Kyruus

Kyruus completed its purchase of patient navigation and price transparency company HealthSparq last year.

Organizations can help with patient engagement, according to Kyruus's Scott Andrews and HealthSparq's Harlan Edlin.

Erin Jospe, MD, chief medical officer at Kyruus, and AVIA VP Sonia Singh say the front door needs to be easy to open and extend beyond the system's website to search engines and guided interactions like text and chat.

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Although providers and vendors have fallen short so far, each will need to cooperate if new healthcare technologies are to proliferate.

Sara Vaezy, the chief digital strategy officer at Providence-St. Joseph Health, says everything else follows from an accurate, up-to-date and user-friendly directory.