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Shifting the Paradigm

Achieving Patient Engagement: No Easy Task

Sandra, a retired teacher with hypertension, has been Dr. Clarke’s patient for 20 years. When she arrives for her annual visit, she is given a clipboard with a paper form that asks her to list all of her medications and fill in her medical history, the same form she filled out last year. Sandra has […]

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Nancy B. Finn, M.Ed. Nancy B. Finn is a journalist, thought leader and patient advocate, focused on patient empowerment and engagement through the deployment of digital communication technology. She is the author of four books, including e-Patients Live Longer, the Complete Guide to Managing Health Care Using Technology . She blogs for the Society for Participatory Medicine at e-patients.net, and publishes her own blog. HealthCare Basics. She also is a contributing columnist and reviewer for the Journal of Participatory Medicine, and is a speaker at many national and international forums. Nancy is a member of the Board of Overseers and the patient advocate on the Safety and Quality Committee at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA, and the consumer advocate and member of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Board.. She is also the Secretary and a board member of the Society for Participatory Medicine.

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