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Motivational Principles to Help Engage Patients Over Time
How can healthcare extenders motivate patients to make healthy changes? Dr. Rick Botelho, author of “Motivational Practice: Promoting Healthy Habits and Self-Care of Chronic Diseases,” recently shared with us an excerpt containing motivational principles that practitioners can use. Botelho emphasizes … Continue reading
Using the Ask-Educate-Ask Approach to Get Patients to Take Action
Many health care providers agree that it can be extremely difficult to get patients to take action; some even say it’s impossible. In a recent SurroundHealth webinar, “Health Literacy: Skills for Moving from ‘Mission Impossible?’ to ‘Mission Accomplished’” Dr. James … Continue reading
Celebrating our 2nd Anniversary with Giveaways for our 5,000th Member
This Friday, we are celebrating a very special day—our two-year anniversary! It’s amazing how quickly time flies, but we are so excited to be able to celebrate great accomplishments with our growing community of health professionals. Since our launch in … Continue reading
From the Boston Marathon Tragedy Emerges a Sense of Community
In the hours following the horrific bombings at the Boston Marathon last Monday, many people took to social media to express their concerns, new findings, and words of sympathy to those affected. One quote that went viral and has stood … Continue reading
Pulse check: Video trends in patient education
Research suggests 40 to 60% of parents make errors in dosing their children’s medicine. Mistaking tsp for tablespoon (tbsp.) can mean giving a dose that is 3 times too big. What if people could see the skill, such as dosing … Continue reading
Why Community Pharmacists are an Important and Evolving Role in Healthcare
Many professional healthcare roles are changing along with the healthcare landscape, and the role of community pharmacists is definitely one to give some attention to. At the American Pharmacist Association (APhA) Conference SurroundHealth recently attended, we saw a strong interest … Continue reading
Growing our connection and reach
March was a busy month for SurroundHealth, and we just wanted to recap and share with you some of our favorite moments and milestones throughout the month, as well as give a heads-up of what to expect in April. We … Continue reading
Healthcare Providers Split on Whether to Start With English When Creating Materials in Other Languages
When creating education materials and programs in other languages, should healthcare providers start with an English language version, and then translate it into the languages spoken by their patients? That’s a question that divided attendees at our free healthcare webinar, … Continue reading
SurroundHealth happenings: Partnerships, webinars, and more!
It’s hard to believe we are already three months into the New Year! Time has definitely been flying, but SurroundHealth is happy to announce that we are continuing to grow with quality members, content, and opportunities. We’ve had a great … Continue reading
