On June 14th at The Washington Post Live event “Cracking the Code: Optimizing Health Care”, lawmakers and health care professionals discussed an emerging health-care model that considers the value of care. They also debated the merits and dangers of health data for patients, industry and regulation. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a longtime physician, argued that…
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The Washington Post: How is the doctor-patient relationship changing? It’s going electronic.
Thanks to technology, Gary Sullivan enjoys a new kind of relationship with his doctor. If he wakes up with a routine health question, the 73-year-old retired engineer simply taps out a secure message into his doctor’s electronic health records system. His Kaiser Permanente physician will answer later that day, sparing Sullivan a visit to the…
The Washington Post: There’s lots of health-care technology out there. How do you choose?
The increasing digitization of health care has ushered in a wide array of technological options, pushing patients to read up on them and make good choices. Here’s what the experts say: Be a wise consumer. You wouldn’t buy a car without reading the reviews and making sure it’s safe. “Patients should use the same approach…
Washington Post: Pilot at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess gives patients electronic access to therapists’ notes
For years, the woman went to a Boston hospital to talk to a therapist about being depressed and overweight. The therapist, listening closely, asked questions and jotted down notes on a memo pad. Until recently, the 54-year-old woman didn’t know what her therapist was writing. Then, last month, her therapist offered to share his notes…
