Patient Engagement

Doctor with long hair in a ponytail sits and works on a laptop
By Andrea Fox 10:52 am February 10, 2025
Initial findings from a three-year analysis from athenahealth suggest the idea that providers' use of digital patient outreach tools increase documentation burdens is a misconception.
Woman holds a plastic delivery of prescription produce for an older man
By Andrea Fox 10:46 am February 07, 2025
Tufts University, Kaiser Permanente and other healthcare organizations have launched the National Food is Medicine Network of Excellence to share best practices and measure the health outcomes and costs of produce prescription programs.
Ed Mitchell of Advocate Health on patient experience
By Bill Siwicki 12:27 pm February 06, 2025
Ed Mitchell, director, strategic partnerships at Advocate Health, says simplifying technology choices and reducing technical debt can unlock opportunities to enhance patient engagement with improved experience design strategies.
clinical researchers looking at data on a screen
By Andrea Fox 11:57 am February 03, 2025
Mayo Clinic's decentralized trials are investigating how to best integrate the clinical trial experience into a patient’s life and routine care, say researchers ahead of their HIMSS25 presentation.
Stethoscope on tablet
By Susan Morse 10:47 am February 03, 2025
Mass personalization at scale can be done through technology, says Mudit Garg, CEO and cofounder of Qventus.  
Senior consults with physician via telehealth with smartphone
By Nathan Eddy 10:57 am January 30, 2025
Most adults aged 50 to 80 in the United States are now using digital health technologies (DHTs), with patient portals leading adoption rates, according to a
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By Susan Morse 12:26 pm January 28, 2025
Efficient engagement is critical for patient-centric, prevention-oriented and personalized care, says CIO Yanyan HU who is speaking at HIMSS25.
Dr. David Kaelber, Chief Health Informatics Officer at MetroHealth System
By Mike Miliard 08:05 am January 27, 2025
"Both the image and the report have to be available to anyone involved in the care of the patient, at any time from anywhere – including the patient," says the health system's chief health informatics officer Dr. David Kaelber in a HIMSS25 preview.
Dr. Colin Banas of DrFirst on medication adherence
By Bill Siwicki 12:09 pm January 23, 2025
While medication adherence is a cornerstone of value-based care, it depends on the right team, tools and targeted patient engagement to be effective, says one chief medical officer.
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