decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2014 Issue 4 (April)
Next patient engagement tool: smart cards
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Article Overview
This article discusses the growing interest in smart-card technology for patient engagement and practice workflows. It focuses on industry and organizational activity around pilot programs, standards development, and the broader move toward card-based access to health information, making it relevant to practice administrators, healthcare IT stakeholders, and coding/billing professionals watching interoperability and patient access trends.
Why This Topic Matters
Smart-card adoption could affect how practices manage patient information access, payment technology, and future connectivity with health records and related systems. The article is useful for readers tracking healthcare technology initiatives and standards development that may influence office operations.
Article Sections
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Patient encounters
Discussion of how patient-facing smart-card technology may support information access and practice connectivity. The section also touches on related industry and standards-development activity.
What You Will Learn
- How smart-card technology is being discussed in healthcare settings
- Which organizations are involved in related pilot and standards efforts
- Why practice technology infrastructure may need to adapt
- How patient access concepts are being linked to cloud-based information
Who Should Read This
- Practice administrators
- Healthcare IT professionals
- Medical group management leaders
- Revenue cycle staff
- Coding and compliance professionals
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