In a word...no. It has been said that a physician’s patient communication skills are just as important as their clinical knowledge. After all, it is only by “talking to and listening patients” that physicians are able to accurately diagnose and treat their...
There is no app for engaging patients in their own health care absent a strong doctor-patient relationship. Physicians, hospitals and other providers are being misled by industry pundits claiming that more health information technology (as in EMRs, PHRs, Smart Phone...
I talk with lot of physicians about the need to improve the quality of communications between physicians and patients. Regular followers of my work will know that I am an advocate for the adoption of patient-centered communication skills by the physician and...
The following is s post by Carolyn Thomas, a fellow 2012 Stanford Medicine X e-patient scholar, which she wrote for her award-winning blog Heart Sisters. Imagine that your daughter is preparing for a junior ski race. It’s five minutes before the start of the race....
Patient engagement is getting a lot of attention these days, particularly in the health information technology press. Anticipation of Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria is certainly is driving much of the “talk.” So too are the promises of improved patient outcomes...
One of the biggest problems with health care today is that there is way too much information and way too little communications going on between providers and patients. Here’s a great quote that explains what I mean: The two words information and communication are...
Can you say “reactance”? Don’t feel bad, I wasn’t familiar with the term either until recently. But as you will see, anyone that has ever been a patient will catch on pretty quickly as to what reactance is and how it works. Reactance is how we respond to something...
The follow is a guest post by Aanand D. Naik, MD @empoweringpts. We hear lots of discussion nowadays about Patient-Centered Care. Most legislation for health care reform proposes innovative models of care such as Accountable Care Organizations and the...