Patient Engagement

Roxie Mooney, CEO and commercial strategist at Legacy DNA, explains why involving patients early in the design and development process can make for a better product.

At this year’s Connected Health conference in Boston, Sherry Pagoto, director of the UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media, discussed the social and skill set barriers to weight loss.

OnMed's stations offer high definition video and audio capabilities, which allow for real-time consultations with a doctor or advanced practice provider.

In the age of consumerism, virtual visits meet consumers where they are, says Anthem executive.

Wellysis' device can provide data to can help patients and doctors make better healthcare decisions, says co-founder and CEO Young Juhn.

Also in that year, Dr. Angela Willis gained 81 new patient reviews and her website converted, on average each month, roughly 11.4% of all visitors into a booked appointment.

During Converge2Xcelerate at the HIMSS Connected Health Conference, a blockchain expert and the CEO of DirectTrust put forth some ideas about how direct ledger technology could help solve a longstanding challenge.

Dame Fiona Caldicott, national data guardian for health and social care in England, discusses the importance of building trust when using patient data to improve the health and care of citizens.

Traditionally, value in healthcare has been viewed from the perspectives of hospitals and healthcare providers, but this has shifted to the patient-consumer. 

Younger consumers are especially are willing to switch providers over a bad billing experience.