iHealthBeat.com – A recent study conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change suggests that US residents aren’t using the internet to educate themselves about their health as much as they have in recent years. According to the research, in 2010, half of all U.S. adults looked for information regarding personal health issues from [...]
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What to Make of the Slowdown in Online Health Searches
Posted in Internet, Internet Use, patient engagement, Technology, tagged internet, patient engagement on December 1, 2011 |
5 Reasons Physicians Will Love Mobile Health
Posted in patient engagement on November 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
KevinMD- A recent article by consultant, blogger and former cardiologist Dr. David Lee Scher, highlights five ways by which mobile health technology will enhance the lives of doctors and patients alike. Scher discusses how mobile technology aims to increase patient engagement, improve communication, and ultimately enhance doctor-patient relationships. Here’s a quick excerpt: ”An estimated 75% [...]
Baby Basics and the What to Expect Foundation
Posted in Patient Communication, patient engagement, patient experience, Patient-Centered Care, Shared Decision-Making, tagged Communication, patient engagement, Patient Experience on November 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Lisa Bernstein- The What To Expect Foundation’s Baby Basics Prenatal Health Literacy Program has a group (and other components) that are all created to work with and for everyone that cares about healthy pregnancies. Here are the components: The Baby Basics book and planner Each expecting mom receives a copy of Baby Basics or Hola [...]
The World of Shared Medical Appointments
Posted in Patient Communication, Patient Education, patient engagement, patient experience, Shared Decision-Making, tagged Communication, Health care, shared appointments, Shared Decision-Making on November 1, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Harvard Vanguard’s Zeev Neuwirth, M.D. & Deb Prescott- The typical 15-minute doctor’s appointment is frustrating and unsatisfying both for the patient, who often leaves with questions unanswered, and for the physician, who feels rushed and pressured to get to the next patient. Shared Medical Appointments or SMAs is one solution to improving access and physician [...]
Thought Health Literacy Month Was Great? There’s More…
Posted in HCAHPS, Health Literacy, Incentives, Internet Use, Patient Communication, Patient Education, patient engagement, patient experience, Patient Safety, Patient-Centered Care, tagged Chronic Condition Management, Cleveland Clinic, Communication, Health literacy, informed patient, Medication Adherance, patient engagement, Patient Experience on October 31, 2011 |
First, thanks to all of the contributors for a truly amazing month of thoughts and insights. From Gary Schwitzer’s excellent piece on the challenges of reporting on and reading about medical information in the news, to Helen Osborne and Diana Dilger’s view of challenges from the patient side, to Cynthia Baur and Cindy Brach’s information [...]
Changing Your Communication Climate
Posted in patient engagement on October 28, 2011 |
Here is a repost of one of our favorite – and most popular – guest blogs from last year’s Engaging the Patient Health Literacy Month series. If you didn’t catch the post by Andrew Jager, MA and Matthew Wynia, MD from this year’s edition, make sure to read Check For Understanding, With Everyone. Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH with [...]
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