Patient Engagement

Many patients who had 40% medication adherence rates now take their medication 90% of the time. And the organization has seen a 29% reduction in inpatient utilization and a 24% reduction in ER utilization.

The Dallas-area hospital already uses a holographic video studio and will expand use by installing additional mini hologram displays at several locations throughout the facility and associated clinics.

The highest-performers saw their overall scores rise 20 points, but the lowest-scoring performers declined eight points.

PointClickCare adds 40 Texas hospitals with a new partnership. A Connecticut state audit discovers undisclosed health information exchange data breaches. Oklahoma backpedals on its data exchange mandate.

The latest report from the Productivity Commission notes the "slow" uptake of remote care technologies despite wide availability.

Digital tools can provide patients with customized payment plans for unexpected bills and treat them with dignity along their financial journey. Ryne Natzke, chief revenue officer at TrustCommerce, a Sphere company, explains how.  

The clinical analytics tool is improving engagement metrics at Tennessee-based Psychiatric Medical Care, helping report aggregate data to the board and The Joint Commission, informing performance evaluations – and offering something quantifiable to show patients and families.

Asad Lilani, political strategy director at the Access Challenge, says the NGO recruits regional influencers and community members for its African vaccination campaigns. Their messages appear on each region's favored communications platform.

Thierry Marchal of Ansys and researcher María Angeles Pérez discuss how combining clinical data and mathematical models to create digital simulations can increase precision across specialties and expedite patient treatment.