Patient Engagement

Report analyzed more than 1.8 billion commercial healthcare claims and data visualization to benchmark prices and use across 112 metropolitan areas from 2012 to 2016.

CEO Tom Skelton says Surescripts' product allows doctors to tell the patient at the point of care the price of prescriptions along with alternatives.

The report showed more than 70 percent of patients wait less than 20 minutes to see a provider and it's not just millennials fueling the demand.

The healthcare industry should be looking at what some of the tech giants are doing to determine how to move forward.

At HIMSS19, HIMSS put on a showcase dealing with topics including data sharing, patient engagement and social determinants of health that intersect with interoperability, says Christel Anderson, senior director of Interoperability Initiatives for HIMSS.

Haiqing Song, deputy director of the neurology program at the Xuanwu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences in China, discusses what is needed to effectively leverage technology.

Hal Wolf, President and CEO of HIMSS, shares what stood out at this year's global conference, including emerging trends driving the reformation of healthcare across the entire ecosystem.

Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, talks about the rights of the end user as well as how companies can improve their products in terms of security and privacy.

Use technology to take compassionate care to the next level, rather than leading with innovative tech that doesn't always solve the big problems, says Rebecca Kaul, Chief Innovation Officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Investing in social determinants of health holds the potential to provide ROI in the form of fewer readmissions-based penalties.