Tag Archives: Patient

Covid-19 Patient Gets Double Lung Transplant, Offering Hope for Others

A young woman whose lungs were destroyed by the coronavirus received a double lung transplant last week at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, the hospital reported on Thursday, the first known lung transplant in the United States for Covid-19. The 10-hour surgery was more difficult and took several hours longer than most lung transplants because… Read More »

Deciding what to measure can make all the difference in patient experience, outcomes

The Institute for Human Caring at Providence St. Joseph Health had a mission: to make whole-person care the new normal. To provide a more holistic view of patients, IHC looked to palliative care as its north star, intending to apply its tenets across all service lines. First, it needed to point its analytics and data-gathering… Read More »

COVID-19 patient discharged into cold after 10 days on a ventilator with no instructions

Rachel Newman had just spent 10 days on a mechanical ventilator in a medically induced coma, then four days alone, scared and disoriented in a hospital ward room. Countless studies suggest the experience could set her up for prolonged emotional distress and a steep physical recovery. But when the COVID-19 patient was finally discharged from… Read More »

2020: The year of the patient centricity

The concept of patient centricity has been around for some time, but traditional product-based approaches have persisted, especially within pharma companies. However, life science organizations are increasingly understanding that they can’t deliver tomorrow’s innovation today if they are still using yesterday’s business models. Focusing on product doesn’t enable the responsiveness and agility needed to meet… Read More »

VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

The U.S. Department of veterans affairs has been making major investments in innovating its technology and infrastructure in recent years. There’s the massive electronic health record modernization, of course, but also everything from a new National Artificial Intelligence Institute to an Apple Health Records rollout to a project focused on tablet-based telehealth. Indeed, telehealth continues… Read More »