Key Takeaways from RISE West and the mPulse Roundtable
How Leading Payers, Providers, Pharmacies, and Population Health Organizations are Adapting to this Flu Season
America is about to experience a return to “normal” that won’t be as pleasant as the others we’re all hoping for. This fall, the push to get as many Americans vaccinated against influenza will, as usual, become the primary public health issue in the country. And since the average 20 million illnesses and 400K hospitalizations in a mild flu season would hit our healthcare system at a […]
How mPulse Uses Analytics to Tailor Messages and Drive Member Engagement for Healthcare
In general, people don’t like being talked at. Successful, engaging communication requires talking, listening, and analyzing. Traditionally, healthcare communication has focused on outbound messaging without the ability for a person to respond in a meaningful way. This is a one-sided relationship. mPulse set out to develop new ways for healthcare companies to interact with people […]
When It Comes to Medication Adherence, Dialogue is More Effective Than a Monologue
Two-way text messaging is substantially more effective than one-way text messaging to improve medication adherence, according to a new study by researchers from Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Queen Mary University of London. Analyzing pooled data from eight studies with 1,994 patients, the researchers found that two-way text messaging provided a 23% improvement in […]
Using Data Science to Uncover Insights and Drive Engagement
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” (Sir William Osler – Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital, died in 1919.) A recurring theme in the Connected Health conference in San Diego was how to integrate data – across platforms, […]
mPulse Launches Flu Vaccination Awareness Solution
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended that everyone over 6 months old should get an annual influenza (flu) vaccine. The flu is a serious disease with extensive cost and human implications. However, the vaccination coverage in the US is less than 50%. Each year, the flu and its complications lead to up […]