This is what patient engagement really is
“Patient engagement.”
What is patient engagement? It sounds like a season of The Bachelor where a doctor dates hot patients. It wouldn’t surprise me if it was. After all, patient engagement is hot; it’s the new buzz phrase for health wonks. There was a even an entire day at the recent HIMSS conference dedicated to patient engagement. I think the next season of The Bachelor should feature a wonk at HIMSS looking for a wonkettes to love.
Here’s how the Internets define patient engagement:
The Get Well Network calls it: “A national health priority and a core strategy for performance improvement.”
Leonard Kish refers to it as “The Blockbuster Drug of the Century” (it narrowly beat out Viagra) – HT to Dave Chase.
Steve Wilkins refers to it as “The Holy Grail of Health Care” (it also narrowly beat out Viagra) – HT to KevinMD.
On the HIMSS Patient Engagement Day, the following topics were discussed:
How to make Patients Your Partners in Satisfying Meaningful Use Stage 2 Objectives; Case Studies in Patient Engagement, session #64;
Review Business Cases for Implementing a Patient-Centered Communication Strategy and Building Patient 2.0, session #84;: and
Engaging People in Health Through Consumer-Facing Devices and Tools, session #102.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Family Physicians Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
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