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Cost of Care: Engaging in Difficult Conversations

On January 10th this year, my 12-year-old son experienced a concussion during basketball practice. I wasn’t there, but my husband was and I received a call that is always scary for the absent parent, “everything is fine, but we are at the ER….” My son was diagnosed with a mild concussion. What followed was eight […]

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Wendy Nickel Wendy Nickel is director of the Centers for Quality and Patient Partnership in Healthcare at the American College of Physicians. She has over 20 years of experience in healthcare, focused on patient advocacy and improving quality, safety and the experience of care.

Wendy K. Nickel, MPH has 3 post(s) at EngagingPatients.org


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Alzheimer’s Care Offers Unique Challenges and Opportunities

Editor’s Note: In honor of World Alzheimer’s Day on Sept. 21, we offer this Encore presentation of Christine Winters’ 2014 post about engaging the Alzheimer’s patient. Alzheimer’s patients offer significant challenges and providers often are challenged by how to offer appropriate care. Every 67 seconds, someone develops Alzheimer’s in the U.S. It’s an irreversible, progressive […]

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Arundi Venkayya Arundi Venkayya is marketing and public relations manager for Taylor Healthcare, curator of EngagingPatients.org and administrator of the Sherman Award program which recognizes excellence in patient and family engagement. Before joining Taylor Healthcare, Arundi was an editor at the Dayton Daily News and served as public relations manager for Dayton Children's Hospital.

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Patient Engagement Begins Here: Know Thy Patient

She was admitted last night from the Emergency Department and is scheduled for cardiac catheterization today. Her chart says she is 84 years old, resides in long-term care and her name is Annie Smith. It’s a hectic morning on your medical unit with patients in all of the 24 beds. It promises to be “one […]

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Lisa Sams, MSN, RNC Lisa Sams, MSN, RN, is founder and president of Clinical Linkages. Clinical Linkages provides services and resources to health care organizations that result in safer, more effective patient care using the principles of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). Building teams and improving patient outcomes are the heart of Ms. Sams' work. She has more than 30 years of nursing experience in academic centers and community hospitals.

Lisa Sams, MSN, RNC has 6 post(s) at EngagingPatients.org

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Stepping up to the Extraordinary Challenges of Alzheimer’s Care

Every 67 seconds, someone develops Alzheimer’s in the U.S. It’s an irreversible, progressive brain disease that affects more than 5.0 million people today, and by 2050, that number is expected to triple. With enactment of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act in 2011, finally, Alzheimer’s Disease became a national health priority, bringing funding and stakeholders together […]