{"id":17743,"date":"2015-09-15T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=17743"},"modified":"2015-09-15T09:03:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T13:03:14","slug":"guest-post-by-mary-beth-schoening-a-definition-of-the-engaged-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2015\/09\/guest-post-by-mary-beth-schoening-a-definition-of-the-engaged-patient.html","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post by Mary Beth Schoening: a Definition of the Engaged Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a guest post by our member Mary Beth Schoening. Mary Beth is co-founder of Behavioral Health Innovators, Inc. an organization combining the power of human compassion with technology, <\/a>advanced research and best practices from industry to encourage healthy behaviors.\u00a0 As a digital health strategist, she has developed strategies and tools to engage both patients and clinicians, working with providers, medical device companies, pharma, biotech, HIT and global disease non profits.\u00a0Mary Beth can be reached via Twitter @mbschoening<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n …an engaged patient sees herself as the CEO of her health, and views her care team as advisors. \u00a0Her advisors will become trusted advisors when trust is earned. \u00a0The more trusted the advisor, the more impact they have on the care of the engaged patient.<\/p>\n The engaged patient<\/p>\n Creative Commons\u00a0\u2013\u00a0shareable\u00a0with attribution, Mary Beth Schoening, Co-founder, Behavioral Health Innovators, Inc.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As managers of their own health, engaged patients may use some of the following practices:<\/p>\n Patient engagement starts first, with good communication between\u00a0the care team and the patient. I found these statistics to be a\u00a0shocking summary of the challenges:<\/p>\n The top 3 reasons for not remembering:<\/p>\nMy Definition of an Engaged Patient<\/h2>\n
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Some Practices Used by Engaged Patients<\/h2>\n
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Patient Engagement Starts First, with Good Communication<\/h2>\n
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