The Traditional Patient “Sick Role” Is A Major Barrier To High Quality Health Care
Each of us wears many different “hats” throughout the course of the…
Patient Engagement Is A Physician-Patient Communication Challenge…Not A Health Information Technology Challenge
Physicians, hospitals and other providers are being misled by industry pundits claiming…
When It Comes To Patient Engagement…It’s The Little Things That Count
I did a dumb thing a couple of weeks ago. I fell…
Patient-Centered Communications – Does “Lack of Time” Justify Physician Reluctance To Adopt It?
I talk with lot of physicians about the need to improve the…
Will Information Technology Squeeze Physicians Out Of Their Central Role In Health Care?
Not by a long shot if patients have anything to say about…
Engaging Patients In Care Planning – What Providers Say And How They Say It Matters
The following is s post by Carolyn Thomas, a fellow 2012 Stanford…
Patient Portals. PHRs, & On-line Decision-Support Tools Alone Will Not Lead To Greater Patient Engagement
Patient engagement is getting a lot of attention these days, particularly in…
Doctor/Patient Relationship: Too Much Information, Too Little Communication
One of the biggest problems with health care today is that there…
Can Long-Term Physician-Patient Relationships Be Bad For Your Health?
I wonder how many problems like non-compliance, usually attributed to “poor patient behavior,”…
Why We Aren’t Ready for Patient-Centered Care
The follow is a guest post by Aanand D. Naik, MD @empoweringpts.We…
