The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), in cooperation with the National Opinion Research Center, announced six key areas in the current healthcare program that need reforming. Each area of reform would greatly benefit patients and professionals and make for a smoother healthcare experience, according to the HLC.
MedPage Today discusses these areas.
The solutions presented by the council focused on six key areas:
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Improving comprehensive care planning
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Increasing patient engagement and medication adherence
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Making health information interoperable
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Revising federal anti-kickback and physician referral (Stark) Laws
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Updating FDA regulations
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Changing health information flow as it relates to patient privacy laws
The HLC suggests large changes in each of these areas, including the addition of unique markers for patients to better match their records to them, and improved guidelines for getting patients the care they need faster. For the complete description of what the HLC wound like to reform in the healthcare system, read the full article here.
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