by Holly Meyer | Nov 14, 2023 | Patient Communication, Patient Engagement, Secure Messaging
Healthcare information, from medication commercials listing numerous possible side effects to educational material handed out by physicians, pervades the lives of many Americans. Even when the information is helpful instead of purely promotional, nearly half of all...
by Holly Meyer | Feb 8, 2023 | Patient Engagement, Patient Outreach
Are you one of the 70 percent of Americans who take at least one medication daily? If so, then there’s a 50 percent chance you’re also one of the ones who don’t take it as prescribed. More than 131 million adults in the United States use prescription medication, and...
by Holly Meyer | Oct 5, 2022 | Behavioral Economics, Patient Outreach, Population Health
Healthcare. It’s a basic right to which all individuals should have access. However, in the United States, perhaps the most developed nation on this earth, there remain glaring disparities — lack of access to care, higher burden of disease, shorter life expectancy,...
by Lisa Blue | Sep 28, 2022 | Patient Communication, Patient Engagement, Patient Outreach, Population Health
More than six billion texts are sent every day in the United States. That amounts to about 180 million every month and 2.27 trillion each year. The number probably doesn’t seem so surprising, given that most Americans own a cell phone, including the 85 percent or so...
by Holly Meyer | Jan 12, 2022 | Patient Outreach, Workflow Efficiency
In its Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century report, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) listed one of its “Aims for Improvement” as healthcare being efficient. In summary, the goal of this efficiency is reducing...
