AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Patient Engagement

AHRQ Innovations Exchange Patient Engagement


Patient Engagement

Patient engagement is an ongoing process in which patients take an active role in their own health care. Many factors—including personal skills, motivation, and behaviors—affect an individual's ability to effectively engage in care.

The featured Innovations describe one program that used a storytelling approach and another program that provided text messaging to encourage behavior change among vulnerable populations, leading to greater patient engagement and improved outcomes.

The featured QualityTools provide resources to help health care professionals partner with patients and families to involve them in care, and information to assist health care consumers in communicating effectively with providers about their health care.

Featured Innovations:

•  Culturally Appropriate Videos Share Stories of Individuals With Hypertension, Leading to Improvements in Blood Pressure in Inner-City African Americans

•  Low-Income, Rural HIV/AIDS Patients Receive Regular Text Messages, Leading to Higher Quality of Life and Greater Engagement in Care

Featured QualityTools:

• Partnering with Patients and Families to Enhance Safety and Quality: A Mini Toolkit
Developed by Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care

• Taking Charge of Your Healthcare: Your Path to Being an Empowered Patient
Developed by Consumers Advancing Patient Safety