Patient engagement in their health is invaluable for value-based reimbursement, SearchHealthIT reports.
Here's what you should know.
1. Increasing patient engagement by generating health data and relaying it to providers will become invaluable as the industry shifts towards value-based care.
2. By encouraging patients to be more engaged, providers can better coordinate care and improve outcomes.
3. Some ways providers can engage patients include:
- Offer an instructional video on an upcoming procedure for patients to watch
- Tracking key chronic condition metrics like blood pressure, activity level and weight
- Encouraging them to meet individual exercise goals or adhere to a dietary plan
4. Services similar to oncology, where patients have a motivation to stick to treatment schedules and drug regimes, align perfectly with value-based care because they encourage active patient, provider participation.