Anabella Aspiras, RN, returned to the United States after working abroad with Doctors Without Borders to head up patient engagement for Vice President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot Task Force, a $1 billion project to end cancer.
There's a gap between patient engagement (PE) and population health management (PHM), and it's not just bottom lines that are affected. This schism also leaves behind the most vulnerable patients.
Charleston (W.V.) Area Medical Center saw a decrease in hospital readmissions after implementing a comprehensive readmission reduction strategy, which included the addition of a video-based patient education system from TeleHealth Services.
Despite the fact that consumerization is on the rise in healthcare and patients are becoming more selective when it comes to choosing a healthcare provider, a large chunk of hospital executives haven't reevaluated their organization's approach to the patient experience,…
Health systems are increasingly feeling the pull of the consumer economy and are seeking creative ways to differentiate and offer novel and satisfying experiences to their patients that complement their clinical care.
Allergan and SonarMD have partnered to develop clinical decision support and patient engagement tools to diagnose and manage patients with a form of irritable bowel syndrome.
One year after implementing SmarTigr patient education technology from TeleHealth Services, AnMed Health — a multidisciplinary five-hospital system headquartered in Anderson, S.C. — improved HCAHPS patient satisfaction scores and patient health literacy.
In the era of value-based care, the HCAHPS survey is the most influential measure of the patient experience, as hospitals can be financially penalized when they record low patient experience scores. However, there is conflicting evidence as to whether or…
Penn State Hershey (Pa.) Children's Hospital recruited a new, four-legged employee to help ease stress and anxiety for patients and staff, according to Fox 43 News.
When educated with materials that engage multiple senses (sight, hearing and touch), patients display an improved understanding of their care and possible outcomes of treatment, according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
