Question

what ideas do you have that may improve care in a hospital or clinic setting?

Answer 1

Improving the patient experience

1. If a device exists that causes pain, make sure a corresponding device exists to provide relief/comfort
2. Create waiting rooms that are more private and have better atmospheres
3. We had a healthy place instead of a hospital
4. Create an app that tracks medications being taken and administered
5. Use the Socratic method when diagnosing/discussing treatment: What does that patient think needs to happen and start a discussion/treatment plan?
6. Sell insurance across state lines — create a national exchange
7. Show patients a flow chart of what patients suffering from the same disease did in terms of physician appointments, drugs, surgeries, etc. Give them a road map based on previous patients.
8. Easy access to my medical records and the medical data is accessible to all healthcare providers.

Ideas For Healthcare Innovation

1. Rethinking Advance Care Planning:- it easy for people to create advance directives, easily access them anytime, and share them with clinicians or family members. This would give peace of mind to patients and families.
2. Better post-acute rating and referral system:- Provide hospitals a (software) tool to gain visibility into the patient’s path,
3. Better use of health tracking hardware:-Bundle health diagnostic hardware together and build the software to generate simple health reports for doctors.
4. Real-time logistics tracking within the Hospital:- Tracking the exact location of patients and staff within hospital walls.
5. A Cost-Effective Alternative to the 9–1–1 Ambulance:-An app that can be an alternative to a 911 phone call. It would offer the ability to triage and categorize the incoming call, with the ability to upload (pic, video, stream), assess the need for assistance and possibly offer a lower level/lower cost response team.
6. Care Coordination Technology for the Public Sector:-Create a simple process so caregivers can clock in for shifts with a mobile app and reliably receive electronic payment.
7. Resident Scheduling and Communication Platform:- A scheduling platform specifically for residents would benefit stressed-out residents and their attending physicians, leading to better patient care.
8. A tool to manage medication reconciliation:-Create a platform of trained people that go into the homes of seniors and do medication reconciliation
9. Build Electronic Visit Verification:-Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) monitors locations of caregivers which would significantly reduce fraud.
10. A telehealth platform for integrative medicine:-Build an integrative medicine platform to connect integrative medicine doctors with patients across the country using virtual telehealth (video/audio consultations instead of the traditional visit to the doctor’s office).
11. Simple interface for insurance pre-approval:-Offer a simple tool to private practice providers giving them access to patient copay and deductible information.

The following factors contribute to the improvement of patient care

1. Trained Personnel
2. Quality eye care
3. Equipment
4. Use of proper instruments
5. Use of proper medication
6. Use of newer technologies

Guideline to improve healt care and clinical setting

1. Access:-. Accessibility and availability of both the hospital and the physician should be assured to all those who require health care.
2. Waiting time:- Waiting times for all services should be minimised. In most developing countries, the high demand for services often makes this a huge problem.

3. Information:- Patient information and instruction about all procedures, both medical and administrative, should be made very clear.

4. Administration:- Check-in and check-out procedures should be ‘patient friendly’.

5. Communication:- Communicating with the patient and the family about possible delays is a factor that can avoid a lot of frustration and anxiety. The creation of a special ‘Patient Care Department’ with a full time Administrator has helped our institution significantly and has enhanced our interactions with patients and their families.

6. Ancillary Services:-Other services such as communication, food, etc. should be accessible both to patients and to attending families.