Category Archives: communications

Five Imperatives of the Ideal Digital Patient Education Tool

Posted on August 10, 2024 by

I’ve previously discussed what I consider the five imperatives of patient-centric care. One of them was quality patient education and monitoring tools. Tools must reflect health literacy. Health literacy is defined by the Department of Health and Human Services as … Continue reading →

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Patient Satisfaction is not Patient Advocacy: How Digital Health Technology can Help

Posted on August 6, 2024 by

Editor’s note: While the format of this piece is doesn’t conform to the ‘five points’ you normally see, the ties to clinical and digital remain. We will return to the usual format in the next offering. Patient advocacy and patient … Continue reading →

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Five Ways Digital Communication Tools Can Improve Health Care

Posted on May 11, 2024 by

Many of the problems plaguing healthcare today, specifically errors in patient care, reside in poor communications. How many of us need to listen to the entire recorded message tree when calling a doctor’s office or healthcare facility, only to not … Continue reading →

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