Patient Engagement

The new tool builds on the SAP Foundation for Health platform by enabling third-parties to build apps for very specific use cases, like diabetes management, prescription fulfillment or non-adherence issues. 

The hardware and software combination brings a touchscreen UI and the company integrated it with medical grade sensors. 

Can healthcare providers succeed in population health management without buy-in for patients? Not likely, no.

For hospitals and provider networks to successfully navigate the transition to value-based care, they must develop new care models that emphasize education and outreach to patients, experts say.

Healthcare organizations are making big investments in population health and patient engagement platforms as they prepare to move past meaningful use and toward value-based reimbursement, according to "The Big Mega HIT Purchasing Report" released Monday by market research firm peer60.

Receiving a life-threatening health diagnosis can be frightening, confusing, and overwhelming.

Hackensack University Medical Center is tapping new technologies to achieve more effective medication adherence, according to Hackensack UMC’s director of pharmacy Nilesh Desai.

OpenNotes is emerging as one of the most promising applications in the national movement toward more effectively engaging patients with a range of technologies including EHRs, mobile software, telehealth tools.

Dell's chief medical officer says baby boomers have great expectations about how health IT can work to their advantage.

Healthcare economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is delighted that the patient component of the healthcare information technology is finally coming of age.