Patient and Family Education/Engagement

As consumers take a more active role in their health and have unprecedented access to health data through wearable devices, remote monitoring and other technologies, organizations are closely examining their engagement strategies and tactics.
In this Leadership Dialogue, Lynn Hanessian, former chief health strategist for Edelman, which recently released its 2025 Trust Barometer, and AHA Board Member Robert Trestman, M.D., chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Carilion Clinic., join Tina Becker Freese to discuss the importance…
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and 2025 AHA board chair, talks with two health care leaders, Lynn Hanessian, former chief health strategist at Edelman, and Robert Trestman, M.D., Ph.D., chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine…
Engaging patients, family members, and communities to design care that meets their priorities and needs.
These resources from expert professional groups can help hospitals optimize maternal safety and outcomes.
This issue brief lays out the key components of effective online tools used by hospitals and health systems to help patients understand their potential out-of-pocket costs and highlights several different approaches providers have taken.
In this conversation, Diane Mariani, program manager at Rush University Medical Center, discusses their Caring for Caregivers program, which shares resources and guidance to family and friends who care for older adults, while helping them better manage their own health and wellness.
Sparta Community Hospital, in a rural Illinois town about 50 miles southeast of St. Louis, is using proactive, patient-facing communication technology that integrates with its EHR system data to reach patients in a more user-friendly way to reduce its no-show rates.
AHA Leadership Scan: A Series of Virtual Panel DiscussionsSolutions to Improve Shared Decision-Making and Informed Consent  How to engage patients with evidence-based information and insights  Tuesday, December 12, 2023 1 - 2 p.m. Eastern; noon - 1 p.m. Central; 10 - 11 a.m. Pacific…