Patient engagement: What doctors can learn from teachers
As of late, patient engagement has been laudably deemed a “miracle drug,” a silver bullet slicing through the tangled morass that is our American healthcare system. The comparison may be hyperbole, but the potential impact of patient engagement does have merit. With engaged patients, medical problems can be diagnosed swiftly and treated with higher success rates. Illness can be prevented and emergency department usage can be abated. Care can be …
