Patient Engagement

Ed Mitchell, director, strategic partnerships at Advocate Health, says simplifying technology choices and reducing technical debt can unlock opportunities to enhance patient engagement with improved experience design strategies.

Mayo Clinic's decentralized trials are investigating how to best integrate the clinical trial experience into a patient’s life and routine care, say researchers ahead of their HIMSS25 presentation.

Mass personalization at scale can be done through technology, says Mudit Garg, CEO and cofounder of Qventus.  

Most adults aged 50 to 80 in the United States are now using digital health technologies (DHTs), with patient portals leading adoption rates, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Efficient engagement is critical for patient-centric, prevention-oriented and personalized care, says CIO Yanyan HU who is speaking at HIMSS25.

Dr. Samuel Browd of UW and Seattle Children's hospital, and the CMO at Proprio, discusses the questions he's hearing from patients about artificial intelligence in healthcare, and describes how AI is changing how he practices and performs surgery.

"Both the image and the report have to be available to anyone involved in the care of the patient, at any time from anywhere – including the patient," says the health system's chief health informatics officer Dr. David Kaelber in a HIMSS25 preview.

While medication adherence is a cornerstone of value-based care, it depends on the right team, tools and targeted patient engagement to be effective, says one chief medical officer.

Building a strong, clearly defined plan can help ensure a successful AI deployment.