Mayo Clinic: Patients use portals to report BP readings, but quality of data is sketchy
If 45 percent of patients with hypertension are already measuring blood pressure at home, and an increasing number of patients now have access to communication with their doctors via a secure patient portal, does it make sense for patients to be reporting their blood pressure numbers via the portal? This is the question the Mayo Clinic […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - August 12, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Provider Uncategorized blood pressure doctor-patient communication home blood pressure monitoring hypertension Mayo Clinic patient portal Source Type: news
York U researchers to look for patterns in patient data from ManagingLife's pain diary app
(York University) A digital journal of pain occurrences maintained by the users of an innovative Manage My Pain app will be the key source for their upcoming study, York University psychology researchers say. The mobile app's developer ManagingLife will provide the large database to York U in this collaborative effort. The app was created with an aim to improve doctor-patient communication. However the researchers believe the data could help shape future treatments of pain. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Loud and clear: Teach-Back enriches nurse-patient communication
(Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media)
Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media - May 13, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Hospital News Source Type: news
Patient portals could widen health disparities
Online patient portals are increasingly important for doctor-patient communication and access to health care information. But patient portals could widen the gap in health disparities. Patients with low health literacy, less education and who are African American were much less likely to use these portals compared with white patients and those who were more health literate. These people lose the opportunity to easily engage their doctor about health concerns or medications, quickly refill prescriptions and get lab results, authors of a new report say. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 28, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
How to Create a Disgruntled Patient
Staff-to-patient communication generally reflects what the staff really believes, and that often reflects poorly on a practice. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - April 22, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Carol Stryker Tags: Blog Difficult Patients Staff Operations Patient Relations Source Type: news
15-Day Patient Collection Letter
Close communication with patients is vital to good collections. Send a collection letter after three failed statements, so patients know you mean business. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - April 18, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: P.J. Cloud-Moulds Tags: Blog Accounts Receivable Medical Billing & Collections Patients Source Type: news
Re-forming Health Care: Changes that Impact Patients, Health Systems, and Librarians
Discussion / Question and Answer Period: Eric S. Swirsky, Brenda Delgado, Dr. Robert Furno, Craig A. Umscheid
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Source: Dragonfly - March 20, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Catherine Burroughs Tags: News From NN/LM PNR Source Type: news
Kareo acquires DoctorBase to integrate its practice management, patient communication offerings
Irvine, California-based practice management software company Kareo has acquired San Francisco-based DoctorBase, maker of a mobile-based patient communications offering. DoctorBase has raised at least $360,000 to date. Kareo had raised a total of $72.5 million as of January 2014. DoctorBase developed a tool that both helps practices find new patients as well as communicate with their existing ones. […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - March 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Aditi Pai Tags: Uncategorized acquisition appointment reminders DoctorBase Kareo online appointment booking patient engagement practice management software secure messaging Source Type: news
Physician-developed gastrointestinal disorders app company looks to expand
Since 2010, doctors from UCLA and the University of Michigan have been working with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals on a project called My GI Health, which leverages computers and apps to improve doctor-patient communication around gastrointestinal disorders. At an ePharma Summit update session, Dr. Brennan Spiegel, a gastroenterologist formerly associated with UCLA and now working at Cedars-Sinai […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - February 26, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Cedars-Sinai gastrointestinal health mobile health mobile health app My GI Health NIH UCLA University of Michigan Source Type: news
Four Interactions that Lead to Malpractice Lawsuits
Four key physician-patient communication problems increase the likelihood of a lawsuit. Here's what they are, and how to avoid them. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - February 26, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Aubrey Westgate Tags: Law & Malpractice Risk Management Patient Relations Source Type: news
Health Literacy Resources Refresher
This article was originally published in a slightly different version in the February 2015 issue of QuickNotes, the newsletter of the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association. (Source: Dragonfly)
Source: Dragonfly - February 19, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Emily Glenn Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Webinar: Texting for health. A proven patient engagement, communication strategy
More than any other channel, text messaging is a proven way to improve patient engagement and health outcomes while remaining cost-effective for healthcare providers. From appointment reminders, to general behavior change and managing chronic health conditions, studies increasingly show that text messaging is an effective tool for engaging patients. By communicating with people on an intimate […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - February 5, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized digital health webinar mobile health webinar patient communication strategy patient engagement text messaging Source Type: news
Checklist devised to spot elderly patients most at risk of death
A checklist has been designed to spot elderly hospital patients likely to die within the next three months, a new article outlines. The researchers emphasize that the checklist is not intended to substitute healthcare for the elderly who are terminally ill. Instead, it is meant to "provide an objective assessment and definition of the dying patient as a starting point for honest communication with patients and families about recognizing that dying is part of the life cycle." (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 23, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Antimicrobial Resistance: Initiatives to Reduce the ProblemAntimicrobial Resistance: Initiatives to Reduce the Problem
What can clinicians do to decrease antibiotic overuse? Will patient communication help? Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 22, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Kaiser: Members who use app are more adherent, satisfied, and loyal
Kaiser Permanente now has 70 percent of its 9 million members as active users of its online and mobile offerings, according to Christine Paige, senior vice president of marketing and digital services at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan. Paige spoke about some of the lessons Kaiser has learned about the role it has to play in […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - December 10, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized doctor-patient communication Kaiser Permanente KP app mHealth Summit mHealth Summit 2014 patient engagement secure email Source Type: news
