by Rebecca Lee | Oct 25, 2019 | Patient Engagement
Your older patients’ care priorities may not be what you think—or what younger patients want An 82-year-old man with heart failure was presented with a difficult decision: undergo the high-risk surgery his doctors recommended, or die. As Kaiser Health News (KHN)...
by Katie Moyer | Oct 11, 2019 | Patient Engagement
Awareness and education are key to supporting caregivers, who play a major role in health care There is one aspect of health care that greatly impacts patient care, yet is often overlooked: caregiver engagement. There are more than 40 million unpaid caregivers of...
by Katie Moyer | Jul 28, 2017 | Emerging Technology & Trends, Patient Engagement
These factors within doctors’ control make a difference to patients As the battle over health care reform in the U.S. rages on, doctors may feel that there is little they can do to improve things in any significant way for their patients in the midst of all this...
by Michael Sopher | Nov 5, 2015 | Emerging Technology & Trends, Patient Engagement
Most doctors have encountered them at some point: a patient’s complaining spouse, controlling daughter, or aggressive son-in-law who questions every care decision. Dealing with difficult caregivers is a common issue. There are 93 million family caregivers in the U.S.,...
