Patient Engagement

Arizona-based Petersen HIV clinic has used Zoom for Healthcare to continue providing care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Soon to be integrated with the health system’s Epic EHR, the transport system has achieved, among other things, a more than 50% reduction in average cost per ride and a 20% improvement in inpatient bed availability.

Deep Dive: Technology can enhance the human component of empathy to spur appropriate action and address issues of equity and disparity.

Members can now use the Toothpic dentistry telehealth app for three months at no charge and receive a discount on Philips Sonicare tooth care products.

By taking advantage of text messaging, the small critical access hospital and its associated clinics improved quality, reduced no-shows, decreased staff burnout and boosted revenue.

Chatbots can either enhance the value of patient communications or cause confusion or even harm.

Today the high-profile provider is using its expansive, multistate telemedicine programs to best serve COVID-19 patients.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals in South-East Asia had an advantage over medical institutions in other parts of the world, since they had dealt with a SARS virus in 2003 already. FInd out what they recommended in terms of outbreak prevention in the latest edition of HIMSS Insights, COVID-19 and Beyond.

Experts at this week's Telehealth Innovation Forum urged health systems to consider how different vendors might meet their unique needs.

Telehealth introduces a new approach to shared clinical decision making, facilitates trusted cooperation and patient engagement. For Siemens Healthineers, the COVID-19 pandemic sheds new light on digital solutions in value-based healthcare.