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Thoughts On Patient Engagement, Patient-Centeredness and Communication-Centered Medical Records

Sometimes I come across a post that I absolutely must share… such is the case with this re-print of a post by Rob Lamberts, MD, a primary care physician practicing “somewhere in the southe… more →

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Thoughts On Patient Engagement, Patient-Centeredness and Communication-Centered Medical Records — 8 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes I come across a post that I absolutely must share… such is the case with this re-pri … more →

Tags: Accountable Care Organizations, doctor-patient relationship, EMR, lack of time, patient-centered medical home, Patient Engagement, PCMH, physician-patient communication. doctor-patient communi

HIT-Driven Patient Engagement Is A Bust – Effective Patient Engagement Begins With The Doctor-Patient Relationship — 21 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 3 months ago: I hate saying I told you so.  But to quote myself…”patient engagement is a physician-patient c … more →

Tags: Doctor Patient Communication, doctor-patient relationship, electronic health record, EMR, Health Apps, Health Information Technology, HIMSS, HIT, Mayo

The Truth About Those High Patient Satisfaction Scores For Doctor-Patient Communication — 6 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 4 months ago: We have all seen them.  You know…those charts showing us how satisfied patients are with the way the … more →

Tags: patient centered communications, Doctor Patient Communication, Patient Satisfaction, PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION, physician-patient communication. doctor-patient communi, patient, Physician, Medicine, Health Care

Want Your ACO To Succeed? ...Then You Better Focus On Improving How Your Doctors & Patients Communicate — 11 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 5 months ago: The basic premise of the Accountable Care Organizations is simple enough.  By incentivizing provider … more →

Tags: physician-patient communications, lack of time, patient centered communications, physician directed decision making, Patient Satisfaction, patient attitudes and beliefs, Accountable Care Organizations, Trust, doctor-patient relationship

Wonder What Your Doctors And Patients Talk About...Or Don't Talk About...Behind Closed Exam Room Doors? — 7 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 7 months ago: Soon you can stop wondering… For the most us, our first patient experience was a trip to the P … more →

Tags: paternalistic communication style, Doctor Patient Communication, Patient Satisfaction, Patient Engagement, chronic disease, patient experience, Accountable Care Organizations, doctor-patient relationship, non-adherence

Would Increased Reimbursement And Longer Visits Improve Physician-Patient Communications? — 6 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 7 months ago: In a word…no. It has been said that a physician’s patient communication skills are just as imp … more →

Tags: lack of time, patient centered communications, paternalistic communication style, Doctor Patient Communication, Empowered Patients, Patient Engagement, Physician attitudes, modifying health behavior, doctor-patient relationship

The Traditional Patient "Sick Role" Is A Major Barrier To High Quality Health Care — 17 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 9 months ago: Each of us wears many different “hats” throughout the course of the day.  We are an employee, a wife … more →

Tags: collaborative decision making, Empowered Patients, Evidence based research, lack of time, palo alto medical foundation, patient, Patient Engagement, patient question-asking, patient centered communications

Patient Engagement Is A Physician-Patient Communication Challenge...Not A Health Information Technology Challenge — 24 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 9 months ago: There is no app for engaging patients in their own health care absent a strong doctor-patient relati … more →

Tags: Accountable Care Organizations, Doctor Patient Communication, electronic health record, Emergency Medical Retrieval Service, Group Health Cooperative, Health Information Technology, hospital, patient, Patient Engagement

Three Reasons Why Doctors Need To Spend More Time Talking and Listening To Their Patients — 7 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 10 months ago: Since most physicians probably will not be able to get beyond the first couple of lines of this post … more →

Tags: physician-patient communications, patient centered communications, Doctor Patient Communication, Patient Engagement, patient adherence, Physician attitudes, health behavior, health information seeking, modifying health behavior

Patient-Centered Communications - Does "Lack of Time" Justify Physician Reluctance To Adopt It? — 4 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 11 months ago: I talk with lot of physicians about the need to improve the quality of communications between physic … more →

Tags: physician-patient communications, lack of time, patient centered communications, collaborative decision making, shared decision making, Doctor Patient Communication, Empowered Patients, PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION, physician-patient communication. doctor-patient communi

ACO Success Will Depend Upon The Patient-Centered Communication Skills Of Providers — 4 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 11 months ago: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and “bundled payments” are set to play a central role in the A … more →

Tags: patient centered communications, patient-centered medical home, Doctor Patient Communication, Patient Satisfaction, PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION, patient attitudes and beliefs, Patient Engagement, patient compliance, medication adherence

Why It's So Important For Physicians To Listen - The Patient’s Perspective — 2 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 1 year ago: A recent qualitative study (structured interviews) of patients conducted at       McGill University … more →

Tags: Doctor Patient Communication, doctor-patient relationship, empathy, Good Physician, health behavior, Listening, patient adherence, patient compliance, Patient Engagement

Patient Portals. PHRs, & On-line Decision-Support Tools Alone Will Not Lead To Greater Patient Engagement — 47 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 1 year ago: Patient engagement is getting a lot of attention these days, particularly in the health information … more →

Tags: physician-patient communications, lack of time, patient centered communications, collaborative decision making, Doctor Patient Communication, physician-patient communication. doctor-patient communi, patient attitudes and beliefs, Patient Engagement, Trust

Challenge #1 For Health Care Providers - Way Too Much Information And Way Too Little Communication With Patients — 7 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 1 year ago: One of the biggest problems with health care today is that there is way too much information and way … more →

Tags: lack of time, patient centered communications, paternalistic communication style, Doctor Patient Communication, Patient Satisfaction, PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION, patient attitudes and beliefs, patient question-asking, patient compliance

Why Patients Don't Always Do What’s In Their Best Interest — 5 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 1 year ago: Can you say “reactance”?  Don’t feel bad, I wasn’t familiar with the term either until recently.  Bu … more →

Tags: physician-patient communications, lack of time, patient centered communications, Doctor Patient Communication, physician-patient communication. doctor-patient communi, Patient Engagement, patient compliance, medication adherence, health behavior

The Fastest Way To Disempower, De-Activate, and Disengage Any Patient — 37 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 1 year ago: I may not know how to tell the difference between an empowered patient, an engaged patient, or an ac … more →

Tags: Doctor Patient Communication, Empowered Patients, lack of time, modifying health behavior, non-adherence, paternalistic communication style, patient activation, Patient Activation Model, patient context

Physician De-skilling - One More Thing For Patients, Doctors, And Hospitals To Worry About — 14 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 1 year ago: Turns out there is an unintended consequence of many of the current efforts to standardize the way d … more →

Tags: lack of time, patient centered communications, Doctor Patient Communication, Patient Outcomes, EMR, Quality of Care, Outcomes

Poor Doctor-Patient Communication Is Closely Linked To Non-Adherence — 6 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 1 year ago: tweetmeme_url = 'http://healthecommunications.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/poor-doctor-patient-communica … more →

Tags: patient centered communications, Doctor Patient Communication, PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION, patient attitudes and beliefs, medication adherence, non-adherence, Information Graphics, infographic, Non-Compliance

Patient Portals – What Do Patients Really Think About Them? — 14 comments

Stephen Wilkins wrote 1 year ago: There seems to be an inverse relationship between the amount of spin one hears about “the next big t … more →

Tags: Evidence based research, patient centered communications, Test Results, patient attitudes and beliefs, Patient Portal, electronic health record, patient, Group Health Cooperative, Emergency Medical Retrieval Service


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