Patient Engagement

An artist's impression of a new Dunedin Hospital. Photo: New Dunedin Hospital

A new digital hospital in the works at New Zealand’s Dunedin city

By Dean Koh 11:23 pm November 18, 2018

Dunedin, the second largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the principal city of the Otago region, is currently making plans for a new digital hospital.

North Florida Women's Care in Tallahassee.

Text messaging leads to $10,000 more revenue per month at North Florida Women's Care

By Bill Siwicki 12:00 pm October 31, 2018

The mobile patient engagement system also cut no-shows by half and increased the number of referred patients seen by 25 percent.

KLAS: Secure texting vendors morphing into communications platforms

By Bill Siwicki 01:08 pm October 30, 2018

A new report looks at nearly 20 vendors and sees that the market for texting tech is changing – as is the way providers are using the tools.

Patient engagement tech reduces no-shows by 60% at Bedford Commons

Patient engagement platform reduces patient no-shows by 60% at Bedford Commons OB-GYN

By Bill Siwicki 12:56 pm October 30, 2018

Through the technology, the provider organization also has collected 635 online reviews for its website.

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Partners HealthCare to build new center of excellence, with focus on patient experience

By Mike Miliard 03:46 pm October 19, 2018

Pivot Labs, a collaboration with tech services company Persistent Systems, will also seek innovative ways to boost clinical outcomes and manage costs.

Online patient scheduling tech lowers no-show rate at Prevea Health to 4%

By Bill Siwicki 01:11 pm October 19, 2018

Further, 38 percent of online appointments are booked after hours, which helps with both patient retention and new patient acquisition.

As wearables evolve, and new apps and devices emerge, the need for standards to exchange that data across platforms and products will arise, said speakers at the Connected Health Conference in Boston on Friday.

Where wearables fit into the future of precision medicine

By Tom Sullivan 12:36 pm October 19, 2018

Apps and devices will evolve and tools already around us will become instruments of health to advance tailor-made care delivery and treatments.

Wellness tools for population health need radical simplicity, experts say

By Tom Sullivan 10:31 am October 19, 2018

The market is so flooded with competing products that many people have trouble even understanding what's available.

Leapfrog Group says it will conduct safety ratings for ambulatory surgery centers

By Mike Miliard 03:56 pm October 16, 2018

Expanding from hospital assessments, the patient safety group will publish a national report by this time next year, with data on individual ASCs available by 2020.