More “Conversations” – Not More Health IT – Are What’s Needed To Increase Patient Engagement And Improve Patient Satisfaction
Health information technology is seen by many in the US health care…
Why Doctors Need To Listen To And Understand The Patient’s “Perspectives” – A True Story
Perhaps the most fundamental principle of “patient-centered care” is for clinicians to…
Is “Convincing” People to Use Health Apps the Right Approach to Patient Engagement?
If patient-centered care is supposed to be about “respecting the patient’s perspective”…
Patient Engagement and Health IT: Disillusionment Sets In, Poll Shows
This week, the 2015 HIMSS Patient Engagement Summit is taking place in…
Listen to Your Patient and They Will Tell You the Problem: A True Story
Readers of Mind the Gap, I apologize for my absence in recent…
Patient Reactance: What It Is and Why Clinicians Need to Be Aware of It
Can you say “reactance”? Don’t feel bad, I wasn’t familiar with the…
Need Help Meeting the 5% “Patient Use” Stage 2 MU Requirement?
A lot of physicians are having problems meeting Meaningful Use Stage 2,…
Patient Nonadherence: A Rational Reaction to Sub-Optimal Physician-Patient Communication
I have been working on a paper exploring the link between physician-patient…
Patient-Centered Physicians Have Lower Diagnostic Testing Costs
For many physicians, the term “patient-centered” conjures up fears of longer office…
The Secret to Patient Engagement: More Engaging Physicians and Health IT
I was the keynote speaker recently at a national Patient Engagement Symposium.…
