American Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

Takeaways: To help patients and their families make informed decisions about choosing health care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly reports quality performance measures. In addition to informing patients, public reporting can drive providers to improve performance.

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American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

The project included use of the organization’s telemedicine AnyWhere Care (AWC) web application, which patients can download to their smartphones. The application then feeds data to the patient’s electronic health record (EHR). doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Backhouse A, Ogunlayi F.

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American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

Health policy includes the decision made to promote the health care of individual citizens. Examples include Medicare and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Politics is about influencing, which implies some capacity to make a difference in the outcome of a decision.

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