How to Proactively Improve Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Performance, in Real-Time
Patient-reported outcome (PRO) surveys collect unfiltered feedback at regular intervals, which is used to inform program-level improvement initiatives. The data provides a retrospective analysis of organizational performance and is monitored over time to evaluate the...
5 Ways Telehealth is Transforming the Patient Experience
The COVID-19 pandemic gave telehealth new prominence in healthcare. Many medical offices closed or restricted in-person visits to only high acuity medical needs and many patients were not willing to expose themselves to the virus by leaving their homes or entering a...
Developing a More Inclusive Clinical Trial Ecosystem
Clinical trials are essential to identify better ways to detect and treat diseases, improve management and survival of chronic conditions, and more. But despite the value of clinical trials, they face ongoing challenges with recruitment and retention, and have a...
How Remote Patient Monitoring Can Reduce Healthcare Inequities
Leveraging RPM Technologies to Reach More Patients Addressing healthcare inequities is no simple task. The causes are complex, from environmental to socioeconomic factors, and aren’t easy to address. There are opportunities, though, to bridge gaps in healthcare by...
Skip the Phone Calls. Engage Your Members in a New Way.
Growing healthcare costs and strained resources continue to be a major concern for the US healthcare system. In order to create a more sustainable model, payers are shifting incentives for providers to focus less on services and more on the overall health of their...
Can Postpartum Contraceptive Care be Enhanced with Technology?
Using mHealth to Facilitate Family Planning Authors: Lauren Thaxton, MD, MS and Rameet Singh, MD, MPH The Importance of Contraceptive Counseling During the Antenatal Period Addressing birth spacing and desired family size is an essential part of reproductive...
Supporting COPD Patients in Treatment Education and Adherence
Receiving a diagnosis of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) can be overwhelming for patients. Not only is COPD often misdiagnosed but there is currently no cure. Furthermore, starting a new treatment can be a challenge, as patients can receive numerous COPD...
11 Ways to Rethink Your Patient Engagement Strategy
Consumer technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Not only do 81% of U.S. adults now own a smartphone, they’re increasingly relying on their phone to shop, search for information, and a wide range of other activities. This evolution in technology has also...
COVID-19 Continues to Bring New and Unique Challenges for Healthcare Providers
Delta Variant Fueling New Surge The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to healthcare providers across the US. From the outset in March of 2020 up to today, hospitals and health systems have had to navigate unpredictable and ever changing...
The 5 Key Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring
Over the past year we’ve experienced the important role of telemedicine in monitoring and managing patient health and wellness. Adding remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology to a telehealth program increases access to care and enhances the quality of care...
3 Top Benefits of Defining ROI for Patient Engagement
Return on investment (ROI) is not a simple calculation when evaluating technology. It’s a multi-faceted model that takes factors and metrics that are meaningful to your organization and aligns them with the anticipated value that a particular solution is expected to...
Consumer Devices Are Rapidly Improving. What Does It Mean for Healthcare?
A recent “lunch and learn” presentation for the Twistle team featured James Peacock, MD, MS, an Electrophysiologist at White Plains Hospital and long time friend of Twistle. He shared some of what he’s learned over his exceptional career as a physician, and researcher...
4 Ways to Improve Your Patient Communication Outreach
In today's fast-moving healthcare environment, patient outreach is a critical component for driving engagement and improving outcomes. And yet, many healthcare organizations continue to struggle with patient communication and consumerism-related initiatives. Whether...