Patient Engagement

Introduces a way of conseptualising and measuring patient activation. Patient activation provides helps to understand why some people fully engage with their health and others do not.

From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The shared decisionmaking process begins when your patient has a health problem that needs a treatment decision. Utilizes a five step process for determining what is most important to a patient.

From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Provides techniques to help the clinician communicate effectively with the patient with low health literacy

From the American Healthcare Research and Quality. Addresses communication barriers between clinicians and their patients

Offers sample conversation starters for you to consider as you engage in meaningful discussions with your patients about their health care options.

From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

From the California HealthCare Foundation gives the Benefit of providing peer to peer support programs for chronic diseases. Patients need support in mastering the complex self-care behaviors needed to live as healthy as possible.

Provides a template for designing an informational care management flyer

Provides extensive online tools and resources from the Institute for Health care Improvement

Provides scripting for the care manager when working with patients