Patient Engagement
A new survey reveals that consumers still prefer phone interactions but want more communication, including digital means. And a majority are open to giving their doctors real-time access to health information via connected devices and apps.
They're big and expensive projects to get off the ground, and their ROI can't just be measured in dollars and cents, said an expert at HIMSS19: Value depends on the perspective of patients and physicians too.
At the HIMSS19 Precision Medicine Summit, John Halamka and other healthcare leaders described how policy, technology, clinical processes and patient engagement need to evolve to make it a reality for primary care.
Now more than ever, healthcare needs a renaissance; Hal Wolf, President and CEO of HIMSS, and outlines how HIMSS19 will drive and facilitate the reformation of healthcare.
The provider of case management services to various Indiana Medicaid programs linked family caregivers with remote coaches to relieve caregiver burden and improve outcomes.
Stephen Wellman, vice president of content strategy at HIMSS Media, discusses what to look for and the best ways to stay informed of all the news and happenings at the massive HIMSS19 Global Conference.
Northwell is transforming how it delivers standardized and personalized information to patients outside its facilities, says Northwell VP Sabina Zak and Conversa Health founder Philip Marshall.
GA4GH, with more than 500 healthcare and IT members, works to create frameworks and standards to enable voluntary and secure sharing of genomic and precision medicine data.
There’s a need for health systems to prove with scientific rigor which new apps and innovations work, says Dr. Ashish Atreja, chief innovation officer at Mount Sinai and founding chair of NODE.Health.