Patient Engagement

In a "tour de force" rulemaking, the agency has "harnessed all the tools at ONC's disposal" to advance HHS' nationwide interoperability and patient engagement goals, says National Coordinator Micky Tripathi.

A network serving more than half the state's population with mental illness will bolster integrated care using population health management tools from Alera Health. Meanwhile, a consortium will use grant funding to grow the behavioral health workforce.

Tabia Health's AI-powered complex chronic disease-management platform has nearly doubled treatment-adherence rates, say company cofounders Steve Pickett and Ricardo Clemente.  

Celo's HIPAA-compliant messaging app allows care teams to share information easily without compromising patients' privacy. Jack Clough, the company's chief growth officer, shares more about the technology.  

The digital divide affects patient access, but digital therapeutics and advocacy can break common barriers to care, says Tanisha Hill, founder and president of the Digital Health for Equitable Health Alliance.

Infants and toddlers can be challenging to evaluate partly because of their limited ability to communicate symptoms, authors say.

Virtual care is comparable to in-person substance use disorder treatment and lowers the cost of treatment for substance misuse, said Dr. Yusuf Sherwani, CEO and cofounder of Pelago.  

Patients who otherwise wouldn't have used the health system's physical therapy services because of geographic distance are now staying in-network. The technology also has boosted Emory's value-based care efforts.

A clinically trained app that leverages artificial intelligence to translate spoken words into multiple languages is helping patients and clinicians communicate more effectively, explains Dr. Jeffrey Chen, clinical advisor at No Barrier AI.