Patient Engagement

In Pennsylvania, the state legislature is working to improve patient outcomes and meet post-pandemic healthcare challenges. Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler explains.

The FDB Vela electronic prescribing network will improve contracting and access for pharmacies and clinicians, and provide patients with more control over their prescriptions, says Bob Katter, president of First Databank.

3M's VP of global business development Erik Van Hoeymissen looks beyond the shift to value-based care.  Digital language processing, AI and virtual assistants can speed the transformation.

COVID-19 led to a big mindset shift among patients and clinicians regarding digital tools and apps, says Dr. Tamsin Brown, delivery lead at NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Programme and pediatric lead at ORCHA.

Sam Shah, chief medical strategy officer at Numan, discusses creating meaningful services that are more efficient and more accessible for patients. "In this post-COVID world, there just isn't enough capacity to meet the demand globally," he says.  

Well-informed and engaged patients are essential. Less red tape can help translate into better patient engagement, says Tarja Stenvall, SVP of key markets and general medicines at Sanofi.

Dr. Carlos Ferrando, head of surgical and trauma ICU at the Hospital Clinic Barcelona, says that the change needs the promotion of collaboration, confidence and generosity.

IT and informatics are helping spur innovation – delivering better virtual care on the patient's own terms, says Dr. Nirav Shah, medical director of quality innovation at NorthShore University HealthSystem.

Granular data segmentation and patient-driven consent-management tools are essential when managing interoperability for population health, says Dr. Hannah Galvin, chief medical information officer at Cambridge Health Alliance.

Birgit Bauer, an expert on digital health, speaks about her involvement in the Gravitate Health project and its user advisory group, and discusses they keys to meaningful patient involvement.