by Hillary Regan | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Learn
Can sharing physician notes with patients have a positive effect on care? That is the basic question behind the OpenNotes movement, which sprung out of a three-city pilot program in Boston, Seattle, and rural Pennsylvania and has since gone on to give more than five...
by Hillary Regan | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog, Learn
National health care leaders, John Santa, MD, MPH, Homer Chin, MD, MS, and Amy Fellows, MPH, have joined the OpenNotes team. The three bring decades of expertise in information technology and population health to the expanding OpenNotes movement. OpenNotes is a...
by Hillary Regan | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog, Learn
Better access to health insurance from the rollout of the Affordable Care Act is the biggest change in Lane County’s health picture from three years ago, according to the newly released 2015 Community Health Needs Assessment. About 6 percent of county residents were...
by Hillary Regan | Feb 18, 2016 | Events, Events from selected partners
US healthcare is mostly profit-driven. How do profits influence patient care – for better or for worse? How do profits influence patient costs – higher or lower? Dr. Joshua Freeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, University of...
by Hillary Regan | Feb 17, 2016 | Events, Events from selected partners
Better health begins before a patient ever sees a physician or enters a hospital. Housing, food, education, employment and other social factors play a massive role in the cost of healthcare and the ultimate health of our community. What can local citizens do in their...
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