Patient Engagement
The health system sees about 50 cases per day with one of its referring health systems – more than 18,000 cases per year where care is improved and patients and their families have a better experience, the CDIO reports.
Advocate Health uses a FHIR-enabled integration with its electronic health records to get customized information to patients before, during and after more than 200,000 annual well-child exams – achieving a 30% lift in patient engagement.
A new chatbot on its mobile health app features AI-based avatars that can communicate synchronously with patients through text, voice, or video chat.
The HIT landscape is evolving toward tools that support tangible improvements in direct care delivery, diagnostic accuracy and the preservation of meaningful human connections, Kem Graham of EHR vendor CliniComp says at HIMSS25.
Houston Methodist Hospital is using text messaging, voice technology and generative AI predictive analytics to drive patient-centered care.
The Data: Elemental to Health campaign has been focused on public health surveillance to facilitate an immediate response to health threats.
The technology, known as Bynahm, is designed to bridge the distance among hospitalized patients and their loved ones, using automation and VR to streamline communication and provide immersive experiences.
Also, Northeast Health Wangaratta has upgraded its EMR system.
Dr Apichai Chaiyaroj, assistant director of BNH Hospital, shares how they had all doctors entering inpatient and outpatient records electronically.
The Alliance for Connected Care has asked U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to intervene on proposed Drug Enforcement Agency e-prescribing rules, urging broader telehealth access.
