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Parsing the Patient Portal: Why Engagement Strategies Must Go Beyond It

Posted: April 10th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Basics, In the News | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

According to a recent survey from HIMSS Analytics1, major healthcare organizations are assessing current portal use and looking for ways to further enhance patient engagement. The survey found the top motivating factors for patient engagement to be the following: to enhance and improve community health (77%), to build brand loyalty for patients (77%) and to meet meaningful use requirements (60%).

Reasons for portal adoption—the current “go to” engagement tool on the healthcare scene—were also somewhat varied:

  • Meeting meaningful use requirements for functionality and data sharing from a single source (71%)
  • Using portals that offer patient services, technology and content (54%)
  • Using portals as a configurable, interoperable information exchange platform with multi-source data sharing (51%)
  • Using portals provided by electronic health record vendor of choice (66%)

With a predominant and short-term focus on meaningful use, many healthcare IT companies are in the process of designing products that span the entire care continuum—from the time a patient first engages with a provider until treatment is completed. These “next-generation” portals will allow patients to become partners in their own care, by offering features such as e-visits or e-consultations (80% of respondents are seeking), interoperability across multiple providers (70% seeking), health evaluation and coaching (70% seeking) and televisits (50% seeking)

Overall, healthcare leaders are looking to better align portals with the definition of patient engagement and ensure that accessible healthcare tools provide patients with appropriate decision-making powers when it comes to health and wellness.

For more details on HIMSS’ recent patient portal survey, check out Healthcare Informatics’ coverage here!

SOURCE: Healthcare Informatics

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1HIMSS Analytics is the marketing intelligence division of HIMSS.