10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication
This podcast gives health professionals tools and information to improve patient communication and education. Today, with your next patient or client. I take a communication or education issue that professionals have raised, dig into it with some research, then give you a strategy you can use in your practice right away. And I do it all in about 10 minutes. Complete show transcripts, archive & notes at healthcommunicationpartners.com
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 203
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
5 quick wins for your patient communication
Patient communication can feel like a marathon. It’s certainly a complex set of endeavors. Sometimes, you just need a quick win. In this episode, you’ll learn 5 quick wins that will help boost your p…
00:09:58 |
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Can health literacy be a stumbling block?
In this episode, you’ll learn one way health literacy can be a stumbling block. And it might not be the one you’d expect! You’ll also learn three ways around this ‘stumbling block.’ EPISODE TRANSCRIP…
00:11:17 |
Fri 05 Apr 2019
My single best piece of advice
Do you care about communication and education in health care? Good. This episode is for you. No matter what your role is as a health professional, what your specialty or topic is, or who your audienc…
00:11:00 |
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Chronic disease apps and health literacy
What does health literacy have to do with apps specifically for chronic disease? Quite a lot, it turns out. In this episode you’ll learn about issues of engagement, accessibility, and relevance when …
00:11:08 |
Fri 08 Mar 2019
Questioning assumptions in digital health tools
It’s easy to think about technology and machines as objective, neutral, value-free. But just this month, three recent major organizations–TIME magazine, NPR, and the AMA–have published work about bia…
00:10:33 |
Fri 22 Feb 2019
Is mentoring on your mind? 4 ways to think about mentoring in the health professions
Whether you are a mentor, have a mentor, or want a mentor, this episode’s for you. I break down four domains–four ways of thinking–about mentoring and mentoring programs that may be helpful to you in…
00:11:34 |
Fri 08 Feb 2019
4 useful reminders about health literacy
I’ll invite you, for a moment, not to worry about health literacy, but to see it as something you can work with. In this episode, you’ll learn 4 helpful reminders when it comes to health literacy and…
00:10:55 |
Fri 25 Jan 2019
One communication problem that can derail digital health tools
Clear communication in digital health tools can be more complicated than it seems. In this episode, you’ll learn about: a surprising communication roadblock in digital health how it can derail a digi…
00:12:13 |
Fri 11 Jan 2019
While reducing your medical jargon, focus on shared meaning
The providers I hear from tell me that they’ve been doing a good job cutting down on their use of medical jargon. And I believe it! Lately, in my experience as a patient (and pet owner, and patient f…
00:11:27 |
Fri 28 Dec 2018
Being proactive about digital health tools in your organization
Digital health tools, despite their potential, can unintentionally leave people behind – in various ways. In this episode, you’ll learn 3 steps to being proactive about the digital health tools offer…
00:10:39 |
Fri 14 Dec 2018
How smart phones can help you with patients’ health literacy
No, this isn’t about an app. It’s about smart phones, and what they have to teach you about health literacy. In this episode, you’ll learn: how health literacy is hidden in plain sight why it’s not a…
00:11:23 |
Fri 30 Nov 2018
3 communication tips for hotspotting teams
Have you heard of hotspotting? No, not those mobile internet connections. The health system near you is probably hotspotting, even if that’s not exactly what they call it. Hotspotting is the name of …
00:12:21 |
Fri 16 Nov 2018
Do you make these 6 mistakes in your cross-cultural communication?
The rise of non-communicable disease. The opioid epidemic. Widening health disparities. These complex health issues are also complex communication issues. As physicians, providers, public health prof…
00:09:06 |
Fri 02 Nov 2018
Health literacy and health apps
Talking about health apps turns out to be a complex health communication issue, wrapped in another complex health communication issue. If you talk about, manage, or develop health apps, this episode …
00:09:27 |
Fri 19 Oct 2018
First anniversary episode: Some health literacy basics
It’s the first anniversary of the “10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication” podcast series! We’re proud, and we’re grateful to you our listeners. We’re celebrating Health Literacy Month as well. I…
00:12:07 |
Fri 05 Oct 2018
“Any conversation about care is also a conversation about culture.”
How do you communicate with patients with whom it seems you have little in common? You know by now that cross-cultural communication matters to outcomes. But it is complex work that merits support. I…
00:11:38 |
Fri 21 Sep 2018
One way to save time in patient education
The nurse administrator looked at me and said, “Time. Everything is about time.” This episode is about not wasting time in your patient encounter when it comes to education. You’ll learn one way to s…
00:10:24 |
Fri 07 Sep 2018
10 different ways to organize a complex idea
During patient education you are often dealing with medical or scientific concepts of great complexity. You already have ways that you like to break these concepts down for your patients. But when it…
00:12:02 |
Fri 24 Aug 2018
Connect with patients who don’t talk like you
Heard about that ‘word gap’? So have we. This episode is to help you improve your communication, even when your patients don’t talk like you do. In this episode, you’ll learn: what all the fuss is ab…
00:11:05 |
Fri 10 Aug 2018
Communication and the death of a pet
“If you’re not an animal person,” the nurse educator told me, “it can be hard to understand how much pets mean to your patients with pets. What you’ve written will help providers understand that.” So…
00:11:53 |
Fri 27 Jul 2018
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