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EnglishSocieties need solutions to achieve the “triple aim” of improved health outcomes, better patient care, and lower costs; and engaging patients in their care by using technological solutions is claimed as a possible strategy to achieve this vital goal. On this basis, the chapter focuses on reviewing, categorizing and synthesizing technological tools currently available in the market today designed to engage patients in their own care process. In particular, the goals of medication adherence, reduced hospital readmission, behavior modification, and health literacy - with related technologies - are assessed, since they are considered todays most expensive health care burdens The advantages, shortcomings, and potential economic impact of such tools are finally discussed.
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| Titolo: | Engaging Patients and Lowering Costs: Technology to the Rescue |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0663-8 |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | Societies need solutions to achieve the “triple aim” of improved health outcomes, better patient care, and lower costs; and engaging patients in their care by using technological solutions is claimed as a possible strategy to achieve this vital goal. On this basis, the chapter focuses on reviewing, categorizing and synthesizing technological tools currently available in the market today designed to engage patients in their own care process. In particular, the goals of medication adherence, reduced hospital readmission, behavior modification, and health literacy - with related technologies - are assessed, since they are considered todays most expensive health care burdens The advantages, shortcomings, and potential economic impact of such tools are finally discussed. |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Titolo del libro: | Transformative Healthcare Practice through Patient Engagement |
| Editore: | IGI Global |
| ISBN: | 9781522506638 |
| Citazione: | Zordich, T., Menichetti Delor, J. P., Engaging Patients and Lowering Costs: Technology to the Rescue, in Graffigna, G. (ed.), Transformative Healthcare Practice through Patient Engagement, IGI Global, Chicago 2016: 345- 359. 10.4018/978-1-5225-0663-8 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/76728] |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | In libro con curatela: Capitolo o saggio; Prefazione/Postfazione; Breve introduzione; Schede di catalogo, repertorio o corpus |
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