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Report: Patient Portal Market
Set to Boom
Approximately 50% of US hospitals and 40% of US physicians in ambulatory practices possess some type of patient portal technology, mostly acquired as a module of their practice management or EHR system. While the availability of patient portals doesn’t necessarily translate into active provider or patient use, the technology is emerging as the key platform for various efforts around patient engagement such as access to medical records, communication with providers, education, wellness tracking, and e-visits.
Analysis from Frost & Sullivan’s “US Patient Portal Market for Hospitals and Physicians: Overview and Outlook, 2012-2017” predicts that the market will grow significantly over the next five years. The total US patient portal market for hospitals and physicians earned revenue of $279.8 million in 2012. This is expected to increase steadily, reaching $898.4 million in 2017, representing a 221.1% increase. The majority of revenue primarily will result from increased demand driven by myriad forces, including the need to meet stage 2 meaningful use requirements, the growing move to clinical integration and accountable care, and increasing consumer demand for HIT.
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Center for Cancer Surgery App
An app from the Center for Cancer Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit allows cancer surgery patients to schedule appointments, call a cancer specialist or nurse via the center’s 24-hour cancer hotline, “meet” their health care team in advance through photos and expert profiles, and download and connect directly to MyChart, a secure EMR portal. The app provides patients with detailed information about treatment options by cancer type, provides GPS maps and driving directions to appointment locations, and matches patients to the clinical trials that would be the best fit for them. Learn more »
Health Communication App
Health Communication: Building Professional Skills allows quick access to theory-driven and evidence-based communication tools to help health care professionals communicate with patients during difficult conversations. The app does not require Internet access and features more than 100 different communication strategies, a quick reference guide for what to say and how to say it, and a communications toolkit that suggests important observations to make, simple ways of identifying health literacy levels, and basic ways to improve team collaboration. Common yet difficult clinical situations in a variety of contexts are easy to find. Learn more »
Epocrates Bugs + Drugs App
Epocrates Bugs + Drugs, a mobile app from athenahealth and Epocrates, gives clinicians timely geolocated information about bacteria types and resistance patterns, and supports appropriate antibiotic prescribing. Health care providers enter their patient’s location and then view bacteria common to the area and explore potential bacterial resistance patterns. The app features lists of bacteria observed in urine, blood, and skin for geolocated communities across the country; antibiotic drug options organized by organism susceptibility; Epocrates’ drug content, including dosing and contraindication information with links to complete monographs; continual updates from athenahealth’s cloud-based EHR database; and an image-rich interface designed specifically for Apple’s iOS 7. Learn more »
MEDHOST AXON app
MEDHOST AXON is a native iPad app that enables physicians and nurses to interact with MEDHOST’s emergency department information system (EDIS). It gives clinicians portable and simplified access to patient information, results, and order entry. The order entry application physicians see on their iPad with MEDHOST AXON is the same as with MEDHOST’s EDIS on desktop computers, creating a consistent, multimodal experience. Learn more » |
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