Patients overwhelmingly believe in partnership with their clinicians to improve health. A new survey shows people want to collaborate with their doctors and co-produce their clinical data. As announced on e-patients.net blog, and according to a survey released by the Society for Participatory Medicine and conducted by ORC International, patients/consumers express their thoughts about the value of sharing
Patient Engagement
09Nov
Consumers want health apps to do more for their lives
A recent study designed by New York University and published by the Journal of Medical Internet Research exposed the consumer perspective of health app use in the U.S. More than 1,600 mobile phone users were surveyed, assessing sociodemographic characteristics, health app history and reasons for use and the status of their overall health. Consumers want access
02Nov
Empowering Engagement: How the Hospital can Utilize the Patient
This year the Summit of the Southeast’s audience had the pleasure to listen to and be part of Bioscape Digital’s approach to engaging patients and solving the most critical patient-provider problems. On Friday October 30th, Stuart Bracken, Co-Founder and CEO of Bioscape, delivered a presentation titled “Health IT Enabling Patient Engagement”. The core premise of
15Oct
The Value behind the Patient’s Voice
One of the most important pieces of an electronic health record is often overlooked or ignored, leading to incorrect diagnoses, wasted resources and patient dissatisfaction. It’s the patient’s voice, that highly personal collection of feelings, fears and self-collected health data that goes beyond the clinical record. The patient’s voice – or the lack of it in
22Jul
Wearable Health Technology – A sneak-peek into the the future of healthcare
On June 29 2007, Apple made its mark on the world with a revolutionary innovation – the iPhone. Eight years later, the iPhone continues to dominate the market and could once again rock the consumer market with the Apple Watch. Many experts believe that the Apple Watch could be the catalyst for Wearable Health Technologies
14Jul
Active Healthcare Involvement Leads To Lower Costs
Many patients are often uncertain of how to acquire, process, and understand fundamental healthcare information and services. In many instances, patients may lack the knowledge of their medical condition. Furthermore, the American health care system often overlooks the needs of patients and medical practitioners may not provide sufficient information which patients require in order to
30Apr
Teladoc’s antitrust suit against the Texas Medical Board will test the limits of recent Supreme Court precedent
A very important Supreme court ruling is becoming a gamechanger for telemedicine. A company named Teledoc feels the Texas medical board is proventing them from moving forward with getting their prescriptions from a video chat with the doctor, rather then go to the doctor at the hospital and/or their office. Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic said in a statement. “We can’t
25Mar
Meaningful Use of Patient-Generated Health Data
This week the NPRM for meaningful use 3 of patient-generated health data was made available to the public. The article refers to 3 measures that were important towards getting the patient-generated data. Although it is possible to get the data from the patients themselves, they want to introduce this technological way to take up any inconveniences they
05Mar
Disagreement Between Healthcare Quality Ratings
A new study in Health Affairs shows that hospital quality comparison tools, even from apparently reputable sources, are wildly inconsistent. Payors increasingly consider giving patients rating tools to compare hospital quality, but who is checking on these rating systems and their accuracy and transparency? The study looked at U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals; Healthgrades’ America’s
Patient Feedback Improves Accuracy of EHRs, Study Finds
Enabling patients to provide feedback on the medication lists in their medical records can improve the accuracy of the patients’ medical records, according to a new study published in eGems (Generating Evidence and Methods to Improve Patient Outcomes). The researchers found that patients generally were “eager” to offer feedback on their EHRs, and provided accurate and useful information about
