When it comes to improving patient satisfaction scores, Morrsitown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System has turned to mobile technology. "Mobility is going to change us in enormous ways," says Linda Reed, RN, CIO of Atlantic Health System, which has adopted an app, mHealth, in an effort to streamline information transfer and improve the patient experience.
The features of the mobile app aren't all new. Atlantic Health System has had a health portal on its website for some time. At that portal, patients can log in, check their medical records, get in touch with their physicians, make notes about their weight, vital signs and other health-related metrics, and renew prescriptions, among other things. However, now that these capabilities are mobile, they're in a space where they're more likely to be used. In one short year, the app has been downloaded upward of 30,000 times on phones, tablets and other wireless devices.
Read the full article on Becker's Hospital Review.
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The features of the mobile app aren't all new. Atlantic Health System has had a health portal on its website for some time. At that portal, patients can log in, check their medical records, get in touch with their physicians, make notes about their weight, vital signs and other health-related metrics, and renew prescriptions, among other things. However, now that these capabilities are mobile, they're in a space where they're more likely to be used. In one short year, the app has been downloaded upward of 30,000 times on phones, tablets and other wireless devices.
Read the full article on Becker's Hospital Review.
