Patient Engagement

Helping clinicians care for patients more efficiently and effectively.

IDC Health Insights recently published its 2023 Worldwide Healthcare Predictions report. Mutaz Shegewi, the firm's research director, unpacks those findings.

A government-funded study found 27% of pediatric nurses surveyed reporting burnout. Those that didn't cited open communication and unit-level teamwork as key factors. 

The network is bringing a virtual lactation consultation platform to thousands of Connecticut and Massachusetts newborns and families through a partnership with Nest Collaborative.

Not too long ago, about 17% of remotely monitored patients needed a higher level of care. Today it's in the 3% to 5% range, keeping more people in their homes and coordinating their care.

Not only will it determine a hospital's financial incentive but it will also help create demand for quality care.

Through a new partnership with Cadence, the health system plans to launch a responsive virtual care and remote patient monitoring program at 30 hospitals and 200 care sites in six states over the next year.

The social media giant says it will appeal the European Union's decision that Meta Platforms violated GDPR. We asked one privacy lawyer whether the decision might penetrate the company's reliance on contractual necessity in the U.S.

Baptist Health is keeping pace with Jacksonville's booming growth, say the health system's CDIO, Aaron Miri, and Melanie Husk, its chief consumer officer, using a digital strategy focused on patient "delight" and secured by identity access management.

The ONC study of national survey data examined the percentage by race and ethnicity of patients offered access to a patient portal, and the role of providers in facilitating the process. For those offered access, health disparities largely diminished.