I’ve worked in this industry for almost 20 years and I was shocked, when working with a top ten pharma company recently, to learn that the average prescription length for a inexpensive, effective drug ...

A growing body of research shows that patients who are more “activated”—that is, motivated to take control of their health and health care—have better outcomes and lower health care costs than do less ...

Patient engagement is at the core of healthcare today. More than ever, hospitals and health systems are realizing the significance of reaching out to and interacting with patients. A 2013 study ...

Healthcare decision-makers increasingly recognize that patients who are more actively involved in their personal health care will experience better health outcomes and incur lower costs. While there ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . While patient activation is “a fairly new term in the kidney space,” a speaker argued it is now necessary for ...

Increased levels of patient engagement through patient activation improve outcomes as well as lower healthcare costs, according to a study published in Health Affairs. Researchers, led by Jessica ...

How patients engage with their healthcare is changing, largely due to the advent of medical software solutions and their ability to streamline secure communication between healthcare providers and ...

For many organisations endeavouring to launch a treatment in the UK, regulatory approval still carries an implicit assumption that once a treatment is proven clinically effective and deemed ...

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Phreesia is very pleased to announce that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has included the Patient Activation Measure Performance Measure ...