The Need for Culturally Tailored Advance Care Planning Discussions  

2021-08-17T09:58:56-05:00

Race, language, ethnicity and sociodemographics are leading barriers impacting Advance Care Planning (ACP) utilization in the United States. Recent studies have shown that minority populations have low rates of documented advance directives (AD) with key barriers to AD completion having been identified as language, poor physician-patient communication, cultural values and health literacy.  When individuals face [...]

The Need for Culturally Tailored Advance Care Planning Discussions  2021-08-17T09:58:56-05:00

How Iris’ Documentation Gives Patients a Bigger Voice Above State Specific Directives

2021-08-10T13:27:59-05:00

In 1990 Congress passed the Patient Self-Determination Act with the goal of giving people an opportunity to express in advance their values and preferences for medical treatments in a future medical crisis. Healthcare providers were tasked with informing patients about their rights under their state’s law to make such decisions about future medical care. Since [...]

How Iris’ Documentation Gives Patients a Bigger Voice Above State Specific Directives2021-08-10T13:27:59-05:00

Iris Has Partnered with Scripps to Deliver Innovative Advance Care Planning Services to Medicare Advantage Members

2022-05-10T10:22:54-05:00

Iris ("Iris"), the leading provider of Advance Care Planning (ACP) solutions for health plans and providers is working with Scripps Health, a fully integrated delivery system, to offer ACP services to their Medicare Advantage (MA) members. Iris experts perform in depth, personalized and disease specific Advance Care Planning for Scripps members through a [...]

Iris Has Partnered with Scripps to Deliver Innovative Advance Care Planning Services to Medicare Advantage Members2022-05-10T10:22:54-05:00

Iris Expands Its Tech-Enabled Advance Care Planning Solutions with Introduction of Empower Platform

2021-06-30T10:37:43-05:00

Iris, the leading provider of Advance Care Planning (ACP) solutions for health plans and at-risk providers announces the launch of Empower, a self-guided online ACP application. The Iris Empower platform simplifies the ACP process with guiding prompts and supportive education. Auto-generated advance directives are shared with family members and health care providers with the [...]

Iris Expands Its Tech-Enabled Advance Care Planning Solutions with Introduction of Empower Platform2021-06-30T10:37:43-05:00

Promoting Individualized Care with Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care

2021-03-17T12:37:27-05:00

Caring for critically ill individuals during a medical crisis involves complex decision-making on the part of both healthcare providers and families. Communication strategies aimed at facilitating decision-making for individuals and surrogate decision-makers have shown an improvement in patient and family emotional outcomes. Interventions that target increasing the frequency and quality of communication about future medical care [...]

Promoting Individualized Care with Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care2021-03-17T12:37:27-05:00

Top 5 Iris ACP Blog Posts

2020-12-21T15:50:49-06:00

With 2020 coming to a close in a matter of weeks, we’re taking some time to reflect on the important insights this year has revealed for health plans, members and clinicians. Organizations that make ACP a part of their population health strategies will improve quality of care delivered to patients and enhance the patient experience [...]

Top 5 Iris ACP Blog Posts2020-12-21T15:50:49-06:00

3 Benefits of an External Advance Care Planning Partner

2020-09-10T08:44:16-05:00

For health plans, advance care planning (ACP) achieves a lot more than just documenting member care preferences; ACP is critical for helping your plan: Reduce unnecessary utilizationImprove your member experienceEmpower members to make more informed care decisions Health plans are beginning to achieve these benefits, shifting the question from “Why should we do this?” to [...]

3 Benefits of an External Advance Care Planning Partner2020-09-10T08:44:16-05:00

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