Patient Engagement Tip of the Month
Geri Lynn Baumblatt MA, For the last 20 years, Geri has worked to help people understand health conditions and procedures, orient them to their diagnoses, make more informed decisions about their care, and partner with their care teams. She oversaw the creation of the Emmi program library, and she regularly speaks and serves on patient engagement, patient experience, health literacy, shared decision making, health design, family caregiving, and heath communication panels for organizations like AHRQ, the Brookings Institute, Stanford Medicine X, and the Center for Plain Language. She serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Patient Experience, is on the board of the Society for Participatory Medicine, and published a chapter in Transformative Healthcare Practice through Patient Engagement (IGI Global). She currently consults on patient engagement, family caregiving, and health communication. Follow her on Twitter @GeriLynn
Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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One of the most fascinating parts of my job is observing patient focus groups. They’re always interesting, sometimes riveting. Whether the topic is breast or prostate cancer, diabetes medications, chronic pain, or smoking cessation, we often ask the participants:
Would you be interested to join any kind of in-person on online support group or community? >>>
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