Health Coaching: A tre...

In a survey of 1,015 consumers, (Televox, 2011) 83% said they did not follow treatment plans exactly as prescribed, but said they’d do a better job following doctors’ orders if doctors checked up on them between visits. Forty-two percent said they would follow the treatment plan...

On my soapbox again: H...

I’m on my soapbox again: Health care providers do not empower patients. Yes, I’m picking at semantics. But words influence thoughts, and thoughts create actions. If we don’t look at our words, it could lead us down the path of ineffective action. The dictionary has 3 definitions...

Do your translations ta...

You know about the need for patient education materials to be written in plain and clear language. You do that all the time. And you even have your materials translated into another language—or languages—because your patient population is diverse. But are your translations...