Editor’s note: This week, we offer an Encore Presentation about a 2015 Sherman Award finalist. Our panel of judges has been spending time digging into this year’s cadre of nominations and will be meeting soon to select the 2017 winner. We take this moment to thank all of you who are doing work focused on […]
Emotions are messy. No one taught me about that in medical school; I thought only psychiatrists had to deal with emotions. I was going to be an internist; I’d only have to deal with emotions if something really bad happened. Not that anyone taught me how to cope with the really bad stuff. In my […]
Republished with permission from SarahBethRN.com. Patient engagement is a trendy topic for healthcare providers – the latest spin terminology for “patient compliance” – as in how do I get patients to follow treatment protocols? Take better care of themselves? Especially now that payment for my services may be negatively affected by bad outcomes and poor […]
The challenge for healthcare providers today is not how to engage their patients…but rather how to be more engaging. This is an important distinction. Grasping the distinction can make the difference between a highly effective, satisfying patient experience and what many of us get now – average care and experiences that leave us wanting for […]
This article first appeared on Jim Rattray’s blog earlier this month. A regular contributor to EngagingPatients.org, you’ll always find Jim at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Americans want more reminders about their health — and they think technology may be just what the doctor ordered. A recent survey by the Varolii Corporation showed […]
Last week I attended a panel on Patient Engagement hosted by Health 2.0 Atlanta. The debate was lively with lots of good conclusions drawn. One conclusion I want to discuss here is this: Patients may not understand the value of being engaged. I think this is a disconnect that needs to be addressed in order […]
Is your doctor really there? Suzanne Koven, MD, gave this question some thought after seeing a “Doctor present” sign at a pharmacy while traveling in Dublin. Am I “present” in my practice, even when I am in? Though we all like to think of ourselves as exceptions when it comes to unflattering statistics, the likelihood […]