Today’s value-focused healthcare models theorize that engaged patients not only are healthier and more satisfied but also may generate fewer costs than the non-engaged. Whether patient engagement translates to a healthy bottom line remains to be seen. In the meantime, the inaugural Patient Engagement survey by the Healthcare Intelligence Network identified a range of tactics in use by 133 healthcare organizations to improve overall population health engagement.
A new infographic by HIN examines the types of tools healthcare organizations use to engage patients and drills down on the use of patient portals within patient engagement programs.
Transformational patient-centered models emerging post-ACA are designed to succeed with a core of engaged, activated patients, yet enlistment of individuals in chronic care management, telehealth and other health enhancement interventions continues to challenge the healthcare industry.
2015 Healthcare Benchmarks: Patient Engagement documents strategies, program components, successes and challenges of engaging patients and health plan members in self-care from 133 organizations responding to the 2015 Patient Engagement survey by the Healthcare Intelligence Network. Click here for more information.
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