Patient Engagement December 11, 2020
Hannah Nelson

Providers must make use of technology that increases patient engagement through smartphones.

Most Americans use smartphones not only as a way to communicate with others, but to conveniently manage their day-to-day personal and professional lives in the palm of their hand. For healthcare, that means smartphones hold a lot of power for supporting patient engagement.

Providers recognize widespread smart phone usage as an opportunity to increase patient engagement, which in turn may improve patient outcomes. Increasingly, patients are able to use the convenience of their smart phone to accomplish health goals and become more engaged in their care.

Patient activation, a measure of an individual’s understanding of their care and ability to participate in care decisions, also improves through various...

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Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, mHealth, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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