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"Empowering patients to have greater agency in, and control over health decisions. A patient's health literacy is their ability to read, understand and use health care information to make informed decisions and modify behaviours that affect their personal healthcare needs. Promoting health literacy among patients creates a more collaborative care environment, one that empowers patients to have greater agency in, and control over, their own care decisions. CCMI's Health Literacy programs introduce participants to concepts that support and emphasize the importance of being able to support patients and communicate clearly so that patients and family members can truly participate in care. Participants will gain an understating of Health Literacy concepts and learn practical skills for engaging with patients to ensure clear and effective communication."

"Abstract Background: Wearables refer to devices that are worn by individuals. In the health care field, wearables may assist with individual monitoring and diagnosis. In fact, the potential for wearable technology to assist with health care has received recognition from health systems around the world, including a place in the strategic Long Term Plan shared by the National Health Service in England. However, wearables are not limited to specialist medical devices used by patients. Leading technology companies, including Apple, have been exploring the capabilities of wearable health technology for health-conscious consumers. Despite advancements in wearable health technology, research is yet to be conducted on wearables and empowerment. Objective: This study aimed to identify, summarize, and synthesize knowledge on how wearable health technology can empower individuals to take greater responsibility for their health and care. Methods: This study was a scoping review with thematic analysis and narrative synthesis. Relevant guidance, such as the Arksey and O'Malley framework, was followed. In addition to searching gray literature, we searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, HMIC, and Cochrane Library. Studies were included based on the following selection criteria: publication in English, publication in Europe or the United States, focus on wearables, relevance to the research, and the availability of the full text. Results: After identifying 1585 unique records and excluding papers based on the selection criteria, 20 studies were included in the review. On analysis of these 20 studies, 3 main themes emerged: the potential barriers to using wearables, the role of providers and the benefits to providers from promoting the use of wearables, and how wearables can drive behavior change. Conclusions: Considerable literature findings suggest that wearables can empower individuals by assisting with diagnosis, behavior change, and self-monitoring. However, greater adoption

"Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda.  This show is a window into the latest innovations in digital health and the changing dynamic between doctors and patients. Topics on the show include the emergence of personalized medicine and breakthroughs in genomics advances for aging in place using big data from wearables and sensors transparency in the medical marketplace challenges for connected health entrepreneurs The audience includes researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, solution providers, students, journalists, and investors."

We were founded in 1989 as a small grass-roots organization in Ukiah, California. Today, we are one of the most trusted sources of information by patients - annually reaching over 3.5 million unique visitors on our website. LymeDisease.org is grounded in the principles of patient empowerment, participation, and self-determination. We fight to make the patient voice stronger to support science-based advocacy bring about legislative change, and create a future where Lyme patients can receive the treatments they need to get well. LymeDisease.org empowers individual patients by educating them, amplifying their collective voice, and providing research tools like our published big data surveys and the MyLymeData patient registry. We believe that there is strength in numbers.

"You can be an empowered patient or advocate by knowing the basics of HIPAA and having the confidence to request records from providers. Here are some myths about HIPAA and how they affect you, the patient."

"Thesis: "Patient Empowerment through Timely Information" On Friday, 1 October 2021, Thomas Timmers (CEO) successfully defended his doctoral PhD "Patient Empowerment through Timely Information" at Radboudumc.   He examines the impact of the provision of timely information using an app to increase patients' self-management throughout their treatment. The thesis includes a systematic review and the results of 2 large multi-center RCT's. Furthermore, a qualitative study was performed to determine what kind of timely education patients need."

"With approximately 133M Americans (more than 40% of the US population) suffering from one or more chronic diseases, the healthcare community is looking for more effective and efficient ways to manage chronic diseases. Part of that pursuit is in finding sustainable ways to help patients better understand their conditions and manage their health by empowering patients, connecting them to information, care, and therapies in ways they want. Join fellow innovators to work on a challenging, multi-faceted, meaningful opportunity to advance clinical care, quality of life, and outcomes for nearly half the US. How can we improve patient literacy and clinical understanding? How do we help patients feel more in-control of their medical care? What can be done to help patients understand when and where they should seek care? These are just some of the pain points begging for thoughtful, tech-enabled solutions."

Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda. This show is a window into the latest innovations in digital health and the changing dynamic between doctors and patients. Topics on the show include the emergence of personalized medicine and breakthroughs in genomics advances for aging in place using big data from wearables and sensors transparency in the medical marketplace challenges for connected health entrepreneurs The audience includes researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, solution providers, students, journalists, and investors.

"Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series: Special Event  End of Life Liberty: Empowering Dying Patients with Choices. An overview of the evolving changes in law and medicine governing patient autonomy at the end of life over the past 2 decades. What has been learned? What changes ought be considered? Can we move to normalize the practice of aid in dying within the practice of medicine? Do some states offer a model for practice governed by standard of care? Do psychedelic medicines offer a new palliative tool for patients with anxiety? What is the status of the research, and federal, state and local law governing psychedelic substances.

Lab100 gives patients a comprehensive health risk assessment and biometric screening. The goal is to empower patients to track their health over time and to learn how their behavior and lifestyle are impacting their health in a very tangible way.

"In a high-performing health care system, measurement drives progress toward safe, effective, efficient, timely, equitable, and patient-centered care. Measurement helps to identify priority areas for improvement, evaluate which changes make a difference in performance, and promote accountability. Measurement informs how health care is paid for, how resources are allocated, and, increasingly, how patients and their care teams make care decisions. "

"Precise. Personalized. Prevention. Express your best DNA - the power to impact genetic expression is in your hands. Epigenetics is the study of how lifestyle & environment influence the expression of your genes." OUR MISSION is to empower and inspire providers and patients in optimizing genetic potential through precise, personalized protocols that positively impact patients' health and future generations.

"Rachelle Babler explores the untapped powers of combining music and advocacy to create human impact. She did this after losing her sister to colon cancer to create awareness around prevention and screening. The response was overwhelming. While many have advocated through speeches, fundraisers and media, very few advocate through songwriting and music. Maybe music will be the critical voice that creates the awakening to help us unite, during times of chaos and separation. When we are divided by speech, we can be united and reunited through the power of song. Rachelle Babler grew up in Southern California near the sunny beaches of San Diego and has always been an avid explorer, traveler, musician and creative soul. At the height of her career in forensics, she quit her job cold turkey to pursue her "why" and found out what that was during a global pandemic, "TO empower others to consciously advocate, SO THAT they can heal, inspire and unite the human collective". She is a #1 International Best Selling Co-Author, Speaker, Advocate. Singer/Songwriter and proud mother to her two amazing children, Austin and Camryn. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx"

"The topic of placebo effects is distinguished by decades of keen scientific interest1-4 coupled with a general skepticism regarding the ultimate significance of these phenomena. The importance of psychologic factors in mediating these effects may contribute to the attitude that placebo effects are not as substantial as a therapeutic effect produced by a drug. Complementary and alternative therapies have sometimes been dismissed as "mere placebos." However, recent studies have provided compelling evidence that placebo effects are physiologically measurable with condition-specific pathways.5"

Dr. Jake Fleming recently suggested these potent keywords: quantifiable placebo The keywords led to this article. I find it affirming and empowering.

Click to download the PDF. Oura's primary goal is to help UCSF engage and increase the number of users who have rings and are opting in to early detection efforts. Oura is offering rings at $250 for orders of 1000 rings supporting TemPredict. Immediate impact: Participants are presented every morning with daily personalized insights on heart rate, HRv, respiration, temperature, sleep staging, and activity to empower them to monitor their own health and change their behavior accordingly. This is especially important in medical personnel and high-risk patients. Future impact: UCSF will leverage Oura's backend data to build models that can aid in identifying symptom profiles, pinpointing at risk populations, predicting severity, and validating recovery, containment, and treatment efforts. The data gathered now may be our only chance to measure these changes so we can recognize them and deploy predictive algorithms to minimize the next wave of this outbreak, expected in Fall 2020. We ask all donors to go to OuraRing.com and buy rings for medical personnel so they can join this effort.

A message from Sharon: Please support Project Apollo Team as they "Ride Out Lyme to raise funds for Lyme research & to support patients! The 2nd annual event, we raised $10,000 last year. The money is split between BAL to support research and ROL for grants to patients over the age of 26 with financial need. We hope to earmark money raised by ROL La Jolla for San Diego patients in 2021, but this year the money is open to anyone in the US. The mission of Bay Area Lyme "to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure" and we plan to submit a "Measured Lyme" research proposal from Project Apollo in the coming year. Sharon, Mike and Meg will ride as part of the Project Apollo team. Others are welcome! We would love your support as a rider or with donations! To donate to Team Project Apollo visit https://rideoutlyme.salsalabs.org/lajolla2020/t/projectapollo/index.html Let's empower people to realize optimal health!

Part clinic, part research lab, Lab100 uses precision diagnostics to empower patients and help scientists advance our understanding of human health.

"Heidi Rataj is an award-winning documentary producer and director and a caregiver for her mom.  Heidi talks about her own fear of aging and the search for a new narrative for seniors as they age.  While we need to be respectful of all journeys, activating seniors to allow them to accomplish goals is key to a healthier individual and society.  She also points out how digital technology plays a role in coordinating care and enabling people to age in place. @UCSDHealthyAging"