Patient Engagement

This week's top stories include the new direct contracting reimbursement model proving popular among payers and providers, and Mass General teaming with YouTube to offer viewers access to credible medical information.

Also, Fujitsu supports AWS for Health initiative. 

How patient-first technology innovations are developed and intentionally implemented with the digital divide in healthcare in mind. The new frontier of care delivery will bring all providers and patients together with positive impact on patient outcomes.

Finding a natural pathway to deliver insulin can transform the lives of patients who suffer from diabetes, while education and finance can drive innovation to improve outcomes, say Diabetology cofounders Glen Travers and Roger New.

A physician expert in SDOH, analytics and patient connectivity talks about how the three must come together to better care for patients today and in the years ahead.

Ethical data sharing means patients are the true owners of their data, not the tech experts who have become the de facto owners, say Cotiviti's Nicole Neumarker and Sensyne Health's Derek Baird.

The platform has partnered with Mass General Brigham, the American Public Health Association and other organizations to publish evidence-based content.  

Glitch means people can obtain a pass by entering fake test results into the system. 

In the series premiere of "Workplace Re-Entry in the Healthcare Industry," Sentara Health's Mark Crowe and Tyler Okoren join host Jonah Comstock to talk about how COVID-19 changed telehealth at Sentara.

It only takes 10 minutes to practice a procedure in a session through a VR platform such as Vantari VR.