Patients Included - in Strategy, Exchange, Conferences, Wearables
From HIMSS
How Close Are We to Consumer-Mediated Exchange?
This blog post I did with Sri Bharadwaj came out of a discussion about Mint.com (R) for healthcare. If data exchange can happen for banking, why not healthcare?
Not Just Another Patient Questionnaire
Another HIMSS blog post, this one by Deb Wells discussing the targeted use of patient questionnaires through the patient portal at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Use of Patient Portals in ACO and Population Health Management
This webinar recording is from the experience of University of Iowa which is a Davies Award winner. Not only do they have a progressive use of their patient portal but are able to demonstrate return on investment.
Blogs, White Papers, Journals
Give patients the personal health IT experience they demand—or yield to those who will
Jan Oldenburg of EY discusses her take on patient engagement and Meaningful Use. She points out how engaged patients cost less and are more satisfied. She encourages the development of a patient advisory council as part of a patient engagement program.
Patient Portal Adoption: From 5% to 20% and Beyond
This blog post from KLAS gives 6 best practices for patient portal adoption based on an extensive report they have produced.
MD Anderson Pilots Apple Watch for Breast Cancer Treatment
This is one of several healthcare providers developing apps for the Apple Watch. The pilot program is capturing behavioral data such as side effects, sleep information, activity levels and mood. The watch is a convenient platform but the cost and limitation of requiring IOS only should be considered.
Shahid’s No BS guide to patient engagement at #HIMSS15
From Shahid Shah, this post includes an interesting diagram of patient engagement platforms with Institutional being the most well developed at this point.
PATIENTS INCLUDED: A CHARTER FOR CONFERENCES
This concept, developed by Lucien Engelen, encourages medical and health IT conferences to include patients in their programs as key stakeholders and speakers.
From “Patient-Centered” to “Relationship-Centered” Care at Cleveland Clinic
An interview by Wing of Zock about relationship-centered care as has developed at Cleveland Clinic. From the Cleveland Clinic Patient Experience Summit.
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8yIt will be meaningful to understand the satgw of maturity of a health system and its ability to manage data flow/ ownership to decipher patient engagement models and it scaling potential...(Personal opinion)
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8yGreat collection of relevant articles John. Especially like the concept of aggregating data. In this case, the patient is not responsible for knowing/remembering/asking/managing/facilitating all of their healthcare provider organizations (not to mention insurance carriers and maybe even banks) to consolidate all of their medical information. Very interesting concept indeed.