Patient Access

(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."

Over the past 10 years or more, information technology has markedly changed the treatment and care cancer patients receive today.

Think about how long four seconds is. One. Two. Three. Four. Done. It's no time at all, really. But for ischemic heart disease, the leading cause of death worldwide, it's more than enough time to do serious damage.

The Medical Group Management Association on Friday named its new president and chief executive officer -- a health system chief medical officer, former management consultant and best-selling author.

Consumers deeply immersed in digital technologies are beginning to demand more of healthcare providers.

All the technology in today's world cannot effectively close the gap between doctors and patients, until they understand each other much better. And that takes a little bit of neuroscience and a lot of finesse.

Despite ubiquitous information technology, patients and physicians still overwhelmingly rely on "tried-and-true" modes of communications, such as phone calls and in-person consults.