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Get to work on patient empowerment

The development towards empowered patients is the way to go. Studies show that patient engagement pays off in terms of quality of outcome, client satisfaction and costs. An example of this is this AARP study that showed lower readmission rates for ch

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By Harriet Messi… on March 2, 2011 1 comments

Healthcare needs engaged doctors, patients and policy makers

Patient empowerment, self-management, e-health, participatory medicine, shared decision making: these notions are the buzz in some healthcare circles and with governmental policy makers. They are advocated to be a solution to keep health care costs i

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By Harriet Messi… on January 16, 2011 4 comments