Through effective and purposeful engagement, frontline caregivers are able to build meaningful relationships with patients, show them that they are seen and heard, and empower them with the information and education they need to be better stewards of their own health.
WebMD Provider Services struck a partnership with patient communication company Artera (formerly WELL Health) to expand access to patient educational content and medication affordability programs through texting.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Dr. Jerome Adams has been sworn in as the nation's 20th Surgeon General and these areas should be his priorities.
In another recent member poll, physicians found problems in patient diagnoses gleaned from the Internet.
Digital connections and education are essential to value-based care.
Preparing for the CMS Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Project The most important takeaway from the latest CMS effort to rein in costs, achieve positive patient outcomes and lower hospital readmission rates and complication rates is that hospitals must now manage the entire episode of care. CMS’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) bundled-payment program mandates […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Both GetWellNetwork and Skylight deliver educational content and communications tools to inpatients at the bedside, through televisions, computers and mobile devices.
If blogger Dr. Kevin Pho had his way, more doctors would be like Malcolm Gladwell, author of (most recently) David and Goliath. Why? “We need more storytellers,” Pho writes. If doctors and the healthcare industry were better at communicating, I’m inclined to agree. In a past life, I taught engineers, pharmacy students and budding young […]
Move over, Teddy The Guardian. There’s another toy bear on the loose. Unlike Teddy, Jerry the Bear doesn’t monitor the health status of the child, but rather teaches children with Type-1 Diabetes how to manage blood-glucose levels, maintain a healthy diet and more, through interactive games and play. He’s got a “Glucopal” touchscreen in his […]
Felix Frueh says that patients are not the barrier to wide use of genetic tests. In a discussion of personalized medicine at CONVERGE, he said that he has absolute confidence in the willingness of patients to participate. He described a Medco program that connected doctors and patients with genetic tests. Doctors and patients were both […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
The annual hospital rankings dished out by U.S. News and World Report may not be pulling the same weight they once did, as criticism over the last few years of the rankings have said they put too much weight on reputation and not enough weight on objective measures of quality. Health IT firm Axial Exchange […]