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Patient portal use in the ED paves path forward for health IT care gaps

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

May 08, 2024 – Data indicating real-time patient portal use in the emergency department is leading some experts to consider how ED clinicians can use the technology to bridge health IT gaps for…

Consumers value patient-provider relationships in primary care

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

May 02, 2024 – In a healthcare industry in constant evolution, the patient-provider relationship healthcare consumers seek tends to stay consistent, with patients saying in a recent U.S. News and World Report survey…

Gen AI patient portal messages OK, but need human review

April 30, 2024May 1, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

April 30, 2024 – More evidence is emerging indicating that generative AI helps lessen clinician burden by drafting patient portal message responses—but only if there’s a clinician there to review the response before…

Do better outcomes from female docs signal need for more empathy?

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

April 25, 2024 – Are women better doctors than men? It’s still hard to tell, according to a study examining clinical outcomes for female versus male doctors, but there is something to be…

Marginal health equity for Black Californians suggests slow road ahead

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

April 24, 2024 – It’ll take California longer than it’s even been a state—and longer than the US has been a nation—to close the racial health disparity and other gulfs in equity for…

With patient trust low, there are few places to turn for medical info

April 18, 2024April 19, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

April 18, 2024 – Patients are approaching their health information with much more skepticism now than ever before, with patient trust still trending low and patients expressing concerns with the politicization of healthcare…

Kaiser Permanente zeroes in on food is medicine philosophy

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

April 12, 2024 – Kaiser Permanente is continuing its charge pioneering healthcare’s food is medicine philosophy by launching its own Food Is Medicine Center of Excellence, the health system recently announced.

The Center of…

Patient data access speeds up after 21st Century Cures Act

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

March 29, 2024 – Patients are waiting less time to access their imaging and radiology reports today, according to a new report, a trend that’s the credit of the 21st Century Cures Act…

Chronic care access limits diagnosis & quality for women

March 27, 2024March 28, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

March 27, 2024 – It could take more than a year longer for women to get a diagnosis for a chronic disease than it could for their male counterparts, with new survey data…

Are rising US maternal mortality rates inflated?

March 15, 2024March 17, 2024Patient Engagement HIT

By Sara Heath

March 15, 2024 – A new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology is calling into question the high US maternal mortality rate, stating that many of the maternal deaths…

Doccla teams with Gophr for same-day delivery of medical devices

Doctors Are Using AI, But Lack of Guidelines and Training Leaves Them Feeling Unprepared, New Survey Finds

GE HealthCare Integrates Advanced Features with MIM Encore Platform

New AI can improve non-derma’s ability to diagnose skin conditions

Author: Patient Engagement HIT

Patient portal use in the ED paves path forward for health IT care gaps

Consumers value patient-provider relationships in primary care

Gen AI patient portal messages OK, but need human review

Do better outcomes from female docs signal need for more empathy?

Marginal health equity for Black Californians suggests slow road ahead

With patient trust low, there are few places to turn for medical info

Kaiser Permanente zeroes in on food is medicine philosophy

Patient data access speeds up after 21st Century Cures Act

Chronic care access limits diagnosis & quality for women

Are rising US maternal mortality rates inflated?

Doccla teams with Gophr for same-day delivery of medical devices

Doctors Are Using AI, But Lack of Guidelines and Training Leaves Them Feeling Unprepared, New Survey Finds

GE HealthCare Integrates Advanced Features with MIM Encore Platform

New AI can improve non-derma’s ability to diagnose skin conditions

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