patient Social Networks

Health Populi

Those were the early days of the formation of patient social networks [Patients Like me was founded in 2004, and WEGO Health and Stupid Cancer in 2007]. .” Trust and truth underpin health engagement, we learned in the first Edelman Health Engagement Barometer launched ten years ago.

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Diabetes patients given access to their Electronic Medical Records achieved improved Glycemic control

Lloyd Price

Objective: The objective of this review is to explore the use and impact of having online access to computerized medical records and services for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care. No limitations were placed on study design, though we applied detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria to each study.

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Leveraging Technology to Improve Referral Management in Home Health Care

Healthcare IT Today

The process begins when a patient is referred to a specialist home health provider by his or her primary care physician. Join me in calling on the industry to leverage our resources to improve the care experience of providers and patients alike. . Adeel Sarwar, Chief Technology Officer, joined CareCloud in 2004.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

The Chronic Care Model is based upon the idea that people with chronic illnesses should have access to continuous care and support. It shifts the focus from acute and reactive care to proactive, population-based care. 24/7 patient access to care and health information. Here are the top benefits of CCM: 1.