EHR Intelligence March 24, 2015
Patient engagement is a hot topic in the healthcare industry today and the federal government is pushing forward patient-centered care through meaningful use regulations. However, the question remains: how do providers engage their patients more in their physical health? Are basic patient portals enough?
EHRIntelligence.com spoke with Shaun Gummere, Chief Design Officer at Story+Structure, to learn more about human-centered health IT design for the healthcare sector. Gummere explains that his company focuses on finding new ways for organizations to create human relationships.
During the interview, the design of human-centered patient portals was discussed and Gummere mentioned the importance of developing a “natural and intuitive” method for increasing health literacy. Currently, the design of patient portals is not effective enough to...
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