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The Typical Physician Misses Hundreds Of Opportunities To Engage, Empower & Excite Patients Every Day

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By smarth7

Did you know that on a typical day in the office seeing patients, the average physician misses hundreds of opportunities to engage, activate patients and excite their patients? Why?  It’s not because they are too busy.   Research shows it is because physicians don’t have the right patient-centered communication skills and know how. During the course […]

It’s Time To Stop Blaming The Patient And Fix The Real Problem – Poor Physician-Patient Communications

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By smarth7

Yet another in a seemingly endless series of articles blaming patients for all that’s wrong in health care is running in Modern Healthcare.  The 3-part series entitled Channeling Choice looks at how patients (people like you and I) just aren’t making the kinds of choices and engaging in the kinds of behaviors experts think we […]

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