--- title: The UbiBlog | Patient Engagement and Value-Based Care Analysis | Population Health description: Population Health | UbiCare provides total engagement solutions enabling hospitals to be at the forefront of patient-centered innovation and value-based care through targeted education, mobile connections and real time data. --- [![logo](https://blog.ubicare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ubicare_Image/logo.png?width=250&name=logo.png)](http://www.ubicare.com/) - [Home](https://ubicare.com/) - [About](https://ubicare.com/about-ubicare/) - [Blog](https://blog.ubicare.com/) - [Client Login](https://mobile.ubicare.com) - [Contact Us](https://ubicare.com/contact/) ## [Choosing the Right Patient Engagement Platform](https://blog.ubicare.com/choosing-the-right-patient-engagement-platform) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Oct 10, 2019 7:45:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/how%20to%20choose-blog_social_badge.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/choosing-the-right-patient-engagement-platform) Hospitals and healthcare professionals are increasingly realizing that digital [patient engagement and patient activation](https://blog.ubicare.com/patient-engagement-vs-patient-activation) can influence patient behavior and improve outcomes. Different platforms have been introduced to the market, each bringing a different menu of features and capabilities. As you consider your objectives for patient engagement, and your options for platforms that support those objectives, there are a couple of critical considerations to keep in mind. 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Today, Nov. 15, 2018, is for them, and for the dedicated healthcare providers among them. It’s [National Rural Health Day](https://nosorh.org/calendar-events/nrhd/), the third Thursday in November designated by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health to celebrate rural healthcare providers and call attention to the unique health needs of rural populations. More than 80 small community hospitals [have closed since 2010](https://www.modernhealthcare.com/indepth/rethinking-rural-healthcare-how-to-improve-healthcare-in-rural-areas/?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=externalURL&utm_campaign=am); hundreds of others struggle to survive. Telehealth services, now offered by several healthcare systems nationwide, have become a lifeline for rural patients who can’t always travel the distances required to reach urban hospitals for care. Physicians and other healthcare providers electronically communicate “face to face” with these patients to help them manage everything from influenza to chronic conditions such as diabetes or congestive heart failure. But as demand for long-distance healthcare grows, telehealth isn’t the only solution (nor the best one) available to healthcare providers. [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/rural-health-day-and-the-need-for-more-care-options) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/rural-health-day-and-the-need-for-more-care-options#comments-listing) Topics: [Population Health](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/population-health), [Improving Patient Outcomes](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/improving-patient-outcomes), [Patient Experience](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-experience), [Innovation](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/innovation) ## [Using Digital Health Technology to Improve Health Literacy](https://blog.ubicare.com/digital-health-technology-improve-health-literacy) Posted by [Bill Lindsay](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/bill-lindsay) on Jun 22, 2017 2:12:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/Blog/health%20literacy%20question%20healthy%20chalkboard.jpg)](https://blog.ubicare.com/digital-health-technology-improve-health-literacy) Only 12% of American adults are considered [health literate](https://health.gov/communication/literacy/quickguide/factsbasic.htm). Why does this matter to patients and healthcare providers alike? First, high levels of health literacy are associated with better patient self-care and outcomes. Second, attentiveness to this can be an effective way to improve population health. Digital health technology is a means to this end.  [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/digital-health-technology-improve-health-literacy) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/digital-health-technology-improve-health-literacy#comments-listing) Topics: [Population Health](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/population-health), [Patient Engagement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-engagement), [Innovation](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/innovation), [Healthcare Technology](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/healthcare-technology) ## [How Can Hospitals Use Texting to Improve Patient Care?](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-can-hospitals-use-texting-to-improve-patient-care) Posted by [Jackie Simon](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/jackie-simon) on Jan 18, 2017 11:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/Blog/patient_in_doctor_office.jpg)](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-can-hospitals-use-texting-to-improve-patient-care) When was the last time you talked to your friend? Your mother? Your old college roommate? Now think—did you actually *talk* to them? In person or on the phone? If you’re like most Americans, you probably conversed with them via text, email or social media. In fact, a recent [Gallup poll](http://www.gallup.com/poll/179288/new-era-communication-americans.aspx) finds that texting and email are the most frequently used forms of non-personal communication for adult Americans. So is a cellphone, because even when we *do* use a phone, it’s typically not a landline, the survey reveals. For all Americans under age 50, the survey finds that texting is the most dominant form of communication. Given these changes in our own everyday interactions, why does the healthcare industry insist on sticking with old forms of communication? #### Healthcare needs to embrace email and text as the preferred and most efficient patient-provider communication methods, just as we have accepted—and really, expected—email and text communication in our daily lives. 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