To understand patient health priorities, ask: "What matters to you?"
Health coaches can help patients make strides with conditions such as hypertension or type 2 diabetes.
Here is how asking, “What matters to you?” will help improve patient care.
Through health coaching, a team-based approach, physicians and their teams can help patients become active participants in their care.
One health care collaborative has incorporated health coaching that goes beyond just asking “what’s the matter?” Read the full article.
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