MedAxiom is holding a Patient Engagement Best Practices Strategies Poster Contest as yet another way to share innovative and effective practices among the membership. It’s all about sharing your knowledge with your peers! 

The combined use of electronic communication and information technology in the health sector for clinical, educational and administrative purposes has proven to be an effective method of patient engagement and adoption. Whether it be the use of social media, digital marketing, or the use of electronic tools for administrative purposes, how has your organization used interactive, electronic platforms to improve business functions?

Some examples of these methods include: 

• Traditional functional features (e.g. online search, interactive map or calendar, virtual tour, finding a physician, contact us)
• Core e-business features (e.g. online (pre)registration, appointment-setting, bill-paying, refilling prescriptions, accessing health/medical records/lab results)
• Patient support and education features
• Visitor-related features (e.g. online flower/gift shop, e-card or email for a patient)
• Public relations-related features (e.g. presence on social media, online caregiver recognition)
• Emerging functional features (e.g. site or application for mobile devices, interactive cost estimator

We are looking for innovative ways that technology has been utilized successfully in your program to share at the upcoming Spring 2014 Conference. We want to know how YOU are engaging your patients using these electronic methods.

All submissions will be displayed at the MedAxiom Spring 2014 Conference in Naples, FL. The winner will be announced in Naples and will have the opportunity to share their experience during a session at the conference.

Prizes:

• 1st Place: $1500 event registration voucher for future MedAxiom membership meetings
• Runner Up: $750 event registration voucher for future MedAxiom membership meetings

1. Poster:  to be displayed at the conference for the viewing of all attendees. These may be a brief version of your presentation. All posters should be 24” x 26”, mounted on foam core. 
2. Powerpoint presentation: These submissions will be placed online on our internal site. They will also be the content used at the winner’s breakout session.

• Hypothesis: Explanation of proposed strategy, expected/desired results
• Method: Clearly written, concise explanation of applied strategy. Include use of products/vendors, staff appointments, maintenance, budget vs. actual cost.
• Results: Include any measured results. Examples include reduced phone calls, patient satisfaction, website hits, increase in registration, subscribers, enrollees, “likes” on social media, etc.