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Updated Heart Talk Booklets Available
A newer version of the patient education booklets that accompany the Heart Talk educational video series is now online, reflecting the updated sodium guidelines. Heart Talk is the name for CMS-funded series of videos to guide health care providers, patients and their families in managing heart failure. Both booklets and videos are available free of charge in English, Spanish, and Polishwww.hearttalk.org.
Qualidigm Hosts Call to Action Event for National Healthcare Decisions Day
Qualidigm, in cooperation with the Connecticut Partners for Health, was the host for a Call to Action Event at the State Capitol in celebration of National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16, 2014. U.S. congressional representative John Larson was the featured keynote speaker for the event, which also included the CT Department of Public Health, the CT Department of Social Services, Anne Elwell, and Stephen Kiernan.
Op Ed focuses on value of Advanced Directives
The New Haven Register recently published an opinion editorial by Anne Elwell, Qualidigm’s Vice President of Community Relations, entitled “Your Final Expression of Love Might be an Advanced Directive.” April 16th is National Healthcare Decisions Day and Qualidigm will convene a Call to Action Event at the State Capitol Building in recognition of honoring end of life wishes.
e-Patient Movement Op Ed in Connecticut Medicine
In a spring issue of Connecticut Medicine, Qualidigm Chief Medical Officer Dr. Thomas Meehan writes, “Transforming Patient to Partner: The e-Patient Movement is a Call to Action.” Dr. Meehan credits the Connecticut Partners for Health, a 40-member healthcare stakeholder organization convened by Qualidigm, for officially bringing the e-patient movement to Connecticut with its “Better Health: Everyone’s Responsibility Conference.”