Patient Engagement

New data elements related to social drivers of health, such as referrals to social services, improve standards-based information exchange with electronic health records, it says. 

Also: SmarterDX launches tools to help hospitals overturn denials in minutes and recover lost revenue.

With healthcare costs escalating, patients expect the same convenience, personalization, and accessibility seen in other service sectors. Providers must now compete on experience, offering on-demand, anytime, anywhere engagement through digital channels.

Learn how these smart technologies can reduce clinicians’ stress and bring the right treatment to the right patient at the right time in this Stryker executive brief.

Dugan Winkie, head of Commercial Strategy at Cedar, describes how virtual AI agent Anna offers consumers a safe space to ask questions and make payments.

The Office of Management and Budget will consider HHS' approach to modernizing requirements for HIPAA covered entities charged with protecting ePHI against healthcare cybersecurity threats. Reports say the rule could be published by year's end.

Also, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services has partnered with Samsung Medison for medical imaging and AI.

Also:  New studies find commercial artificial intelligence algorithms developed for breast cancer detection may identify women at high risk of future malignancy – up to six years ahead of occurrence.

The health system said the partnership with Amazon One Medical will bring new primary care offices to the Cleveland region to improve the patient experience at every touchpoint.

Western Australia Country Health Service board chair Dr Neale Fong shares how they are enabling telemedicine and remote patient monitoring.