Many healthcare organizations are making it a priority to focus on digital platforms for 2012. Sharing patient information through health is a way to both improve patient care and continue to stay ahead of the trend with the economic and political uncertainty that 2012 will bring.
Not only are healthcare agencies taking a more interested approach to digital healthcare, but many patients are to. Of those surveyed, 60% of patients would be willing to share their health information digitally if it meant coordinated care between their doctors if it is in a secure format. They're also willing to share it if it means they can make better decisions as an educated patient. For more information on this report, visit American Medical News.
At the 2012 ePharma Summit,Ted Smith, Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Director of Healthcare MBA Program, University of Louisville, will be on hand to examine how healthcare providers work to achieve ways to move in the digital direction with the presentation, "The Healthcare Reform Tidal Wave is Coming: Where Can You Catch the Wave?". For more information on the 2012 ePharma Summit, taking place this February in New York City, download the brochure here. As a reader of this blog, don't forget to mention code XP1706BLOG to receive a discount of 10% off the current rate!
Do more patients accepting the use of digital records for better health decisions surprise you? Could this be a benefit to both doctors and patients in the future?
Do more patients accepting the use of digital records for better health decisions surprise you? Could this be a benefit to both doctors and patients in the future?
1 comments:
Good post. If you ask me, sharing medical info in a secure, medical network is a no brainer: sharing is the core of all digital activities in the last decade. In fact, I would guess that the next frontier would be sharing medical info outside the professional network of physicians, tapping into wisdom to of crowds of patients. Say you've just been diagnosed with an illness (god forbid…) what would be first thing you'd like to do, right after your initial doctor's appointment? Probably it would be hearing what other people who are already dealing with this disease for a while have to say. It's not just taking comfort from knowing you're not alone with this, but actually learning about treatments, their side effects, and small but valuable tips patients of this illness should know just to get by. At the end of the day, the gain from the collective pool of knowledge and insights vastly overtake privacy issues.
Any other thoughts?
thx,
Haggai
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