Preparing for Accountable Care: The Role of Health IT in Engaging Patients

Author:

Caitlin Lorincz, Erica Drazen

As healthcare organizations become more accountable for the care they provide, engaging patients in their health, wellness and medical decisions will be increasingly important. A healthcare organization's ability to engage patients will be enabled through the use of key health information technologies.

This white paper introduces four dimensions of health IT tools needed to accomplish patient engagement activities, provides supporting evidence and highlights relevant case examples. It also offers advice to healthcare organizations on how to move ahead in implementing these tools.

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The Hospital Agenda for Accountability

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As healthcare organizations become more accountable for the care that they provide, engaging patients in their health, wellness and medical decisions will be increasingly important. A healthcare organization's ability to engage patients will be enabled through the use of key health information technologies. This white paper introduces four dimensions of Health IT tools needed to accomplish patient engagement activities, provides supporting evidence and highlights relevant case examples. It also offers advice to healthcare organizations on how to move ahead in implementing these tools.