Reimagined Health

Late one night early in my career a fellow colleague and I were locked in a debate over the future of home automation systems. Near the end of this discussion he said "Everyone knows how to use a light-switch, and if they don't it's almost immediately obvious how to operate one." He was right, nearly everything on the market that attempted to improve on this design had fallen short because the light-switch in its underwhelming way is really a master of user interaction.

     
Admissions still remains one of the most difficult times during the transition to hospice care. These first few hours are a delicate balance of patient and family education combined with a seemingly endless set of questions. As length of stays have decreased in recent years hospices have had to contend with higher admission rates to avoid a decrease in total census. This has put increased pressure on the teams that handle these transitions, and in many cases shifted the focus from patient education to documentation. There isn't a quick fix for solving this imbalance, but Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) can increasingly help lower the initial set of documentation required for admissions.