Is Consumerism the Elephant in the Room? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 22

For the 22nd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re asking the question Is Consumerism the Elephant in the Room?

The discussion of consumerism in healthcare is a tricky one. Many patients wonder why their healthcare experience is so different than their consumer experience. Other patients don’t want to be called consumers since they don’t want to be treated like a consumer. To hopefully make some sense of all this, we took on the concept of healthcare consumerism and its impact on healthcare. Most importantly, we highlight some ways that healthcare organizations can embrace consumerism and improve the experience for patients and healthcare organizations.

Here’s a quick rundown of the ideas and questions we’ll discuss in this episode:

  • Patients or Consumers?
  • Is Healthcare Making the Necessary Investments for Consumers?
  • What’s Holding Us Back from Improved Experiences?
  • What’s On the Horizon for Healthcare Consumerism?

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Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the Healthcare IT Today podcast.

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About the author

John Lynn

John Lynn is the Founder of HealthcareScene.com, a network of leading Healthcare IT resources. The flagship blog, Healthcare IT Today, contains over 13,000 articles with over half of the articles written by John. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 20 million times.

John manages Healthcare IT Central, the leading career Health IT job board. He also organizes the first of its kind conference and community focused on healthcare marketing, Healthcare and IT Marketing Conference, and a healthcare IT conference, EXPO.health, focused on practical healthcare IT innovation. John is an advisor to multiple healthcare IT companies. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy.

   

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