13 hours ago · Patient Engagement Survey: Social Networks to Improve Patient Health. Social networks — both face-to-face and virtual — have been shown to positively impact behaviors such as weight loss and smoking cessation. Is the health care industry ready to more widely leverage this mechanism for increasing healthy behaviors among patients? >> Go To The Portal
NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members overwhelmingly agree that social networks can impact chronic diseases and healthy behaviors, but time commitment and funding prevent their prevalence. Sandra Gittlen January 18, 2018
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Insights Council members – a qualified group of executives, clinical leaders, and clinicians directly involved in health care delivery – share firsthand their challenges and experiences in evolving care delivery to em power patients . They discuss how their organizations are: .
Many organizations have started to dig into patients’ social determinants of health such as health literacy and socioeconomic status to understand what might prevent them from showing up for follow-up visits, understanding how to manage their disease, or adhering to care plans.