Patient Engagement Strategies

Language Barriers Imperil COVID-19 Vaccine Access, Worsening Outcomes

by Sarai Rodriguez

For patients who speak languages other than English, including the millions of immigrants in the US, language barriers have hindered COVID-19 vaccine access. Consequently, these barriers impacted the...

How Spiritual Care Impacts the Mental Health of Family Caregivers

by Sarai Rodriguez

Acting as a family caregiver, who often takes on the role of surrogate decision-maker, can lead to elevated stress and anxiety caused by the patient prognosis and complex medical decisions needed to be...

50% of Patients Forget Treatment Plans, Need Better Patient Education

by Sara Heath

Despite near-universal confidence, patients are forgetting most of the key information following an inpatient hospital stay, leading experts from the University of Michigan School of Medicine to call...

Parent, Caregiver Engagement Low During Pediatric Well-Child Visits

by Sara Heath

Parent and caregiver engagement is missing from many pediatric well-child visits, with new survey data from the University of Michigan showing that parents and guardians come unprepared for those...

PCORI Earmarks $285M for Shared Decision-Making Research

by Sara Heath

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is offering up $308.5 million in funding, with $285 million of that going towards research to better understand informed stakeholder and patient...

Racial Disparities in Patient Portal Use Fueled by Provider Engagement

by Sara Heath

Black and Hispanic patients are being offered patient portal access at a rate that’s 5 percentage points lower than White people, translating to lower patient portal adoption and access,...

Why PCPs Are Key to Coordinating Patient Engagement with Payers, ACOs

by Sara Heath

All stakeholders in the healthcare industry have gotten better at patient engagement in the past few years, as value-based care models have made it imperative that patients are involved in their own care management. But as more voices...

Understanding the “Sandwich Generation” of Family Caregivers

by Sara Heath

A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society provides some insight into the “sandwich generation,” the middle-aged adults who care both for their children and...

Are Financial Incentives Good Patient Engagement Tools for Weight Loss?

by Sara Heath

Financial incentives may just be the most effective patient engagement tool for weight loss, outranking other strategies like wearables and diet books, according to researchers from the NYU Grossman...

Why Don’t Patients Access Follow-Up Care, Screenings?

by Sara Heath

A new Dutch study is recounting the reasons why some patients don’t access follow-up care or screenings after producing a positive result on at-home colorectal cancer tests, suggesting that...

Shared Decision-Making Tools Show Promise for Minority Patients

by Sarai Rodriguez

.Salient findings based on a FAIR Health initiative give a glimpse into the value and utility of shared decision-making tools to patients of color. By large, shared decision-making is seen as an...

Using Medical Jargon Confuses Patients Amid Low Health Literacy Trends

by Sara Heath

In perhaps an unsurprising clue into navigating low levels of patient health literacy, new research published in JAMA Network Open found that patients have a far better understanding of their health...

Health Coaching for Family Caregivers Improves Patient Activation

by Sarai Rodriguez

Offering health coaching to family caregivers might be key to improving patient activation and chronic disease management for patients with diabetes, according to a new study published in JAMA Network...

Pediatric Patient Education Strategies for RSV, Respiratory Illness

by Sara Heath

Jonathan Miller, MD, a pediatrician with Nemours Children’s Health, is dancing his way through RSV symptom checks in an innovative approach to patient education during the nation’s RSV and respiratory illness crisis. The...

Only 1% of Docs Use Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs)

by Sara Heath

The healthcare industry is making significant headway in collecting patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs), but clinicians are making little use of that data, limiting enhancements in patient...

Text Message Patient Outreach Cuts 30-Day Hospital Readmission Risk 41%

by Sara Heath

Healthcare organizations may consider implementing text message patient outreach as part of their post-discharge patient engagement strategies, as the technology can yield a lower risk of 30-day...

Using Risk Stratification in Patient Engagement Strategies

by Sara Heath

As healthcare professionals continue to develop meaningful patient engagement strategies, they should consider using risk stratification to determine how and with which patients providers will...

Patient Engagement Strategies for Home Healthcare Providers

by Sara Heath

As home healthcare becomes a regular fixture in medicine, it will be key for clinicians delivering home-based care to understand key patient engagement strategies. Patient engagement strategies for home healthcare don’t stray too...