Search Tag: patient engagement
2025 09 Jan
Value-based care (VBC) is a healthcare model aimed at improving patient outcomes while simultaneously reducing overall healthcare costs. However, despite its potential benefits, many healthcare organisations struggle to meet the quality and financial metrics required under VBC contracts. Contact centres, traditionally viewed as cost centres, are...Read more
2025 09 Jan
The pharmaceutical industry is transforming significantly as qualitative research methods, grounded in social sciences, gain prominence alongside traditional quantitative approaches. This paradigm shift reflects a growing awareness of the limitations inherent in numerical data alone when striving to understand patient behaviour, treatment experiences...Read more
2024 17 Dec
The healthcare sector is undergoing a profound transformation, transitioning towards a consumer-driven model that places patients at the centre of their health journeys. In this new paradigm, patients are not merely recipients of care but informed health citizens empowered to make health choices. However, this shift comes with challenges that...Read more
2024 09 Dec
The concept of Hospital-at-Home (HaH) programmes, originally developed in the 1990s, has developed during the COVID-19 pandemic as a solution to overwhelmed healthcare systems. In the United States, temporary waivers allowed hospitals to treat patients at home, providing acute-level care outside traditional settings. While the programme has seen...Read more
2024 26 Nov
Health plans are increasingly recognising the critical role data plays in improving patient engagement and addressing persistent health inequities. By effectively curating and leveraging patient data, organisations can enhance communication, encourage benefit utilisation and better support underserved populations. A strategic focus on data-driven...Read more
2024 04 Nov
Health literacy is fundamental for effective healthcare, enabling patients to access, understand and use health information to make informed choices. As medical care becomes increasingly complex, the need for clear and accessible communication grows. Healthcare organisations must prioritise delivering comprehensible information to support patients...Read more
2024 04 Nov
Integrating AI in healthcare's revenue cycle management (RCM) and financial operations reshapes how these functions are carried out. While many organisations currently use AI for routine tasks and data analysis, emerging generative and predictive AI technologies promise to bridge gaps between administrative, financial and patient-focused care....Read more
2024 04 Nov
Integrating AI in healthcare's revenue cycle management (RCM) and financial operations reshapes how these functions are carried out. While many organisations currently use AI for routine tasks and data analysis, emerging generative and predictive AI technologies promise to bridge gaps between administrative, financial and patient-focused care....Read more
2024 04 Nov
Integrating AI in healthcare's revenue cycle management (RCM) and financial operations reshapes how these functions are carried out. While many organisations currently use AI for routine tasks and data analysis, emerging generative and predictive AI technologies promise to bridge gaps between administrative, financial and patient-focused care....Read more
2024 07 Oct
Patient engagement in clinical trials is vital, as it improves the trial design, ensures accurate data collection, and helps retain patients throughout the trial duration. Understanding technological advancements is essential for healthcare professionals to support patients and make clinical trials a more seamless experience. Here are five ways...Read more
2024 25 Sep
The Lovexair Foundation explores how to maximise the adoption of digital health technologies, particularly telehealth, to enhance patient care by addressing both benefits and challenges. The study emphasises the need for human-centric solutions that improve communication, trust, and accessibility for patients and healthcare professionals....Read more
2024 18 Jul
Following closely on the introduction of new regulations to prevent information blocking, including financial penalties for healthcare providers, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has unveiled its second major proposed rule regarding health data interoperability: HTI-2. Officially titled "Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability:...Read more
2024 14 Mar
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a pivotal tool in reshaping patient care, with virtual care assistants playing a significant role in augmenting healthcare professionals' capabilities. During the HIMSS 2024 preconference Virtual Care Forum, experts emphasised the importance of building trust as these technologies evolve. Chatbots...Read more
2024 06 Feb
Emory Healthcare's innovative use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance medication management and support caregivers has been outlined in a recent interview by HIMSS Media, shedding light on the transformative impact of automation in healthcare. Technology Serving Medication Adherence Dr. Alistair Erskine, Chief Information...Read more
2024 06 Feb
Emory Healthcare's innovative use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance medication management and support caregivers has been outlined in a recent interview by HIMSS Media, shedding light on the transformative impact of automation in healthcare. Technology Serving Medication Adherence Dr. Alistair Erskine, Chief Information...Read more
2021 20 Oct
An overview of patient engagement, benefits of investing in patient engagement programmes and why elevating patient engagement should be an essential business spend for patient safety, support and societal gain. Key Points Patient engagement is the next blockbuster drug. Patient engagement has long-proved to improve patient safety,...Read more
2021 02 May
A new study analyses the impact of outpatient portal use on how patients use an inpatient portal depending on their previous experience and the overall ability to use technology for health management. You might also like: Electronic patient portals (ePortal) enable patients and care-partners (eg, family members) to securely access...Read more
2021 29 Jan
Presenters Dr. Chethan Bachireddy Chief Medical Officer, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services Sarah Grant Communications Director, Maine DHHS (MaineCare) Traylor Rains JD, Deputy State Medicaid Director, Oklahoma DHS (SoonerCare) Find CCHP on Social Media Read more
2020 12 Nov
A veteran patient advocate questions some of the hyped patient-engagement concepts and the reality of their practical applications within the ‘medical industrial complex’, and offers some strategies to change ‘the way we work’. Key Points In the medical industrial complex, stakeholders are distracted from the essence, i.e. the...Read more
2020 12 Nov
Trustworthy health information is a cornerstone of patient/citizen participation in care delivery. Moreover, as the current pandemic shows, it is key to protecting both personal and collective health. The Patient Information Forum strives for both improving the quality of available health information and eliminating the health- and digital-literacy...Read more
2020 29 Jan
Summary: Endless noise about new technologies in healthcare has providers struggling to find valuable tools among the vapourware. Conversations with thousands of providers, payers, and vendors can help us predict what healthcare will probably look like in 10 years. In healthcare, uncertainty about the future can yield damning apprehension or...Read more
2020 13 Jan
A new paper published by researchers from Stanford highlights five practices that could play a critical role in implementing and achieving more meaningful interactions with patients. The paper, published in JAMA, addresses the need to repair doctor-patient relationships as they exist today. It is based on research conducted with Presence, an interdisciplinary...Read more
2019 19 Nov
With the ongoing transition to value-based care, the importance of technology is growing, for patient engagement increase, data management for informed decision-making and introduction of more effective treatments. However, the advancement of all these is complicated by limited resources and lack of reimbursement. Such are the conclusions of the...Read more
2019 13 Nov
Summary: A medical communications expert looks at how industry’s relationship with the patient has changed over 25 years and what is necessary for successful future liaison. It is twenty-five years since I first started working in medical communications and with patient organisations. In 1995 there was no such thing as ‘patient-centred...Read more
2019 12 Nov
Attempts to bring health and care (medic, public and social) research closer with the public has been on NHS’s agenda since early 2000s. Under the ‘p atient and public involvement’ (PPI) initiative, the National Institute for HealthResearch (NIHR) , the largest funder of health and care research in the UK, is committed to align research more...Read more
2019 15 Oct
Dr. Hisam Alahdab, MD, FCCP, MSHQS, is the Chief Operating, Quality and Safety Officer at Anadolu Medical Center, Turkey . As well as this job role, Dr. Alahdab also holds a position on the Patient Safety Committee and Quality Council here. His role involves overseeing the whole process of clinical quality whilst also initiating strategies to implement patient...Read more