Patient Experience

Real healthcare transformation for the patient’s sake

The majority (53 percent) of millennials are extremely or very satisfied with out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs, compared to less than half of baby boomers and Generation Xers, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald & Associates Consumer…

Reducing patient wait times has been a recent focus for most medical practices, according to a Medical Group Management Association Stat poll.

Patient-focused technology smooths the path to good health - and return visits

Although physicians and nurses said they give at least some of their patients advice on making changes to maintain health and prevent disease, more than 70 percent of these healthcare providers believe patients only listen to this advice sometimes or…

Almost a quarter of the U.S. population —23.3 percent — has low health literacy, meaning they struggle when reading or understanding healthcare-related information, according to a national health survey by Professional Research Consultants.

CipherHealth CNO Says It’s All About Making Patient Follow-up Easier and More Efficient

Although a number of patients receive treatment for sleep issues in primary care practices, the majority of this tracked sleep data never reaches healthcare providers. In response to this gap in patient-provider communication, the National Sleep Foundation and Merck, in…

Stigma connected with Alzheimer's disease may create barriers for individuals seeking information about their risk of the disease and discourage them from participating in clinical studies that could develop potential therapies, according to a study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Thirty percent of patients said they have walked out of a medical appointment due to long wait times, and people who have poor healthcare access were more likely to leave an appointment for this reason, according to Vitals' annual Physician Wait…