patient engagement

Project HEAL CEO and co-founder Kristina Saffran says the organization provides online support groups and mentors to help those with eating disorders overcome them to improve quality of life.

Jen Horonjeff, founder and CEO of Savvy Cooperative, talks about connecting innovators directly with patients to design effective products.

Mount Sinai Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Ashish Atreja explains how the system's patient design group flipped the metrics of quality completely around to reset humanity in patients' lives.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf says talks about the shift from deploying healthcare technology to the use of the information to make better decisions in care.

Telehealth technology now enables virtual visits with entire care teams, which isn’t possible when clinicians use phones, says David McSwain, interim CMIO at Medical University of South Carolina.

HIMSS VP of Informatics at Joyce Sensmeier discusses tools that engage patients with their data in ways that create a good relationship with providers — when the technology doesn't get in the way.

Michel Amous, regional managing director at InterSystems, discusses improving the quality of care and reducing adverse events by enabling providers and regulators to focus on patients.

KLAS VP of Business Development Doug Tolley discusses the key pieces of patient-centered care, which include revenue cycle management, patient and physician engagement, business intelligence and analytics, pop health and a clinically oriented supply chain.

Rebecca Kaul, Chief Innovation Officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center, says that rather than leading with innovative technology that doesn't always solve the big problems, use tech to take compassionate care to the next level.

While artificial intelligence won’t replace the empathy doctors can provide to patients, smart machines can reduce the time clinicians spend on computers, says Dr. Anthony Chang, medical director at CHOC Children’s.