Patient Engagement

A new study from HealthITJobs.com investigated how stress affects healthcare information technology workers and determined that more than half are frequently stressed because of deadlines, meetings, unrealistic workloads and too little time to exercise.

Advanced Plan for Health’s analytics technology will receive consumer health data from iHealth Labs mobile devices with the aim of enabling employers to reduce employee health costs and improve health outcomes.

The highest ranking winners of the annual #HIT100 list on Twittter are in, and this year’s list brings new faces as well as some that many health IT professionals will recognize as familiar. 

The firm listed 10 digital technologies that are helping people live healthier lives and, in turn, hold promise to reduce the amount spent on healthcare.

Early stage investments have already climbed close to $4 billion this year, according to a report published by StartUp Health, which is fostering an ecosystem of emerging companies in the healthcare sector. 

Doctors are required by law to allow patients to view, download and transmit data and that new reality is giving rise to many hesitations. Here’s a look at pressing issues to understand before proceeding. 

The companies plan to integrate Validic’s digital platform for patient-generated health data with SAP’s analytics to help providers make personalized care decisions. 

Interactive mobile messaging is helping improve the health of Medicaid patients while reducing costs, according to a study by Inland Empire Health Plan and the vendor mPulse Mobile.

The new app, which includes features for finding doctors and booking appointments as well as general information, is designed to strengthen patient engagement efforts by streamlining their experience, Mount Sinai’s CIO said.

Flatiron Health newest version of its OncoEMR, a cloud-based electronic ​'medical'​ record is designed specifically for medical oncology.