Patient Engagement
More patients with chronic disease. Fewer providers to take care of them. An aging population. SDOH barriers. Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring are essential tools to help manage these healthcare hurdles, an expert says.
Older Americans are facing some barriers to adoption, including struggles with digital channels, access and ease of use.
The American Hospital Association says new regs from the HHS Office for Civil Rights clash with HIPAA, contradict interoperability efforts and are "flawed as a matter of law and harmful as a matter of policy."
The generative AI technology will supply patients with answers to healthcare-related questions and scheduling services and offer employees HR-related information.
A nurse professor at the Western University Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing explains how providers and researchers can use de-identified health data to gain ground on social determinants of health and enable better outcomes.
For people with commercial insurance, the value of benefits for women is more than $1.3 billion less than men.
The overall provider shortage, combined with other unique factors, means rural residents have the odds stacked against them when it comes to seeking mental and behavioral healthcare. But one expert says telehealth can make a big difference.
The goal of the new nationwide ecosystem is to simplify patient access through virtual care pathways that work in tandem with local delivery, enabling higher quality and cost efficiencies for providers, says Transcarent CEO Glen Tullman.
The outreach program is showing serious clinical ROI by relying on patient-reported blood pressure data linked to the Epic MyChart-based interactive digital health assistant, Care Companion.
Home hospitalisation, tech-enabled preventive care, and genomic data-driven personalised care are some of the emerging trends in care in the Asia-Pacific region.
