Patient Engagement

Experts say the aging doctor population is one of the biggest issues healthcare must overcome.

When paired with estimates that boomers account for two to three times more healthcare spend than that of millennials, the financial risk is high.

If there's one point a recent session at America's Health Insurance Plans Institute & Expo 2017 brought home, it's that if providers and payers are going to manage their members as a population, they need to start by knowing them individually.

U.S. minorities tend to receive fewer medical services considered effective like flu shots, aspirin following heart attack, study author says.

An estimated 1 in 9 Medicare beneficiaries are diagnosed with COPD, the third-leading cause of death in 2014.

Barriers to conversations on cost transparency included patients' fear of being "profiled" based on their socioeconomic status or ability to pay.

Improving the percentage has the potential to lower costs for patients and the overall healthcare system.

There is often a cultural gap between doctors and patients that can negatively impact patient outcomes, Harvard Business Review article says.

Yelp ratings were found to have a positive correlation with hospitals with lower 30-day readmission rates, building on prior evidence.

The influx is prompting more clinicians to rethink the fast-paced emergency room, where default is do everything possible to extend life.