Why aren't patients engaging in their own healthcare? Let's explore why they aren't, and changes that will encourage patients to engage in their healthcare. Frank Fortner, President at Iatric Systems, discusses these topics on an HISTalk Tweet chat.

1. Portals, Mobile Devices,
and Patient Engagement
Presented By:
Frank Fortner, President
Iatric Systems, Inc.
HIStalk
Tweet Chat Commentary

2. Patient-Centered Healthcare
Today’s patient engagement isn’t the
end-game because data from disparate
systems is in silos and difficult for
patients to access.

3. Patient-Centered Healthcare
Today’s tools deliver a monologue of
data flow “to” the patient.
Very few solutions
are able to receive
data “from” patients.

4. Patient-Centered Healthcare
Providers must find better
ways to deliver the tools
patients need to become
active in their own
healthcare.
• Be presented in a simple, clear, and
actionable way
• Enable appropriate patient generated
data to have a clear pathway back
to providers
Patient data from all sources must:

5. Patient-Centered Healthcare
“I quickly realized the issue may not be that
providers aren’t trying to engage patients or
even the lack of technology; it might be that
we aren’t using the technology already
sitting in our hands.”
Frank Fortner
Patient and President of
Iatric Systems

6. Every one of us is a patient
A recent run-in with my
2-year-old Lab mix
named George and a
sidewalk sent me to the
local ED with a separated
shoulder.

7. Every one of us is a patient
A patient portal is defined
as a secure website giving
patients 24/7 access to their
personal health information.
The emergency department and orthopedist’s
office separately emailed me instructions on
how to enroll in their patient portals, and yet,
like many patients, I did nothing with them.

8. Patient-Centered Healthcare
“64% of American adults now own a smartphone
of some kind, up from 35% in the spring of
2011. Smartphone ownership is especially high
among younger Americans, as well as those with
relatively high income and education levels.”
Pew Research Center
U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015

9. Every one of us is a patient
How to create a more
patient-centric and
patient involved
environment.
• Combine portals with
today’s smartphone
technology
• Enable patients to view,
download, & transmit
data from (and to)
providers