Digital Patient Engagement at Partners

Kamal Jethwani, MD, MPH, Senior Director Innovation, Partners HealthCare Pivot Labs.  Evidence suggests that patients engaged in their own care have better clinical outcomes and lower total medical expenses. However, engaging patients in meaningful ways requires high levels of coordination within care teams, along with the availability of well-designed, intelligent tools to offer to patients.  Dr. Jethwani discusses the process behind designing, validating and implementing patient engagement tools, as well as ways to leverage data to make them more intelligent.