Editor’s note: I recently interviewed Dr. Kirsten Meisinger for Patient Safety Beat, the digital newsletter of the Betsy Lehman Center. In that conversation, she talks about the “National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being” that was released in October, how teamwork has transformed her practice and the effect that financial pressure has on healthcare. Danny van […]
Sneha Dave is a patient activist who first came to my attention when she was profiled in Developing Health Literacy Skills in Children and Youth, the proceedings of a workshop held by the National Academy of Medicine in November 2019. At the time, Dave was an undergraduate research fellow in health policy at Harvard T.H. […]
In a conversation with Danny van Leeuwen, Peter Elias, M.D., describes what I would call a “slippery slope” experience that took him from traditional to highly engaged practice 20+ years ago. Inspired by a question from a patient’s wife and a suggestion from a colleague, Elias developed a process for immediately sharing clinical notes with […]
Editor’s Pre-note: I occasionally look back at posts we published 1 year ago, 2 years ago and so on, as a way to mark and often marvel at the passage of time. Finding that I posted Danny van Leeuwen’s thoughts about his health journey (below) one year ago struck a chord because I recently enjoyed […]
Danny van Leeuwen, whose “Health Hats” blog and podcast are often featured here, embodies engagement. In the intro to his latest podcast, he emphasizes the richness of patient engagement; done right, it pervades an organization at all levels: Patients engaged in governance, design, operations, and learning about medical care delivery, policy, research, technology, and business. […]
Editor’s Note: In this episode of his podcast, Danny van Leeuwen interviews himself in the guise of “Health Hats,” the moniker Danny has used for many years. Danny is always inspiring, whether interviewing others for the podcast or engaging himself in sincere reflection about what’s most important now. This episode reads like an update to […]
Over the next few weeks, Engaging Patients will highlight podcasts and articles about how trust is involved when we — patients, clinicians, students and others — engage in healthcare. I didn’t go looking for a theme; rather, it presented itself through social media and email notifications. It appears that many people have been thinking about […]
“Empowering people as they travel together toward best health” is how Danny van Leeuwen describes his mission, which he pursues through many channels: representing the patient/caregiver voice on task forces for various groups, including the federal government; speaking to audiences across the healthcare landscape; as well as blogging and, most recently, podcasting about managing healthcare […]
Editor’s Note: On his personal blog, Health Hats, Danny van Leeuwen reports on the 10th annual Healthcare Literacy in Research Conference, held in Washington, D.C., October 21–23. Danny attended as a PCORI Ambassador. Although he didn’t find exactly what he went looking for — “co-produced research (researcher and patient partners) about lay people, professionals, and communities understanding each other to […]