Patient Engagement July 8, 2020
Healthcare is becoming increasingly remote, at least where possible. What are the best technologies to support chronic disease management?
As the healthcare industry quickly tips toward a largely remote business, providers are confronted with a key challenge: how can they engage their chronic disease management populations?
Individuals with a chronic illness have long required a high-touch patient engagement strategy, with providers bringing these patients in regularly for health check-ins, health coaching, and overall disease monitoring. This approach has sought to prevent patients from experiencing an acute care episode by addressing smaller problems at short intervals.
But as the industry continues to become more remote, both in an attempt to drive convenience for patients and cut down on clinic foot traffic,...