Forging trust in a patient-provider relationship: The touchstone of a patient-centric healthcare

December 11, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPatient Centric

It is a great time to monitor healthcare transformations from close quarters. It is also interesting to notice how healthcare has become a battleground for all sorts of experimentations and evaluations in recent times. We have AI chipping in from one end and blockchain from another. We have a booming wearables market along with a…

Patient-Centered, Value-Based Health Care Is Incompatible With The Current Climate Of Excessive Regulation

October 3, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPatient Centric

Although still a subject of debate, the fee-for-service health care payment system that reimburses providers for individual services is widely indicted for promoting care that is inefficient, uncoordinated, and too often fails to meet the needs of patients. Whether or not fee-for-service is the main culprit, the escalating cost and inconsistent quality of US health…

Distinguishing and Defining Top Patient Engagement Keywords

August 28, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsEmpowerment, patient centered medical home, Patient Centric, Patient Engagement, patient experience, Patient Satisfaction, PCMH, Public Health

As healthcare professionals continue to focus on patient engagement, they face an onslaught of varying and often confusing terminology. Between phrases that sound the same and phrases that sound like they should mean the same thing, it is easy to get caught up in the vast web of patient engagement keywords. What is patient engagement,…

What Is the Role of Connected Health in Patient Engagement?

May 3, 2018Garrett SchmittNo Commentscare coordination, Care Management, Patient Centric, Patient Engagement, patient experience, Patient Satisfaction, Telehealth, Telemedicine

As healthcare technology continues to permeate the medical industry, experts are continuing to evaluate how connected health tools can impact patient engagement and the overall patient experience. As noted in a 2013 study in the International Journal of Medicine, connected health includes a broad set of definitions. “Connected Health encompasses terms such as wireless, digital,…

Nurses Must Be Involved in Patient Health Literacy Support

March 22, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPatient Centric, Patient Education, Patient Engagement

The American Academy of Nursing is calling on nurses to better support patient education and patient health literacy as a part of the organization’s annual policy brief. “Health literacy is a precursor to health and achievement of a culture of health,” the group wrote in the brief. “Patient empowerment, engagement, activation, and maximized health outcomes…

Why Value-Based Care Must Include Shared Decision-Making

February 26, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPatient Centric

Shared decision-making is a key patient engagement strategy, but not yet widespread. Healthcare professionals say integrating the practice into value-based care could spark adoption Shared decision-making, or the practice of an informed patient participating in treatment decisions alongside her clinicians, may seem like a natural patient engagement strategy. After all, shared decision-making integrates the patient…

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