| | August 20186UTLOOK Healthcare Tech CIOReview's circulation is audited and certified by BPA International (Audit Pending). Copyright © 2018 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.AUGUST 05, 2018August - 05 - 2018, volume 04 - 09 Published by ValleyMedia Inc. To subscribe to HealthcareTech OutlookVisit www.healthcaretechoutlook.com Managing EditorAlex D'souzaEditorial StaffSalesEmail:Joe PhilipKhyati DubalLaura PintoMatthew JacobVisualizerAR RamjithPatient Engagement SpecialAndrew Smithandrew@healthcaretechoutlook.comUTLOOKHealthcare Tech UTLOOKHealthcare Tech EditorialAlex D'souzaManaging Editoreditor@healthcaretechoutlook.comThe healthcare industry is gradually adopting information technologies that augment the communication and collaboration between healthcare providers and patients to promote patient engagement. Patients want to be more engaged in their care because a more involved role in their healthcare decision-making process contributes to improved health outcomes while empowering them to realize the greatest value from care. Besides advancing population health, focusing on patient engagement can improve efficiency, reduce out-migration, and reduce overall costs of patient care. With the rapid technological developments in the healthcare industry, the availability, sophistication, and demand for digital patient engagement is on the rise. Innovative digitized patient engagement solutions are helping to engage and inform patients about their health to improve health outcomes and learning while reducing adverse events. Startups and incumbent companies are devising solutions to address issues that challenge patient engagement such as the patient's health literacy or demographic details, the knowledge and attitudes of healthcare providers, the severity of health conditions, associated healthcare tasks, and more. The benefits of patient engagement are multifarious, but the key factor that hinders patient engagement is the society's and the patient's perception of their status and role as subordinate to healthcare providers. This perception is gradually changing with new-age patient engagement initiatives truly motivating patients to be involved in their healthcare, raising their awareness and confidence to report both their positive and negative health experiences to the provider stimulating mutually agreed care management plans. Also, the Affordable Care Act now considers patient experience metrics to assess provider reimbursement, paving the way towards providers' payment being partly based on patients' evaluation of their performance.Today we have patient-facing (wearables and biosensors), provider-facing tools (care coordination apps and clinical decision support tools), and remote patient monitoring (RPM) that improve health outcomes, patient satisfaction, and healthcare practice revenue while reducing ER visits, and cost of healthcare. These solutions are truly moving the somewhat "passive" patient out of overcrowded hospitals into the comfort of their own home, with healthcare awareness and supervision available round the clock. Let us know your thoughts!Placing Patients at the Center of Care*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffPhone:510-556-2280Fax:510-894-8405sales@healthcaretechoutlook.comeditor@healthcaretechoutlook.commarketing@healthcaretechoutlook.comContact Us:Merlin Watson
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