Patient education means...

Many look at patient education as merely information sharing. It’s this thinking that leads administrators to believe it’s enough to just have the instructions on a piece of paper, a website, a video, or an app. They think they can save money by buying stuff, keeping...

Improve Health Outcomes...

You know No Time to Teach: The Essence of Patient and Family Education for Health Care Providers offers evidence-based techniques on how to most effectively and efficiently teach in the limited time you have. You know it was named 2010 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year....

Adherence to the treatm...

I have often said that after saving lives, the most important service of health care providers is patient education. Think about it. We care for patients for only a fraction of time. Most care is self-care. Wonder drugs, effective treatments, and miraculous surgeries can not improve...

Easy to read medical te...

Many of us know stories about patients who heard a medical test was positive, and walked away happy, not realizing “positive” did not mean “good.” How we communicate test results to patients not only influences their understanding, but their decision-making,...