Author Archives: Guendalina Graffigna, PhD

Guendalina Graffigna is Associate Professor at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan (Italy) and Scientific Advisor to the Consortium on Patient Engagement. Her research and scientific activities are mainly devoted to patient engagement in health and well-being, healthcare organization innovation and ehealth. She is the most productive and cited scholar about patient engagement, according to the scientific database Scopus.
Paths to Improved Patient Engagement

Reframing Patient Care through eHealth: A Powerful Toolkit for Patient-Specific Engagement

Editor’s note: In February, Dr. Graffigna presented an evidence-based model for patient health engagement. In this contribution, she offers concrete guidelines for integrating new communication technologies into the care process to more effectively engage patients. . Making patient active and engaged in their healthcare is the gold standard in the 21st century health policy and […]

Best Practices and Methodologies

Viewing Patient Engagement through the Patient’s Eyes: A Must for Real Healthcare Innovation

Worldwide, patient engagement is becoming a “must do” for academics, industries and policy makers in the healthcare arena. The academic and managerial “buzz” on patient engagement is growing at a dizzying pace. In 2015, 665,300 new web indices were found on Google.com with the key words “patient engagement,” including 1,230 news pages and 6,200 dedicated […]