Patient Engagement

The voluntary Intermountain Partners in Healing program enables patients' family members to perform various tasks both in the hospital and at home after discharge.

Community-based interdisciplinary care management models that take a holistic, patient-centered approach by pinpointing access and engagement have been shown to successfully transform the lives of this dual-eligible population with their complex set of needs.

The changes have been praised by the American Association of Physician Assistants, which said past restrictions have forced patients into uncomfortable choices.

The potential ability to lower the cost and target insured employees in a personalized, digital way better and more effectively than traditional providers and insurers has many in the sector taking notice.

Missed appointments have a negative effect on clinical productivity, and unused clinical space and staff time equate to loss of revenue.

The same 71 percent are concerned that the cost of their healthcare will continue to rise, survey says.

TransUnion Healthcare's Revenue Cycle leader Jonathan Wiik will shed light on evolving healthcare payment landscape where patients now represent a third of billing revenue.

Chris Mitchell, a business intelligence developer at the University of Virginia Medical Center, will explore the topic in-depth during the HIMSS18 conference in Las Vegas in March.

Low-value healthcare services, sometimes cited as overuse or waste, refers to medical tests and procedures that have been shown to provide little benefit in certain clinical scenarios.

Patient engagement expert Jan Oldenburg calls on hospitals to proactively make changes that enables consumers to access pricing information now or face mandates to do so later.