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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which represents the ongoing efforts to raise awareness and celebrates the many contributions of people with disabilities to workplaces across the U.S. For this #NDEAM, we asked JF Moreau, Manager, Software Engineering and founder of our Phree & Able employee resource group, to explain how important the ERG is in creating a culture of acceptance and inclusion. Want to learn about Phreesia’s ERGs? Visit: https://bit.ly/3ZTCASC

For healthcare organizations working to become more patient-centered, it can be challenging to know where to start or what success looks like. Christina Suh MD MPH, Director of Clinical Content at Phreesia, explains how the Patient Activation Measure® (PAM®) can help healthcare organizations and providers deliver patient-centered care.    Visit our website to learn more about the PAM: https://bit.ly/4eI1mJL

Phreesia is committed to offering a better patient experience. With the addition of multi-language capabilities to our intake platform, text-messaging services and other core products, Phreesia is able to support the preferred languages of 99.8% of patients in our communications. This #HispanicHeritageMonth, Client Success Manager Nicole Garzon shares how Phreesia provides a better patient experience for the Hispanic community. If you want to learn more about how Phreesia can help create positive patient experience, visit: https://bit.ly/4eZggv7

We’re well into the fall, and with it, the uptick in respiratory viruses like #COVID, the #flu and #RSV. As we prepare for the season, I’ve been thinking about the major takeaways from our recent webinar "Preparing for respiratory virus season: How to educate, activate and vaccinate your patients." We were honored to have Charlene Wong of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention share important updates on the latest immunization guidance, explain new CDC tools to help providers, and introduce the Risk Less. Do More. campaign, which Phreesia is proud to support.   An all-star panel — George Garrow of The Primary Health Network, James Bigham of UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and our own Christina Suh MD MPH — offered practical advice for providers to boost vaccine uptake.   Four pieces stuck with me: 1) Leverage the whole care team: The medical neighborhood that stretches from receptionists to pharmacists can accomplish so much when everyone works together. 2) Lead with evidence and empathy: When providers treat the whole person, address their needs, and leave biases at the door, they send signals to their patients that they’re an advocate for their health and build their trust.   3) Meet people where they are: It’s important to remember that there are a lot of people who are not vaccine hesitant, and could be persuaded with the right messages and a little nudge, using digital tools like Phreesia’s. 4) Providers should be kind to themselves: Sometimes you can’t convince everyone, but that’s not defeat. Please get in touch if you have questions or want more information. 

Julie Stroup and Ian Craig had a great time at the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC) Annual Conference and Clinical Summit in Lancaster! We loved talking to local community health center and federally qualified health center leaders about how our platform helps maximize efficiency and deliver equitable, patient-centered care. Let’s connect: https://bit.ly/3zLYWLg

Now that the recommended age for #mammograms has been lowered to 40 years old, more patients than ever are due for breast cancer screening. Do your patients know they’re due? OB/GYN and primary care organizations use Phreesia’s breast cancer screening solution to: 🎓 Educate patients on the latest guidelines during intake and between appointments 🗓️ Simplify scheduling so patients can request or self-schedule a screening appointment from their own device 📱 Digitize intake to easily collect medical history and assess breast cancer risk using validated screening tools—all before the patient arrives for the visit Want to learn more about how we can help your organization? Visit: https://bit.ly/3Y5ox9S #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

At Phreesia, we recognize that our strength is our people. While we encourage Phreesians to take regular care of their health every day, this #WorldMentalHealthDay, we recognize the importance of focusing on and prioritizing their mental wellbeing. Phreesia is proud to offer regular health seminars, mental health resources and benefits, a monthly fitness stipend, and employee assistance programs, so that Phreesians can take care of their health and bring their best, authentic self to work. Want to learn more about all the benefits we offer? Visit: https://bit.ly/3zRYkDI

Phreesia had a great time at the #MGMALeaders Conference in Denver. We loved talking to medical group executives about how they’re innovating and improving their organizations. Want to learn how we can help your organization? Let’s connect: https://bit.ly/4dFNG0w

I am thrilled to share this interview with Paul Lovely of the CARE Center, a leader of care for LGBTQI+ people.    I couldn't say it better than Paul, so I encourage you to read the full interview with Mark Hagland of Healthcare Innovation but I want to emphasize his point about how using technology, and allowing patients to self-report information, is key to improving care:   "Using technology like Phreesia and pre-visit questionnaires helps patients share sensitive information. Sexual orientation, gender identity, preferred names. Also, if they’re coming for STD services or PrEP, there are sexual history questions that are important to ask, and those can be sensitive, too. So some of those elements are in the pre-visit questionnaire, so they can be completed on their phone before they get to the office. Or if they arrive here, we can give them a tablet to complete the form. And our intake people are super-sensitive and they put people at ease, but you’re right, you start with intake, and it can be awkward. And people can be more honest; and it helps with the providers’ level of comfort, especially out in the community. Some community-based providers, they’re not necessarily homophobic, but doctors generally aren’t super-comfortable or well-trained talking about sexual history questions, for example. So this way, they have that information in front of them. And everybody’s more at ease." https://lnkd.in/ec8ScbMX

This week, we honor the incredible dedication of clinicians and staff at primary care organizations across the nation. These critical organizations are at the forefront of healthcare, providing compassionate, comprehensive care to patients every day. Phreesia is proud to help #primarycare organizations streamline intake, reduce no-shows and enhance clinical care. Visit our website to learn more about how we support primary care organizations and their patients: https://bit.ly/3Yhhvjy