Patient Engagement

Expanding from hospital assessments, the patient safety group will publish a national report by this time next year, with data on individual ASCs available by 2020.

The settlement with New Jersey resolves two separate privacy breaches regarding members HIV/AIDS status and those with AFib.

Technology was critical but so, too, were the personal and patient-centric stories shared on Twitter this week.

Healthcare IT News Asia Pacific hears from Marcus about what healthcare organisations can learn from National Geographic's consumer engagement experience.

What if the challenge to overcome with data sharing was the policies common among hospitals? A new study published in JAMA Network Open found just that: Patients are facing many hurdles when they request to receive their records from hospitals.

The health system needed to broaden the reach of its telephonic interventions and improve uptake of its Epic patient portal. Data-fueled heat maps, homing in on patients' "ZNA," are helping improve outcomes.

This case study shows how the system connected more than 50,000 vulnerable patients with appointments, with 38 percent of those for the uninsured, by giving patients greater visibility into care options.

This case study shows how the Alliance for Better Health launched a referral network to help providers to ensure patients have access to housing, food, education, transportation and more.

Facilities earn the designation by using technology to optimize patient care, including EHRs, HIE, analytics, clinical decision support and more.

While many readers are optimistic that healthcare will make progress on consumerism in one to three years, others said it will take between five and seven to actually happen.