What Is Patient Engagement in Healthcare and Why Is It Important?
Patient engagement in healthcare is defined as patients actively engaged in gathering information and making decisions about their health.
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CMIO at TigerConnect – Will O’Connor is an orthopedic surgeon by trade. He brings significant clinical experience and extensive knowledge of the inefficiencies plaguing our healthcare system from outdated technology to outmoded processes. He has helped large health systems, academic medical centers, and community hospitals leverage secure healthcare communication and collaboration to advance their clinical and financial goals.
Patient engagement in healthcare is defined as patients actively engaged in gathering information and making decisions about their health.
Thousands of hospitals, clinics, and physician practices have successfully implemented one or more of these three tips for improving clinical workflows in healthcare.
With the rapid and devastating spread of COVID-19, one thing is for sure: the age of telehealth is here and it’s not going away. While the Department of Health & Human Services moves swiftly to establish broader guidelines around this new channel for care delivery, many IT organizations are scrambling to make sense of this sudden, inevitable leap into a world of virtual care delivery. And with $22 billion dollars in subsidies through the CARES Act, there’s an unprecedented opportunity for organizations to fund and build a successful telehealth progra
In addition to advances in medical equipment and medicine, another technological advancement is changing healthcare: Automation. We all want greater efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare. We all want to use the most advanced systems and strategies available. And we all desire consistently excellent outcomes.
One major healthcare IT trend emerging in 2020, involves technologies that help clinical staff instantly and easily engage patients in their healthcare journey.
Even though traditional, non-secure SMS texting is an improvement for care team collaboration, it’s not enough. On the other hand, Clinical Communication and Collaboration solutions fix every regulatory and communication shortfall of SMS texting. HIPAA-compliant software delivers meaningful benefits to care team collaboration.
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Since 2010 TigerConnect has been transforming healthcare communications by enabling our customers to automate clinical workflows, speed decisions, and improve patient outcomes. Today our cloud-native Clinical Communication and Collaboration (CC&C) solutions are used by over 7,000 healthcare organizations and 700,000 care team members.