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DCS Launching Webinar Series with PROs 101

On March 27, 2012 By

We’re excited to announce the first in a series of webinars designed to increase the health care industry’s knowledge of patient-reported outcomes and their ability to improve care quality, patient engagement and research.

The first webinar – Patient-Reported Outcomes: What are they and how are they used? – will take place Tuesday, April 10, 2012 [...]

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Breaking Down the Wall: True Patient Engagement

On September 13, 2011 By

One of the great promises made by the introduction of information technology (IT) to health care has been the idea that through IT, clinicians and the patients they care for can better engage in an ongoing interaction that makes each side better informed about symptoms, treatments, expectations and outcomes.

While both clinicians and patients have [...]

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Improving health care and quality – getting the most out of EHRs

On July 6, 2011 By

As more and more health care organizations adopt EHRs, attention is increasingly being paid to how best to integrate these information systems into the process of care, and ultimately, how to use them to provide better value and care.

The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice (TDI) recently released a Continue Reading →