4 Key Use Cases for Patient Data Access, Patient Portals

November 29, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentscare coordination, clinical notes, digital access, medical history, open clinical notes, OPenNotes, patient access, patient data, patient data access, patient portals

Fundamentally, patient data access is about improving overall patient engagement and empowerment in care. Since meaningful use mandated patient portal adoption, the logic has dictated that a more informed patient would be a more educated and thus more engaged patient. Healthcare providers who have offered patient portal and clinical note access have seen a difference…

NEW EQUITY METRIC LAUNCHED TO ASSESS PLAN MEMBERS’ DIGITAL ACCESS, LITERACY

November 8, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentsdigital access, Digital Landscape, equity, equity assessment, health equity, health literacy, healthcare literacy, literacy, patient access, patient communication, Patient Engagement, SDOH, social determinants of health, Socially Determined

Socially Determined, the Washington, D.C.-based technology company that measures the impacts of the social determinants of health (SDOH), has developed Digital Landscape, a new metric for assessing digital equity as an SDOH component. Using Digital Landscape, organizations can assess equity “within a population or community and the impact it has on health outcomes and business performance.”…

Addressing the (Sobering) Real-World Challenges of Consumer Access to Health Information

August 20, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsCareSet, consumer access, digital access, digital information, Freedom of Information Act, health information, patient digital access

Alma Trotter published an important whitepaper this week that highlights the importance of CMS’ role as an operator in addition to health industry regulator on enabling patient digital access to their health information. As a passionate supporter of the CARIN Alliance (whose mantra for consumers is “access to more data, with less friction”), I’ve celebrated Ciitizen’s Patient Record Scorecard and in…

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