Behind the Consumerization of Healthcare
The unfortunate truth about healthcare, and one that every organization must consider when making decisions, is that consumers will try to shop for providers due to the fact that they bear much of the financial burden. As such, organizations are placing a higher...
Where Do Pharmacists Fit Into Patient Engagement?
While the bulk of patient satisfaction and engagement efforts focus on clinician’s offices and hospitals, some organizations have taken it upon themselves to address patient needs at the pharmacy. Local pharmacies are another important touchpoint in the healthcare...
How Social Determinants Affect Healthcare
Good healthcare does not exist in a vacuum. In fact, a significant portion of delivering quality care hinges on the assumption that patients are willing and able to engage with medical professionals and visit care facilities. This is something that is a difficult sell...
A Seat At The Table: Giving Patients The Power To Change Medicine
The lifecycle of any new drug or medical device is complicated, to put it mildly. With any new development, intensive clinical testing is required to gauge its efficacy and potential side effects. Any clinical tests must adhere to policy as well as ethical guidelines,...
Never Alone: Rise of Organized Patient Communities
As medicine has become more evolved, physicians have adjusted their diagnoses accordingly. Before the era of modern medicine, many conditions were poorly understood and consequently lumped under the broad umbrella of a “bucket diagnosis”. Also derisively called...
The Case For And Against Patient Portals
Patient portals are a dream come true for many healthcare providers—anything that promotes health involvement is a godsend for ensuring that procedures and checkups go off without a hitch. Carers have sought to incentivize adoption by offering rewards for signups or...
Patient Engagement Is Not One Size Fits All
While there are common tactics inherent in good patient engagement, any health organization must realize that patient populations are inevitably diverse. It can be difficult to make generalizations about any patient population, which is why it falls to hospitals and...
Patient Engagement Technology: Great For Patients and Providers
Patient engagement technology is a huge focus in the medical community for its potential to solve a range of problems. Communications, medication scheduling, and patient education are all areas that patient engagement technology helps improve. Implementing this...
Why Patient Advocacy Matters
There are a lot of ways in which the human genetic code can go wrong. Even beyond that, other conditions can plague individuals for their entire lives. With so much out there, it’s a wonder sometimes that we live as long as we do. Across the world, small groups of...
The Human Element of Gene Therapy
Gene therapy stands on a precipice. It is poised to make a massive positive impact on the lives of many with genetic disorders. However, as research moves forward, it is important to consider the human concerns that are involved in implementing these practices. If...
