The perennial challenge for healthcare organizations as they continue to develop and refine programs aimed at improving healthcare quality while reducing costs is engaging patients in these initiatives. Actively engaged patients have been shown to have lower costs and improved outcomes. The percentage of healthcare organizations with a formal patient engagement program inched slightly higher between 2017 and 2019 with 75 percent reporting they have a formal program in 2019, compared with 71 percent in 2017, according to the Patient Engagement Survey by the Healthcare Intelligence Network.

Download this free HINtelligence report for more data on the leading methods to identify/risk stratify patients for engagement initiatives, the most common barrier to patient engagement success, the impact of patient engagement on quality metrics, care plan and medication adherence and overall healthcare spend and much more.

1. CMS Launches New Medicare.gov Tool to Compare Nursing Home Vaccination Rates
   
   
2. Telestroke Protocols Streamline Life-saving Care for Stroke Patients
   
   
3. A New Vision for Remote Patient Monitoring: Creating Sustainable Financial, Operational and Clinical Outcomes
   
   
4. Artificial Intelligence Tool Improves Accuracy of Breast Cancer Imaging
   
   
5. Remote Patient Monitoring for Chronic Condition Management: Leveraging Technology in a Value-Based System
   
   
6. Efficient, Coordinated Care Is Key to Patients' Survival During Cardiovascular Events
   
   
7. 3 Embedded Care Coordination Models to Manage Diverse High-Risk, High-Cost Patients Across the Continuum
   
   
8. Spending for COVID-19 Drove Largest Recorded Increase in Development Assistance for Health, but More Is Needed
   
   
9. Alternative to Using Race in Kidney Function Test Found
   
   
10. Accountable Care Organizations: Medicare Shared Savings Program ROI Trending Upward
    
    
11. Profiting from Population Health Revenue in an ACO: Framework for Medicare Shared Savings and MIPS Success
    
    
12. Shrinking Waveforms on Electrocardiograms Predict Worsening Health and Death of Hospitalized COVID-19 and Influenza Patients
    
    
13. Gun Violence Exposure Associated with Higher Rates of Mental Health-Related ED Visits by Children
    
    
14. BU-Led Global Commission Launches Roadmap to Better Health
    
    
15. Insulin Resistance Doubles Risk of Major Depressive Disorder
    
    
16. New Guidelines Seek Better Pregnancy Outcomes Related to Cardiovascular Health
    
    
17. Healthy Diets Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight Children
    
    

For advertising and sponsorship opportunities in the Healthcare Business Weekly Update, please e-mail sales@hin.com or call 888-446-3530.

Missed the last issue? View it here for details on CMS' open enrollment period extension, initiatives to expand health coverage access, telehealth and in-person care trends, addressing the youth suicide crisis and much more.

Want to streamline your information flow? HIN MEMBERSHIPS auto-deliver each new Webinar, Benchmark Report, or Case Study at substantial savings. For information on these HIN subscriptions, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network at info@hin.com or toll-free at 888-446-3530.

What are your healthcare information needs? Email us at info@hin.com and let us know what topics you'd like to see covered in the Healthcare Business Weekly Update.

© 2021 Healthcare Business Weekly Update by Healthcare Intelligence Network.
Publisher: Melanie Matthews, mmatthews@hin.com

Editorial Offices: Phone: (732) 775-0442; Fax (732) 775-0446;
E-mail info@hin.com; Web site www.hin.com.

To receive daily updates from Twitter, follow us at: http://twitter.com/H_I_N.