FOR HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS

What do you do as a healthcare organization to engage patients in their care? How do you encourage patients to work in partnership with physicians? Consider the impact of additional, focused resources for patients in support of the health care delivery process and patient-physician communication. Benefits of this include:

 

• Increased patient engagement: Giving patients resources to improve their communication skills allows them to collaborate with doctors and be involved in treatment and diagnostic decisions.

• Improved efficiency of physician appointments: For both physicians and patients, there is tremendous pressure related to the time limits of appointments. Having patients understand the importance of advance preparation for each appointment goes a long way in making the visit more satisfying for both patients and physicians.

• Improved health outcomes: The more patients are able to actively participate in their care and self-manage needed follow-up actions, the more opportunities exist for improving health outcomes.

• Improved use of health care resources and systems: Engaged patients are more likely to navigate the provider’s systems more independently, including using available patient portals for health records, scheduling appointments, making use of virtual visits, and other features.

 

Services to Health Care Organizations

 

• Short or long format program for physicians and other providers on the ways to encourage patients to develop the skills and focus to be active participants in their care.

 

• Distribution of copies of The Thinking Patient Planner.

 

• Train-the-trainer program on the use of The Thinking Patient Planner.

 

• Assistance with determining an ongoing operational program for the training and distribution of The Thinking Patient Planner. This can include development of an implementation plan to determine how the program can be integrated and aligned with current practices.

 

We can work together to determine the specifications of services based on your patient volume, targeted services, and alignment with existing resources and systems to help patients communicate with physicians. Please contact us about your interest and request for fees.