Patient Engagement Case Studies

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Patient engagement HIT (published by Xtelligent Media) “ is an online publisher that features latest news and exclusive interviews with subject-matter experts in the healthcare leveraging health information technology to engage patients.” as specified in their “about us” page. This explains that the goals of patient engagement is to give patients relevant information to keep them updated with the current medical processes. The two main contributors are Kyle S. Murphy, PhD and Sara Heath, both experienced and knowledgeable beings in many fields including medicine. although, the site has only been around for a few years, it’s parent company (Xtelligent Media) has been HIMSS approved education partner. After the process, Mara L. Daiker, senior …show more content…

As their “mission statement” states, “(our goal is) To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's veterans.”. They would like to honour those who fought for our country. The department has been around for 87 years and was originally put into place by president Herbert Hoover who signed Executive Order 5398. The department is currently run by the secretary of veteran affairs who was David Shulkin until march 28th in which he was dismissed. There are a few problems with the site including there are no named authors, however, we do know there are very vivid hiring processes for the federal government. Acording to Business insider, 3 employees are currently being idited for accepting bribes but saying, "The Company is actively reviewing the information outlined in the indictment. Furthermore, the Company has fully cooperated with the VA Office of Inspector General, which conducted the investigation in this matter. The Company will continue to cooperate fully with all legal and regulatory

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