Improve clinical outcomes, lower costs with patient engagement. Preventable hospital readmissions added $41.3 billion to hospital costs in 2011, according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality statistical brief, while the World Economic Forum has found that chronic diseases accounted for high costs in healthcare, and are expected to hit $47 trillion globally over the next 20 years. Reversing this trend requires a variety of measures, but maybe the most powerful antidote resides with patients themselves. …read more
