by Hayden B. Bosworth | Apr 13, 2017
Abstract Summary: Patient engagement is a National Quality Strategy priority and is especially pertinent to oncology care, since cancer treatment can be complex and involves shared decision making between patients and different health care providers. However, patient...
by Cynthia J. Sieck | Apr 1, 2017
Abstract Summary: Introduction: Recent years have seen a significant increase in efforts to incorporate the patient voice into health-related research, with the goals of addressing research questions that are important to patients and including outcomes of interest to...
by Stan N. Finkelstein | Mar 25, 2017
Abstract Summary: Background. Sore throat in children is among the most common of medical problems to result in a primary care office visit. A rapid point-of-care antigen detection test for group A streptococcal pharyngitis is already in routine office use in clinical...
by Danny Sands, MD | Mar 8, 2017
Abstract Keywords: Participatory medicine, research, evidence-based medicine, patient engagement, e-patient. Citation: Sands D, deBronkart D, Martin-Sanchez F. Our field advances: participatory health research library project to begin. J Participat Med. 2017 Feb 4;...
by Nina Margarita Gonzalez | Feb 17, 2017
Abstract SummaryDigital health tools are increasingly used to engage patients and improve outcomes. Their effectiveness, however, relies on consistent patient use. Developers have struggled to maintain high levels of durable, ongoing patient engagement with digital...
by Martha Staeheli | Feb 13, 2017
Abstract Summary: Urban, underserved populations experience significant disparities in the screening, prevention, and treatment of chronic disease. Electronic risk screening provides one method of eliminating disparities in the identification of risks, while limiting...
