Patient Engagement

Today, 91% of patients have logged into their account within three months of an encounter, says its VP of digital health, showing the results that "actively engaging" can accomplish, especially for Medicaid patients.

The Midwest health system unified patient records, integrating clinical and claims data, and used analytics to help manage care quality and risk.

Between in-person or telehealth appointments, portals can offer information about self-care and healthy habits and be a vehicle for reporting patient health indicators, among other things, one expert says.

Sumit Rana talks artificial intelligence helping providers respond to patients' questions, assist with medical coding and generate progress notes. And he points out how AI sometimes can be more empathetic than people.  

By leveraging private equity investment and local resources and building trust with patients, radiology practices can overcome rural operational challenges, say experts at the RSNA annual meeting.

Hospital-at-home, RPM and other related telehealth services are an increasingly large component of the care-delivery equation for many hospitals and health systems. Here's where providers are finding success with these new modalities.

Also, WA Health has extended its cloud contract with Atos.

McLean Care has launched what could be the first virtual on-demand service for aged care in Australia.

"Through my involvement with HIMSS Europe and EMRAM stage 7 validations, I’ve observed that the most successful organisations in healthcare IT are those with a stable, digital-savvy culture."

HIMSS23 Europe Startup PitchFest winner Doctomatic captures and assesses remote patient measurements using visual AI. Carmen Pauline Rios Benton, cofounder of the Spanish startup, shares the details.