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Trends to Watch
Educating the patients can bridge the gap between patient
and healthcare providers and assist:
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Patients in taking accountability for their health
Patients in practicing prevention techniques at home
In developing patient trust, satisfaction, and loyalty
In increasing treatment acceptance rate
In safeguarding the continuity of care between
appointments
• In empowering the patients to decide the best plan of
action
Moreover, rural or population with low health literacy,
educating about the treatments and other can prove to a
boon for the healthcare sector. As many within these
populations have not experienced healthcare delivery that
emphasize or encourage high levels of patient engagement.
The Arrival of Tech Gadgets
Wearable gadgets are becoming popular in today’s fast
paced-life due to its fascinating features and compelling end
results on the go. Whether you want to track your sleep,
movements, heart rate, physical activities, calories burnt,
distance traveled, active time, activity break-up in a day, or
more, wearable gadgets does the work for you in a
proactive manner. The ability to produce vital body stats in
a hassle-free manner is what has been attracting consumers
towards wearable gadgets. In a prominent survey, it was
found that use of technology gadgets have increased
multifold between 2014 and 2016. What’s more interesting
is whopping 76 percent of patients’ follow physicians’
recommendation to use wearable gadgets as they feel more
empowered with its usage and effectiveness.
Moreover, the integration of wearable gadgets and
electronic health records has expanded the patient’s
satisfaction level towards the optimum. The doctors have
become more empowered to get the deeper insights about a
particular patient’s daily activities, which ultimately assist
physicians to advice better guidance to the patients. All
these make the patient’s journey fruitful and assist them to
live a healthy life.
Although the list is endless, and there are many other trends
which are gaining popularity, but one thing that is common
is – Patients are now- no more just concerned about the
recovery from their diseases; they want to know about its
prevention as well. Doctors and healthcare providers thus
need to gear up to match the growing expectation from a
tech-savvy and highly educated world population in order
to maintain a cordial relationship and better patient
engagement for a sure success.
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