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Can mHealth Make Chronic Care Patients Care About Their Health?

August 04, 2016

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According to the Parks Associates survey, 55 percent of Americans with at least one chronic condition aren’t speaking with their primary care physician any more than once every three months. What’s worse, 11 percent don’t even have a PCP.

Harry Wang, Parks Associates’ senior research director, says healthcare providers now have access to the data they need to craft a good care plan, but they haven’t yet figured out how to make their patients care about that plan.

From the article "Can mHealth Make Chronic Care Patients Care About Their Health?" by Eric Wicklund.

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