The UbiBlog | Patient Engagement and Value-Based Care Analysis

Flu Shots Are a Top Healthcare Priority This Year

Posted by Debra Zalvan on Nov 5, 2020 7:15:00 AM

How Do You Make Sure Your Patients Get the Message?

According to the CDC, “reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses, like flu, this fall and winter is more important than ever.” Keeping people healthy during flu season and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic will be particularly important – and challenging. So how do hospitals, health systems and medical practices attract patients’ attention, counter misinformation and successfully urge patients to get the flu vaccine? How do you ensure that patients receive critical messages that can impact care, outcomes and cost?

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Topics: Patient Engagement, UbiCare, SmarteXp, patient education, COVID-19

Digital Communication with Patients Improves Care Outcomes and Decreases Costs, particularly in COVID-19 fallout

Posted by John Pietro on Aug 21, 2020 6:01:54 AM

With losses of more than $202.6 billion during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. healthcare is suffering and there’s no end in sight. Healthcare organizations and providers have quickly turned to telehealth to maintain care, increasing its use by 50% in primary care alone.

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Topics: UbiCare, SmarteXp, patient education, reduce costs

Targeting Health Literacy & Digital Patient Engagement to Improve Outcomes

Posted by Debra Zalvan on Jan 17, 2020 8:09:49 AM

Patient Education & Innovative Communication Strategies Drive Success

At UbiCare, we often refer to research showing that medical care has only a 10% – 20% influence on health outcomes, while patient behaviors and self-care have a 40% – 50% influence. With healthcare providers increasingly pressured to shorten hospital stays and reduce office-visit time, how do you increase the influence a hospital, health system or medical practice has on improving health outcomes outside the hospital or medical office?

Melanie Iannace, Muskuloskeletal Service Coordinator at AtlantiCare joined me recently to tell a success story in which AtlantiCare and UbiCare collaborated to target health literacy and patient engagement.

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Topics: Improving Patient Outcomes, Patient Engagement, UbiCare, SmarteXp, patient education, joint replacement, health literacy

Why MIMI Is a Game-Changer for Maternal & Infant Mortality

Posted by Debra Zalvan on Dec 5, 2019 7:30:00 AM

When we introduced MIMI, UbiCare’s national public health initiative to help reduce preventable maternal and infant mortality, we noted that U.S. infant mortality rates are decreasing, though at a slower rate than in comparable countries. Unlike infant mortality, however, maternal mortality in the U.S. has steadily increased over the last 25 years.

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Topics: UbiCare, SmarteXp, early childhood, patient education, pregnancy, infant mortality, maternal mortality, MIMI