Category: Patient Engagement

Healthcare organizations are looking beyond patient portals to further enhance patient engagement, according to a new survey from HIMSS Analytics. Healthcare organizations are looking beyond patient portals to further enhance patient engagement, according to a new survey from HIMSS Analytics. read more …read more Source:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthcare-informatics/~3/Jc7l6vYjCZo/himss-analytics-survey-portals-aren-t-enough-engage-patients       

AARP will be launching a new program that aims to test out remote monitoring healthcare devices on people over 50 years of age. The association is teaming with Georgia Tech Research Institute to conduct the study, which will see how 50-plus consumers test with five different sleep and activity tracking devices over a six-week period.…

Top News ECRI Institute names its top patient safety concerns for 2015: Alarm hazards. Missing or incorrect data in EHRs and other IT systems. Patient violence. Wrong IV line drug administration. Care coordination problems due to lack of medication reconciliation. Failure to perform double checks. Opioid events. Improper instrument sterilization. Inadequate handoffs during patient transport.…

Alarms, Health IT, and Patient Violence Lead ECRI Institute’s 2015 List of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns Health IT is heavily represented on ECRI’s annual Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns list, with alarm fatigue and poor alarm configuration taking first place, incorrect or missing data in EHRs taking second place. Poor medication reconciliation procedures, something…

eRelevance Corporation, announced today that its progressive patient engagement service has been sold to nearly 100 Medical Spa (Medspa) and Plastic Surgery practices in just the first quarter of 2015. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150403/eRelevancee28099s-progressive-patient-engagement-service-sold-to-100-Medspa-Plastic-Surgery-practices.aspx       

The following is an interview with Vishal Gandhi, CEO of ClinicSpectrum as part of the Cost Effective Healthcare Workflow Series of blog posts. Follow and engage with him on Twitter @ClinicSpectrum and @csvishal2222. As we head into the massive HIMSS healthcare IT conference in Chicago, I’ve been thinking a lot about the shift in healthcare…

Social media can be a useful tool in helping behavioral healthcare doctors better diagnose and connect their patients, a researcher from University Hospitals recently wrote. Social media can be a us read more …read more Source:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthcare-informatics/~3/KU-f3OJJQW8/social-media-guidelines-needed-mental-health-doctors-researcher-finds       

Electronic health records are not doing a good job of creating accurate and clear graphs of patient information, which may adversely impact patient safety, according to a new article in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/ehr-inaccuracies-threaten-patient-safety/2015-03-26?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

When it comes to meeting MU requirements, it’s no secret that providers across the country have struggled with the patient engagement aspect of the mandate. One consultant offers strategies that could help and takes a look ahead to Stage 3. When it comes to meeting meaningful use (MU) requirements, it’s no secret that providers across…

Latinos are the largest ethnic minority group in the United States, and it’s expected that by 2050 they will comprise almost 30 percent of the U.S. population. Yet they are also the most underserved by health care and health insurance providers. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150320/Latinos-continue-to-face-problems-in-accessing-high-quality-health-care.aspx