Over the last six weeks, four different health care professionals have asked me about interprofessional communication. Two were public health administrators, one was a medical educator, and one was a physician-administrator. All four were in different organizations. I don’t know why the sudden uptick. But I am taking notice, and taking this chance to share […]
3 Quick ways to improve your day-to-day patient communication
The providers I speak with know that communication is central to their ability to do their jobs well. They know how much patient education matters to outcomes, short-term and long term. They want to get through to every patient, not just some of them. I join my voice with those who make issues of patient communication and education central […]
One thought on health communication and chronic disease
“Well, like the food for instance, it wasn’t a very extensive list of what you could eat, it was very limited and most of the food I eat wasn’t on it…” (participant, Carolan Gill & Steele 2012) You can’t be in health communication and health literacy without hearing about chronic disease, non-communicable diseases, and disease […]
A communication problem that can derail your digital health tools
You know that clear communication between patient and providers is essential. It’s no different for digital health tools, such as apps, patient portals, devices, telehealth, and the most popular digital health tool, websites. Clear communication in and through digital health tools is complex in its own right. Based on a recent podcast with me and […]
Why I started Health Communication Partners
The start of a new year reminds us to reflect. In the last few weeks of 2018, I had fun going back into the articles and podcasts here on the site to see which were the most popular. This was a kind of reflection. But I’d also been thinking about why I do what I […]
Top Ten Most Popular Articles in 2018
Health communication, patient education, health literacy. You care about these; that’s why you’re here. You also like reaching all patients. And saving time. No matter what you think of Top 10 lists, they’re effective and efficient. So here’s your chance to combine all of these: A Top 10 list of articles about health communication, health […]
