Patient Engagement

Also, the NSW state is helping foster cultural sensitivity among clinicians through virtual reality training.

Healthcare providers now rank patient experience as a top strategy, but most say they still struggle to realize returns on their investments. Many anticipate improving EHR and IT system integrations and incorporating AI as next strategic steps.

A top ATA expert says without Medicare telehealth waivers or reimbursement guarantees – while facing increased operational challenges – more providers are issuing advance notices of non-coverage. Next are concerns about e-prescribing flexibilities.

More than half of Americans think the U.S. healthcare system is fundamentally broken, a new PwC Health Research Institute survey shows, and are looking to technologies, including AI and wearables, to improve care.

The CIO of the 90-location multi-specialty medical group explains how call abandonment rate dropped 44% and average wait times decreased 71% – leading to an improved patient experience.

Also, Chulalongkorn University has launched long-read genome sequencing to screen newborns for genetic diseases.

A subscription-based EHR and practice management system could lower barriers preventing mental health professionals from starting their own practices, the company says.

The company's collaborations with UW Medicine, Alaska Airlines and The MetroHealth System are helping boost patient access to specialty meds, says CEO Amit Gir, who describes plans for new drone deliveries.

Google will allow people to securely consolidate health data and control how it is shared.

According to 10FT Ventures' Louiza Chitour, countries in the Middle East and Africa will benefit if sovereign wealth funds and regulators support companies in creating digital health tools based on local population data.