New Issue Focuses on

Increasing Patient Involvement in Health Care

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces the October 10 issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange (http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov).

The featured Innovations describe two programs that provided patient access to online medical records via secure patient portals and a program that offered patients access to routine laboratory tests between visits, enhancing patient engagement and satisfaction.
The featured QualityTools provide resources and information to help patients and consumers make health care decisions and communicate effectively with providers.
Read more innovation profiles related to patient involvement (http://go.usa.gov/YWx9) on the Innovations Exchange Web site, which contains more than 725 searchable innovations and 1,500 QualityTools.

Spotlight:

New Perspective Technology Is Improving Patients' Access to Their Health Information: A Conversation With Mary P. Griskewicz, MS, FHIMSS, Senior Director of Health Information Systems, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=3732

Events and Podcasts:

Thank you for joining the Innovations Exchange for the September 25 Webcast, Vermont Blueprint for Health: Working Together for Better Care. The video featured during this Web event is available at http://go.usa.gov/YWCj.

View the latest issue and search for Innovations and QualityTools using your phone or tablet on the new mobile site http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/issue.aspx.

New issues of the Innovations Exchange are published biweekly on Wednesdays. Please contact us at info@innovations.ahrq.gov with any questions or comments.

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