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One of the great promises made by the introduction of information technology (IT) to health care has been the idea that through IT, clinicians and the patients they care for can better engage in an ongoing interaction that makes each side better informed about symptoms, treatments, expectations and outcomes.
While both clinicians and patients have [...]
Continue Reading →Since 2005, West Virginia Healthcare (WVH), a private, not-for-profit corporation associated with West Virginia University, has used our Integrated Survey System® (ISS) for study management and patient-reported outcomes at its spine center. Today brings the good news that WVH is greatly expanding its use of ISS to include all orthopaedic sub-specialties, including spine, total joint, [...]
Continue Reading →Since co-founding DCS in 2004, I’ve heard researchers, care providers, and health care organizations make effective arguments for the adoption of patient reported outcomes, shared-decision making, and other patient engagement tools and technologies.
But a consumer group making the case? And a great one at that? That’s a welcome addition.
In its recently released Consumer [...]
Continue Reading →Patient engagement and the tools used to achieve it, such as electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs), have been steadily gaining prominence as clinicians, researchers and administrators recognize their value in delivering effective and efficient health care.
But now, another group is starting to take notice … one that could play a big role in even further [...]
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