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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

The first chart illustrates consumers’ use of digital health tools, showing that online health information and online provider reviews. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking.

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How One Hospital System Baked Love Into Their Health App

Health Populi

This translates to consumers’ growing expectations of the healthcare industry…including hospitals. 9 in 10 hospitals and health systems prioritize improving the consumer/patient experience, but only 30% of providers are building these capabilities, I wrote in the Health Populi blog discussing Kaufman Hall’s research.

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#Engage4Health: How Patients Are Morphing Into Healthcare Consumers, for #HIMSS18

Health Populi

This blog appears today as part of a #HIMSS18 primer series for attendees, and the industry at large, to discuss major health IT issues that will help move health and healthcare delivery forward in 2018 – and beyond. The frequency of cybersecurity breaches in health systems is a risk factor eroding patient trust.

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Transforming Healthcare with Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) are technologies that have revolutionized the healthcare industry. How Remote Patient Monitoring Works Monitoring devices: Patients use monitoring devices, such as blood pressure monitors, to collect and transmit health data to healthcare providers.

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COPD Management: A Guide to Remote Patient Monitoring in 2024

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Through RPM, patients can use wearable devices and mobile health applications to transmit data such as oxygen saturation levels, respiratory rate, and activity levels to their healthcare providers in real-time. These apps often integrate with wearable devices, allowing seamless data sharing and analysis.

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Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT

Health Populi

I leave you with one proviso which could be a barrier to patients engaging with digitized health information: in the wake of Facebook/Cambridge Analytica, there is a wake-up call for consumers to become more mindful about the security of their personal data online.

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Healthcare Trends 2024: Navigating the Future of Medicine and Patient Care

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Value-based care is steering the industry away from volume, prioritizing high-quality, efficient services that align providers’ incentives with patient outcomes. This approach not only aims for better health results at lower costs but also encourages innovation in care delivery.