Patient Engagement
Health assurance is about migrating from sick care to preventive care, and funding innovations that improve costs and experiences can help drive that shift, says Sumit Nagpal, founder and CEO of Cherish.
Clinicians and IT groups must work together to incorporate immersive technologies such as VR into digital health and bring VR device data into the EHR, contends Gita Barry, president of immersive healthcare at Penumbra.
The policies that followed a pre-HIPAA workplace data breach won back patient trust, sparking his interest in cybersecurity, recounts Dr. Eric Liederman, director of medical informatics for the Permanente Medical Group.
Dr. Lara Jehi, chief research information officer, and Craig Martin, IT product director for population health, at the Cleveland Clinic discuss using the patient portal to communicate about research opportunities.
Patients want more trust, transparency and information sharing from healthcare organizations to guide them in their complex healthcare journey, says Grace Cordovano, founder of Enlightening Results.
Wolters Kluwer Health is donating the latest clinical evidence to providers in order to help increase health equity for resource-limited populations, says Stacey Caywood, CEO.
Some healthcare professionals should learn more about the unique health needs of LGBTQ people and the value of collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data, says Dana Trampas, senior digital health specialist at HIMSS.
Digital cognitive assessments analyze a patient's voice and responses to better inform cognitive care and reduce clinicians' administrative burden, explains Dr. John Showalter, CPO at Linus Health.
The cost of health inequities can negatively impact business, says Dr. Jay Bhatt, managing director at Deloitte, who explains why healthcare organizations should factor health equity into each business decision they make.
AI-enabled care coordination enables patient-specific decision-making at the point of care. Kathy D. Ford, chief product and strategy officer at Project Rōnin, explains.