Humetrix iBlueButton app won the ONC's Blue Button Mashup Challenge.
Patient engagement is on the minds of a lot of people in healthcare, spurred not only by a requirement in Stage 2 Meaningful Use regulations, but by imperatives to improve the quality of care and boost patient satisfaction. Some providers beginning to open their minds, but technical and cultural challenges stand in the way,...
“The two biggest pain points in healthcare today are communication and coordination.”
That’s what Christine Bechtel, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, a group that, among other things, promotes access to healthcare, says. She believes mobile and wireless technologies can go a long way toward alleviating those problems.
The National Partnership last week led a...
