Open Notes: A New Resource for Nurses
July 10, 2013 | Story
OpenNotes is a national movement that encourages clinicians—including nurses—to invite patients to read their visit notes.
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Shedding Light on OpenNotes
April 1, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
OpenNotes is an effort to convince patients, families, and clinicians to share openly any and, most often, all material that pertains to a patient’s care. The goal is to improve communication and help patients engage more actively in their care.
Choosing Wisely
March 26, 2013 | Grantee
Choosing Wisely is focused on encouraging physicians and patients to think and talk about medical tests and procedures that may be unnecessary, and in some instances can cause harm.
Identifying Barriers to Patient Engagement
March 22, 2013 | Story
Facilitating shared decision-making between patients and physicians is harder than it sounds, but RWJF Scholar urges health care community not to abandon the goal.
Kinder, Gentler Reform Needed to Avoid Physician/Patient Divide
March 21, 2013 | Story
Will patient care suffer from reform’s drive toward efficiency? A physician asks her colleagues to proceed with caution.
Engaging Patients in Improving Ambulatory Care
March 6, 2013 | Toolkit
This toolkit features videos and and other resources from three AF4Q alliances to introduce the concept of partnering with patients and families in primary care.
Patient Engagement
February 14, 2013 | Issue Brief
People actively involved in their health and health care tend to have better outcomes—and, some evidence suggests, lower costs. As a result, many public and private health care organizations are employing strategies to better engage patients.
An Effort to Spread Decision Aids In Five California Primary Care Practices Yielded Low Distribution, Highlighting Hurdles
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This study explored the distribution of decision aids—an important first step toward patient engagement, but one that cannot be equated with actual use of the aids.
Improving Patient Decision-Making: New England Region
December 13, 2012 | Report
In this Dartmouth Atlas report, the last in a series of nine U.S. regional reports, we show wide variations in the rates of elective procedures in the New England region.
Improving Patient Decision-Making: Middle Atlantic Region
December 13, 2012 | Report
In this Dartmouth Atlas report, the last in a series of nine U.S. regional reports, we show wide variations in the rates of elective procedures in the Middle Atlantic region.