Tag Archives: Patient Care

Call to Action: Patient-Partnered Research

(Editor’s note: This post was co-authored by the following leaders: Greg Merritt, Ava Zebrick, Bill Stephen, Cheslie Johnson, Crispin Goytia, Jeffrey Ordway, Kristie Hill, Melissa Bronson, Nadine Zemon, Neely Williams, Shirley Stowe, and Tiffany Jones.) Over the past year, as Patient Partner leaders for PCORnet®, we have been developing a manuscript chronicling the PCORnet journey… Read More »

The Impact of Social Media in Healthcare

What’s the first thing you do when you get sick? For many people, a cursory search through various online resources is the initial step in gathering information toward obtaining a diagnosis.  The internet places an infinite number of health-related resources at our fingertips, many of which are consumed through social media. Presently, 74% of US… Read More »

Continuity of Care vs. Nurse Shift Length

By | December 28, 2016

If you have ever been in a hospital, you are probably familiar with what seems like a continuously revolving door of staff members providing care.  With nurses making up the largest occupation in healthcare and the largest segment of hospital staff, continuity of nursing care for hospitalized patients is an important factor in the delivery of quality healthcare.… Read More »