When providers work to keep healthcare consumers engaged, the consumers respond in kind: they become actively involved in their respective treatments and do their best to adhere to prescribed treatment plans and stay informed. In fact, when healthcare consumers are fully active in the treatment process, hospitals end up saving time and resources.
Read MoreTopics: Mobile, Patient Satisfaction, mhealth, health IT
Despite these results, there is a tendency to dismiss text messaging as a strategic communication and engagement tool within healthcare. Providers often express concerns that texting is not HIPAA compliant, their patient population does not text, and the utility of texting doesn’t extend beyond appointment reminders.
Read MoreTopics: hipaa, mhealth, Text Messaging, secure text messaging, digital health, health IT, healthcare
The PopHealth Week Internet radio show focuses on the emerging Population Health issues, trends and key developments. Fred Goldstein (@fsgoldstein), CEO Accountable Health, LLC and Gregg Masters, MPH (@2healthguru), Founder and CEO Health Innovation Media serve as principal co-hosts of each show and tap thought leaders, entrepreneurs and academicians pioneering the continued development (both practice and theory) of this emerging space and any derivative plays they in turn stimulate.
Read MoreTopics: Population Health, mhealth, secure text messaging, digital health, health IT
