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THE 2014 DIGITAL PATIENT JOURNEYBill Balderaz Follow us @FathomHealthMarch 24th, 2014
A Division of Fathom®
NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM
This is what happens in the absence of high quality, accurate information from experts…
@FATHOMHEALTH
DR. GOOGLE IS IN!
Patients start to notice something doesn’t feel quite right, so they Google their symptoms and make their own preliminary diagnose.
In fact, 86% of patients conduct a health related search before scheduling a doctor’s appointment.
Trust me! I have a friend, who has a sister, who…
A whopping 90% of adults age 18-24 said they would trust medical information shared by others in their social networks.
Forty-one percent say social media impacts their choice of healthcare providers.
THAT ADDRESS WAS CORRECT…Three Years Ago
They find a physician with some expertise in the disease or disorder and check Google maps to see who is convenient to their homes or offices.
WHAT’S YOUR GRADE?
They assume they will end up with specialist, so they read the local specialists reviews on Vitals and Healthgrades.
ADVERTISING AT THE RIGHT TIME
Think advertising doesn’t matter?
Think again. More than 80% of health information seekers will click on a relevant ad.
THE SEARCH CONTINUES
Searching continues throughout treatment, with 43% of all visits to hospital websites coming from search engines and most patients visiting the sites of two or more hospitals during the research.
AS LONG AS WE’RE WAITING…
In the waiting room, they jump on their iPads and post to Twitter and Facebook that they are waiting to see the doctor.
Maybe they do some last minute research, 53% of people say that information they found online led them to ask a doctor new questions.
TO FILL OR NOT TO FILL
After the doctor visit, they research side effects of the medications they were prescribed.
Sixty percent of patients say they research their prescriptions to understand them better – and even decide whether they will fill it. They subscribe to a blog dedicated to their condition.
DIGITAL BOOMERS & SENIORS
67% surveyed say that access to their health information is important
70% say they want to be able to request prescription refills electronically
67% want to make online appointments
58% want to email their healthcare providers
55% want to use a mobile device to manage appointments
WELCOME TO THE DIGITAL PATIENT JOURNEY
IT’S ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY
The fact is that patients are more involved in healthcare than ever before, and our industry is now as transparent as car shopping.
• 75% of Americans have conducted a search related to personal health in the last year
• More than a third use social media to research health conditions.
• Half of all patients who use the Internet to self-diagnose end up making a doctor’s appointment.
DOCTORS ARE DIGITAL TOO
• 78% of US doctors are using digital tools to gather research• 70% prefer online training to classroom training • 40% communicate with patients online
The tipping point has occurred and as healthcare professionals we’ve collectively realized that this is the future of healthcare.
DIGITAL HEALTHCARE MARKETING TRENDS FOR 2014
GROWING TRENDS FOR 2014
Social Media• Hospitals are live-tweeting procedures,
emergency room wait times, crisis information, and more
DIY Health• Patients are taking a do-it-yourself approach to
their own treatments, connecting online through sites like Patientslikeme.com
• More and more tools and “edutainment” devoted to healthcare at home, from health/wellness to chronic illness
• Currently a $1.7B industry, projected to reach $6B by 2015
GROWING TRENDS FOR 2014
Increased Focus on Mobile• Only 9% of cellphone owners say they receive
texts about health-related issues
Direct Contact with Doctors Online• Kaiser Permanente reported their doctors receive
2.6 million emails per quarter
PATIENT FOOTPRINTS
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
• Data set A is KNOWN event that has occurred and related to “hard” number.. Patient admissions, Flu vaccines administered, ER activity.
• Data set B is a KNOWN event that occurs in the Digital Space.
• The more known instances of Point A and Point B that are available, the more reliable a causal relationship becomes.
Stronger correlations = more accurate predictions
PREDICTING A FLU OUTBREAK
• Data set A is a data set indicating the most recent flu outbreaks.• Data set B is a data set including the activity around online activity
related to “fever” “absent from school” and “chills”• Both data sets are overlaid to find correlations
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PREDICTING A FLU OUTBREAK
By monitoring conversations that have proven to be leading indicators, the next outbreak can be predicted.
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PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
• We all leave a tremendous digital footprint.. Who we are, what we do, where we are, who we know.
• In aggregate, this data can be used to identified very specific trendsHard data.. Stock prices, product sales, student enrollments, or
flu vaccines, can be correlated with this data
• Large sampling sizes and repeated instances ensure data integrity
SUMMARY
You can’t catch fish wherethere aren’t fish.
Patients, of all ages, of all walks of life, are Digital Patients.
If we want to engage with them, help them make decisions, educate and inform them, and improve care quality along the way, we must become Digital Healthcare pro.
Technology is at the intersection of patients & healthcare
• Technology removes the knowledge barriers in patients lives. Patients expect access to information and use technology to take control of their healthcare (or the healthcare of others)
• Healthcare organizations and professionals see technology as essential to connecting with patients, donors, referring physicians, media and the community
• Technology is moving quickly to connect patients with providers• Leveraging digital data can allow healthcare organizations to
anticipate events or trends
QUESTIONS?
Bill [email protected]
@FathomHealth
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