Clinical Competencies for Patient Engagement Platform

In the March issue of “Improving Good Healthcare” I brought up the advantages of connecting with patients in their own medical care as well as how to quantify the degree of commitment of the patient. In the current month’s issue I will look all the more carefully at explicit skills required by doctors and practices to Patient Engagement Platform. As indicated in “Patients, Providers, and Systems Need to Acquire a Specific Set of Competencies to Achieve Truly Patient-Centered Care” of the February 2013 issue of Health Affairs these skills will…