--- title: The UbiBlog | Patient Engagement and Value-Based Care Analysis | UbiCare description: UbiCare | 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/) ## [U.S. Healthcare Ranks Last Among High-Income Nations: An Rx for Immediate Improvement](https://blog.ubicare.com/us-healthcare-ranks-last-rx-for-improvement) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Sep 22, 2021 1:24:58 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/US%20Ranks%20Last%20blog_Featured%20Image.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/us-healthcare-ranks-last-rx-for-improvement) ## Healthcare organizations can address 4 specific failures with affordable patient engagement technology The Commonwealth Fund [recently reported](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2021/aug/mirror-mirror-2021-reflecting-poorly) that healthcare in the U.S. ranks last among 11 high-income countries, based on five domains: access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity and health outcomes. Among the many failures and challenges highlighted, four have great potential for improvement, using available, affordable technologies to educate and engage healthcare consumers to be full partners in their care. --- [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/us-healthcare-ranks-last-rx-for-improvement) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/us-healthcare-ranks-last-rx-for-improvement#comments-listing) Topics: [Improving Patient Outcomes](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/improving-patient-outcomes), [Patient Engagement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-engagement), [Healthcare Technology](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/healthcare-technology), [Maternity Care](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/maternity-care), [UbiCare](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/ubicare) ## [Leapfrog Report Identifies Patient Experience Challenges in Hospitals And Outpatient Facilities](https://blog.ubicare.com/leapfrog-report-identifies-patient-experience-challenges-in-hospitals-and-outpatient-facilities) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Jul 29, 2021 10:38:26 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/leapfrogblog_featured_image.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/leapfrog-report-identifies-patient-experience-challenges-in-hospitals-and-outpatient-facilities) *Earlier this month, The Leapfrog Group published a report titled, **What Patients Think About Their Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers: An Analysis of Patient Experience Surveys**.* *The report’s most striking highlights point to significant ongoing deficits in the patient experience, despite decades of focus by the healthcare industry.* --- [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/leapfrog-report-identifies-patient-experience-challenges-in-hospitals-and-outpatient-facilities) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/leapfrog-report-identifies-patient-experience-challenges-in-hospitals-and-outpatient-facilities#comments-listing) Topics: [Patient Engagement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-engagement), [Patient Experience](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-experience), [patient satisfaction](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-satisfaction), [UbiCare](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/ubicare), [HCAHPS](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/hcahps) ## [Flu Shots Are a Top Healthcare Priority This Year](https://blog.ubicare.com/flu-shots-are-a-top-healthcare-priority-this-year) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Nov 5, 2020 7:15:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/2020-flu-shot-blog_social_badge.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/flu-shots-are-a-top-healthcare-priority-this-year) ## How Do You Make Sure Your Patients Get the Message? According to the [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/index.html), “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? [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/flu-shots-are-a-top-healthcare-priority-this-year) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/flu-shots-are-a-top-healthcare-priority-this-year#comments-listing) Topics: [Patient Engagement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-engagement), [UbiCare](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/ubicare), [SmarteXp](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/smartexp), [patient education](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-education), [COVID-19](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/covid-19) ## [Digital Communication with Patients Improves Care Outcomes and Decreases Costs, particularly in COVID-19 fallout](https://blog.ubicare.com/digital-communication-with-patients-improves-care-outcomes-and-decreases-costs-particularly-in-covid-19-fallout) Posted by [John Pietro](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/john-pietro) on Aug 21, 2020 6:01:54 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/john_pietro-blog_social_featured_image.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/digital-communication-with-patients-improves-care-outcomes-and-decreases-costs-particularly-in-covid-19-fallout) With [losses of more than $202.6 billion during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.aha.org/system/files/media/file/2020/05/aha-covid19-financial-impact-0520-FINAL.pdf), U.S. healthcare is suffering and there’s no end in sight. 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