About the author: Emily Mitchell (PMP) is a senior manager within the Accenture Federal Services Health and Public Service practice. She has more than 16 years of experience providing consulting ...

The evidence in the market is clear: patient-generated health data (PGHD) is an essential tool for optimized care. As the volume of patient-generated data expands and care continues to move outside of ...

More than half a billion dollars. That’s the recently released total for readmission penalties the federal government will be withholding in Medicare payments from over half the nation’s hospitals in ...

The majority of physicians — 64 percent — indicated digital technologies that capture patient-generated data will reduce the clinical burden placed on physicians and nurses, according to an Ernst & ...

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the pilot sites for the successful OpenNotes project, is launching a study called OurNotes to test the concept of having patients ...

The wearables market in the United States is projected to reach $5.5 billion in revenue in 2017, representing a 3 percent year-over-year increase, according to Consumer Technology Association report.

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Using mobile devices to report "observations of daily living" (ODLs) can help improve healthcare, according to studies supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The five research teams ...

It’s a purposeful combination of human compassion and intelligent technology – all in service of better patient care.” — ...

Healthcare providers across the U.S. are investing billions in local outpatient centers and microhospitals. Sutter Health, AdventHealth, and Ardent Health alone plan to spend more than $1 billion ...