Patient Engagement Strategies

Healthcare Marketplace Releases Patient Engagement Solution Suite

September 19, 2023 - Zocdoc, a platform enabling patients to find and book in-person or virtual appointments, is releasing a free suite of tools to help healthcare providers reach and manage patient care more effectively. Called Zocdoc Practice Solutions, the suite includes intake tools that allow patients to fill out forms and send insurance information online ahead...


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Telemedicine Expands Care Access for Spine Patients

by Mark Melchionna

When examining access to care for spine patients with low socioeconomic status, researchers found that visits conducted through telemedicine increased accessibility.   The research, published in...

Arizona Hospitals Use mHealth to Connect With Patients in the ED

by Eric Wicklund

Four Arizona hospitals and two free-standing emergency health centers have launched an mHealth platform that gives patients and their families real-time updates on their mobile devices about wait times...

Mayo Clinic RPM Model Improves Outcomes For Acute COVID-19 Treatment

by Victoria Bailey

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs are safe and feasible, and they yield positive health outcomes for acute COVID-19 treatment, according to a Mayo Clinic study. The midwestern health system...

Guidelines for Marketing a Practice’s New Telehealth Platform

by Eric Wicklund

The sharp increase in telehealth use during the pandemic is giving healthcare providers new opportunities to expand their reach. But how can they make patients – both potential and existing...

Telehealth Faces New Challenges: Surfing, Snacking and Social Hour

by Eric Wicklund

DrFirst has uncovered a new challenge to the effectiveness of telehealth visits during the coronavirus pandemic: Multitasking. In a recent survey of more than 1,000 consumers, the Maryland-based...

Vanderbilt Study Proves Value of mHealth in Care Management, Engagement

by Eric Wicklund

A new study out of Vanderbilt University finds that mHealth messages can not only help care providers maintain engagement with chronic care patients, but maintain a high level of engagement over a...

Can Telehealth Help Medical Practices Ditch the Waiting Room?

by Eric Wicklund

With the COVID-19 crisis putting the kibosh on crowds, hospitals are turning to telehealth and mHealth to take the wait out of healthcare. The crowded, clamorous, stuffy, sniffly waiting room has long...

Hospitals Use mHealth to Keep Family In The Loop on Patient Care

by Eric Wicklund

Hospitals and health systems are now applying mHealth to the vital and often-sensitive process of keeping family members updated during a patient’s surgical procedure. What once involved a...

mHealth Games Offer New Treatments for Kids With Autism, ADHD

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth platform using video game technology is helping to improve attention spans in children with autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring attention/deficit-hyperactivity disorder...

mHealth Strategies Need Planning to Avoid Digital Solution Fatigue

by Eric Wicklund

Health plans looking to connect with their members on an mHealth platform these days face a challenge similar to any parent with teen-aged children: The more digital options, the better the chance of...

mHealth Gives Providers Quick Access to Decision Support Resources

by Eric Wicklund

Healthcare providers who access clinical decision support through mHealth platforms are finding a world of information at their fingertips – and they could be saving lives. That’s the...

UK’s Bolton Hospital is Replacing its Pagers With mHealth Devices

by Eric Wicklund

A UK hospital is replacing pagers with an mHealth device that allows doctors and nurses to communicate with each other and check on each patient’s health status. Royal Bolton Hospital, part of...

mHealth Brain Games Help Post-ICU Patients Recover Cognitive Skills

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth platform that enables recent ICU patients to “exercise” their brain at home after discharge is helping to improve recovery and reduce cognitive issues. Researchers at Vanderbilt...

FDA OKs mHealth Version of Neurorehabilitation Therapy Platform

by Eric Wicklund

Federal regulators have approved a mobile health version of a neurorehabilitation therapy system that uses gamification to motivate patients undergoing therapy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

mHealth Research Touts Digital Health ‘Touches’ to Fight Drug Abuse

by Eric Wicklund

Digital health advocates say an automated mHealth messaging platform can help people dealing with opioid abuse to curb their cravings. Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in...

CMS Clarifies Texting Rules Amid Rumors of mHealth Message Ban

by Eric Wicklund

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has re-affirmed its position on physician texting following news reports that the agency was moving to ban the mHealth messaging platform. In a Dec. 28...

Mobile Health App Helps Seniors Reduce Their Risk For Dementia

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth application designed to help seniors “train their brain” lowered their chances of developing dementia by almost 30 percent over a decade. That’s the takeaway from a study,...

mHealth Diabetes Study Proves That the Right Message Matters

by Eric Wicklund

A new mHealth study of more than 1,000 people with diabetes finds that simple text messages work better than personalized messages in promoting care management – but the same can’t be said...

How mHealth Technology Improves Population Health Messaging

by Eric Wicklund

Healthcare providers are finding out that smartphones and mobile health messaging platforms are changing how they administer population health programs. The attraction is simple: smartphones, nowadays, are ubiquitous. With roughly 96...

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