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04/25/2014 |
Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania more info |
09/26/2013 |
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: Rays of Hope 2013 Newseum, Washington, DC more info |
02/06/2013 |
Health Affairs Briefing: New Era of Patient Engagement W Hotel, Washington, DC more info |
02/04/2013 |
AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, DC more info |
01/14/2013 |
Institute of Medicine Evidence Communication Innovation Collaborative Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC |
12/11/2012 |
QualityNet Conference: A More Perfect Union: Baltimore, Maryland more info |
12/04/2012 |
Kimmel Center, New York University New York, NY more info |
11/29/2012 |
National Health Council's Washington Representatives Retreat Annapolis, Maryland |
11/28/2012 |
ECRI Institute Conference: Creating National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center, Washington, DC more info |
11/05/2012 |
Fourth National Comparative Effectiveness Summit Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC more info |
10/23/2012 |
Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics Portland, OR |
10/09/2012 |
Institute of Medicine's National Cancer Policy Forum: Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century Washington, DC more info |
09/14/2012 |
Care Coordination Summit 2012: New Models of Care Transforming Practice National Press Club, Washington, DC more info |
08/15/2012 |
National Collaborative Meeting, Health Research and Educational Trust's Hospital Engagement Network Chicago, IL |
08/04/2012 |
Richard Heffner's Open Mind more info |
06/18/2012 |
Conference: Connecting Healthcare and Social Media New York, NY more info |
06/13/2012 |
Sixth Annual Palliative Care Conference: The Art and Practice of Conversation Portland, Maine more info |
06/06/2012 |
Illinois Hospital Association Conference: Patient-Centered Delivery: The Catalyst for Transformative Care Northern Illinois University, Naperville, Illinois more info |
06/05/2012 |
ISPOR (International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research) 17th Annual International Meeting Washington, DC more info |
04/25/2012 |
Avoiding Avoidable Care Conference Cambridge, MA more info |
04/17/2012 |
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts Washington, D.C. more info |
04/05/2012 |
National Quality Forum’s 2012 Annual Conference Washington, DC more info |
04/04/2012 |
Quality Counts Annual Conference Augusta, Maine |
02/10/2012 |
American Hospital Association Committee on Research Meeting Scottsdale, AZ more info |
11/22/2011 |
Transforming Health Care Through Collaboration Washington, DC |
11/09/2011 |
164th NYAM Anniversary Discourse & Awards; Annual Meeting of the Voting Fellows New York, NY more info |
10/14/2011 |
National Comparative Effectiveness Summit Washington, DC more info |
10/04/2011 |
Clark University Worcester, MA more info |
09/27/2011 |
Institute for Healthcare Improvement Program: "Transforming the Primary Care Practice" Washington, DC more info |
09/20/2011 |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2011 Annual Conference Bethesda, MD more info |
09/19/2011 |
Annual Meeting of Practice Change Fellows Program Boston, MA more info |
05/18/2011 |
"Thriving in an Era of Health Care Reform" Colloquium sponsored by the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement St. Paul, MN more info |
05/15/2011 |
Syracuse University Commencement Syracuse, NY |
03/14/2011 |
Evaluating Survivorship Care Planning in the Era of Comparative Effectiveness National Cancer Institute, Washington, DC more info |
03/03/2011 |
What You and Your Doctor Are Doing Wrong more info |
02/28/2011 |
Workshop on Patient-Centered Cancer Treatment Planning: Improving the Quality of Oncology Care Washington, DC more info |
12/08/2010 |
Premier Forum on Patient-Centered Medical Homes Orlando, FL more info |
12/08/2010 |
Premier Forum on Patient-Centered Medical Homes Orlando, FL more info |
Patient Engagement Is Here to Stay
January 15, 2015
Jessie Gruman founded the Center for Advancing Health in 1992 and served as president until her death in 2014. After over 20 years under her remarkable leadership, CFAH ended operations in December 2014. This post was Jessie's final essay announcing the release of CFAH’s last patient engagement research report and sharing some personal reflections on her career...
Patient Engagement: Here to Stay
July 1, 2014
What is patient engagement and what does it take to accomplish? With the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, CFAH set out to explore this concept as it was viewed by various diverse stakeholders. Our interviews with 35 key health care stakeholders lead to an impressive unity of opinion...
All You Do Is Complain About Health Care
June 25, 2014
"All your Prepared Patient essays do is complain about your health care and your doctors. That's why I don't read them." Yowzah! Do I really complain? Not to be defensive, but I don't think so. Every week I work to vividly describe insights that might shine a little light on this project that patients, caregivers, clinicians and policymakers – well, the list goes on – share of trying to make health care more effective and fair...
Don't Let the Sun Shine Down on Me (It's Too Complicated!)
June 18, 2014
I'm impressed by how much we struggle with seemingly simple health decisions when faced with sorting through too much information. Every week we view diverse arrays of products with health, convenience and cosmetic claims competing for our attention. Think yogurt, Gatorade, running shoes, breakfast cereal...Given the ubiquity of such products and the swirl of marketing and science- or non-science-based information surrounding each, I'm wondering three things...
Don't Forget the Hefty Price We Pay to Engage in Health
June 12, 2014
Media-fueled flip-flops and research breakthroughs on lifestyle and health behaviors are wearing down my usual patience with the provisional nature of science. Even simple dietary recommendations like lower fat/salt recommendations have become complicated as old truisms are overturned by new evidence. So I'm asking: To whom should I turn for meaningful guidance about modifying my risk for illness and boosting my health?