Getting the Most from Your Healthcare Appointment
This workshop prepares and empowers individuals to communicate more effectively with their health care provider.
Overview
Health care appointments can be stressful for any patient. Research shows that patients forget 50% of the information shared during an appointment. Contributing factors include stress; too much information provided too quickly, unfamiliar medical jargon and the patient’s confidence level. The evidence is clear, patients who take an active role in their health care are more satisfied, pursue timely and appropriate treatment and have a better quality of life. Communicating well with health care providers is one of the most important parts of getting good care however it takes time and effort by both parties.
This program helps people who:
- Anyone who attends health care appointments
Topics include:
- What to do before, during and after a health care appointment.
Program Format
This is an interactive information session of 60 to 90 minutes in length.
Why is this important?
- People with chronic disease spend on average 12 hours a year with a health care provider. The other 364 ½ days they manage on their own.
- Upon discharge, 1 out of 3 patients do not understand the answers to their questions
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