Patient Engagement
(SPONSORED) Patient engagement is essential to manage the health and wellness of populations, but getting patients to engage is often a challenge for healthcare organizations. Healthcare providers are turning to health IT solutions to reach patients.
(SPONSORED) Achieving the best health outcomes for patients and keeping costs down is the goal of all healthcare providers. A technology platform that helps clinicians and patients manage care together is what will help providers reach their goal.
(SPONSORED) Rich Berner, president, International and Sunrise Business Unit, at Allscripts, discusses the challenges to care improvement and how interoperability can help to manage healthcare across patient populations.
Seniors are the segment of the population with the highest rates for healthcare utilization. Are they ready to use health technology? One columnist offers her perspective, based on experiences with her "not-so-techy dad."
A new partnership between Cerner and digital health platform Validic will enable patients to stream clinical, fitness, wellness and nutritional data into their online portal and, if they wish, into their electronic health record.
Hospital readmissions cost healthcare organizations a pretty penny – a $41.3 billion penny annually, in fact. And with hospitals watching their balance sheets more than ever, it's something to pay close attention to. Ricky Bloomfield, MD, is one of those people charged with the task by utilizing mHealth technologies. And with Apple's HealthKit,...
Changes in the healthcare marketplace to a consumer focus require a fresh look at how the revenue cycle is managed.
Cerner has been chosen to implement a new electronic health record system across the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. A key component is a portal that will help keep patients engaged as they re-enter the community.
Although most providers believe collecting from patients up-front is critical, surprisingly few of them do, according to a new report, which sees patient access technologies as critical to help reduce bad debt.
Over the past 10 years or more, information technology has markedly changed the treatment and care cancer patients receive today.
