Hospitals Increasingly Turn To Patients For Advice [KaiserHealthNews.org]

Samantha Sangenito 4/30/154:00 AM

Jane Maier was one of a select group of patients invited in early 2012 to help Partners HealthCare, Massachusetts’ largest health system, pick its new electronic health record system – a critical investment of close to $700 million.

The system, which is now being phased in, will help coordinate services and reshape how patients and doctors find and read medical information. The fact that Partners sought the perspective of patients highlights how hospitals increasingly care about what their customers think.

“It’s such a great experience,” Maier said. “They treat us as a member – a partner – in their review process.”

[For more of this story, written by Shefali Luthra, go to http://kaiserhealthnews.org/ne...patients-for-advice/]

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