Healthcare is tipping toward more consumer-centered and participatory medicine, and that’s going to push many organizations to embrace on-demand, connected, and data-driven patient engagement...
Adopting popular patient engagement technologies could be the key to ramping up clinic operations and driving an organization closer toward patient-centered care, according to a new report from the...
Patient engagement is an essential part of healthcare, no matter the age of the patient. But when it comes to adolescent patients, engagement becomes a balancing act that demands providers weigh both...
Patient portal adoption has become nearly ubiquitous across the country, according to a recent Stat Poll from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).
The survey of nearly 1,800 respondents...
As a fundamental patient engagement technology with numerous reimbursement payments tied to its adoption, providers have long searched for the secret sauce to facilitate high patient portal use....
Patient health data access is a generally accepted patient engagement strategy that helps to empower patients through improved health literacy and integration into the care team.
Healthcare providers...
Patient portals offer a host of web-based tools empowering patients to play an active role in their own health management.
ONC defines a patient portal as “a secure online website that gives...
Patient portals are an important regulatory requirement, with industry professionals touting their ability to better engage the patient and help all participating parties manage patient health.
While pediatric and adult patients tend to...
Patient access to health data is an important component of patient engagement because it empowers patients with knowledge about their conditions and incorporates the patient as a partner in...
What are patient portals?
Patient portals are an online website that is connected to the EHR, centrally focused on patient access to health data. These tools give patients a look into various data points, including lab results,...
In order to accrue financial benefits from implementing a patient portal, healthcare organizations must understand how their customers want to use the technology and why it’s important to keep...
Just as each generation expresses its own unique preferences for fashion and music, patients express different preferences for patient engagement based on their age and life experiences.
As healthcare...
Effectively using patient portals, while oftentimes an important part of increasing patient engagement, is not as simple as telling patients to use them and then seeing the healthcare benefits follow....
