Becker's Healthcare March 4, 2019
The application, security and storage of data is a component of many of the emerging technologies and trends reshaping healthcare. Here, Shweta Vyas, vice president of market planning in healthcare business for data aggregations company LexisNexis Risk Solutions, answers three questions on emerging technologies and the trends driving industry changes.
Question: How will industry changes affect the role of patients in the coming years?
Shweta Vyas: With a shift to healthcare consumerism, patients are taking a more active role in their care. Patient portal adoption is at an all-time high. There is increased use of health-tracking apps and remote patient monitoring. Now, there’s a push to task patients with managing all their medical records.
This all puts increased onus on...
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