Patient Engagement

CalvertHealth adds clinical decision support and the ability to see patient activity outside the four walls of the hospital, enabling, among other things, a 94% reduction in Dilaudid use.

Progress is being made in terms of empowering patients at an organizational level, but there is room for improvement at an institutional level, says Theo Sergiou, a patient speaker and activist.

Patient speaker Monica Evason discusses why medical professionals need to make community-based patient care more personal and human.

Matthew Sappern, CEO of PeriGen, discusses how remote patient monitoring can help balance staff safety with patient needs.

Deep Dive: Technology can be used to enhance the human component of empathy to spur appropriate action and address issues of equity and disparity.

A patient's age, race, gender and ZIP code can have a big impact on his or her overall health, says Roger Pena, director of Clinical Outreach Solutions at Equality Health.

Westchester Medical Center, hit hard by COVID-19, added strength to its 10-hospital system by creating redundancy in cross-coverage by physicians and specific COVID-19 workflows, claim Corey Scurlock, MD, the health system's medical director, and Wendy Deibert, VP of Clinical Solutions at Caregility.

Carolyn Witte, cofounder and CEO of startup Tia, describes the growing world of "femtech" and what it means to run a startup during the coronavirus pandemic.

Erin Jospe, MD, chief medical officer at Kyruus, and AVIA VP Sonia Singh say that not only must the front door be easy to open, but it must extend beyond the system's website to search engines and guided interactions like text and chat.

Mark Frank, cofounder and CEO of SonderMind, talks about digital mental health and offers advice for startups.