Patient Engagement

HIMSS Revenue Cycle Improvement Task Force seeks stories on the patient financial experience to present a gap analysis for the next innovation.

Q4 saw some big moves from CMS with partnerships to enhance employee wellness programs.

The data is used to judge physician performance and hospital performance, often driving managerial decisions such as compensation and employment.

All but $500,000 of fine suspended if Coordinated Care Corp. ensures members have access to in-network providers.

Hospitals take their ratings seriously, despite hospital industry experts' skepticism about their scientific methodology and studies showing that scores may not have a huge influence on patient behavior. In a highly competitive market, no one wants to be a "C"-rated safety hospital any more than a "C"-rated restaurant for cleanliness.

Even though high-deductible insurance options could save patients thousands of dollars every year, most people are not shopping around for better prices when it comes to low value services.

Patients, clinicians and even visitors all find alarms, alerts, beeps and loudspeaker pages make hospitals stays more exasperating.

New research finds patients could benefit if they are invited to co-produce medical notes with doctors rather than simply reading them.

Healthcare providers will need to innovate to make the payment process more manageable for millennials, a TransUnion report said.

By making patients more aware of existing privacy policies and security measures, healthcare providers create an environment where patients are more likely to share.