Dr. Tashfeen Ekram is the co-founder and chief medical officer of Luma Health. He is a practicing radiologist at Redwood Radiology Group, a self-taught coder, and a healthcare innovator who has built numerous web-based SaaS products. He completed his fellowship at Stanford Hospital and is a graduate of University of Michigan Medical School.
True EHR system interoperability is years away, but there are measures that providers can take now to maximize the value of their EHR system to improve the patient experience, increase access to care, and improve the bottom line.
As patients continued to demand quicker access to care, easier communication with their providers, and higher quality outcomes, 2019 saw a shift among stakeholders, from providers to health plans and self-insured employers, to put the patient at the center of their efforts.
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In the case of life-saving industries like healthcare, allowing myths to stand in the way of better care can be downright lethal.
Using telehealth services, from video calls to a secure chat environment, to connect with your own doctor goes much further to improving health outcomes.
Eliminating the dependence on billable codes supports innovation in care delivery, but to better mitigate the financial risk, providers and technology suppliers must work better together to target, streamline, and monitor communications.
Three areas in which automation and digitization are already helping physicians focus more of their time on engagement, counsel and treatment are collaboration, patient education and two-way communication with patients.
Health care professionals can refer patients to the best options for diagnostic imaging covered by Medicare to give more people the medical assistance they need without extra financial stress.
Here's one prediction for 2019: Efforts to integrate patient data into EHRs via FHIR and other technologies will expand dramatically.
In an era of value-based care that places an increased emphasis on health outcomes, engaging with patients throughout their journey is critical and these are now possible using telehealth and mobile technologies.
Value-based patient messaging must move beyond simple alerts about upcoming appointments to encouraging patients to live healthier lifestyles by delivering timely and tailored messages to spur an action