Mobile

Researchers found that using mobile apps enabled them to recruit more participants and capture unique data they otherwise would not have been able to. 

The lack of adequate EHR interoperability continues to hinder healthcare organizations ability to use patient data in care delivery, the report’s author said. 

Using Android phones, an app and Amazon cloud services, the researchers gauged study participants’ feelings a half-dozen times a day to pinpoint links between avoiding social contact and depression. 

It’s generally thought that healthy people are more health-engaged than people diagnosed with medical issues. But that’s old health school thinking: most health consumers managing chronic conditions say they’ve become more engaged with healthcare over the past two years, according to CDW’s 2017 Patient Engagement Perspectives Study.

While only 10 percent of healthcare providers and payers are currently working to digitize themselves, the analyst house estimates a big surge in the months ahead. 

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital CEO Stephen Klasko is striking some surprising partnerships to advance a bold vision that disrupts care delivery and medical school, as well as the education of those who will be critical a decade from now.

More people with chronic conditions tapped health apps and tools in 2016 than in 2015 and divulged more personal info to providers. But trust issues remain among doctors and consumers alike. 

The security, analytics and cloud infrastructure vendor has launched Active Insights, which aims to provide healthcare organizations with a secure, integrated approach to managing medical devices.

The winning teams put strategies such as open APIs to work enabling secure and straightforward movement of patient data.

“EVO combines biometric, clinical, behavior, psychometric and lifestyle data to deliver an engaging, lifelong personalized wellness experience,” the vendor’s CEO says.