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According to the Office of the National Coordinator, "Health information technology can help to improve behavioral health care and can further enable care coordination and integration, increase information sharing, and support prevention, treatment, and recovery activities. Access to and the exchange and use of behavioral health information as part of routine care can help to improve continuity in care services and support efforts toward achieving an interoperable health care system across the continuum."

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Patient Activation Measure
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Patient Activation Measure

Methods for measuring patient activation and engagment

Patients experience difficulty in managing their health due to a multitude of reasons.  Through use of consumer health information systems and services (CHISS)  it is hoped that patient’s feelings of control over their health will increase. Once these tools have been deployed it is important to evaluate whether they are having a positive effect on consumers and patients.

The  Patient Activation Measure (PAM) utilizes a four step model that

  1. advocates for a consumer-centric approach to health management,
  2. encourages increased empowerment of the patient so that they are more likely to take action,
  3. assume that patients will then take steps to better manage their health and
  4. assist in steadying health maintenance procedures for patients. 

PAM can be used as a measure for engaging patients from vulnerable populations as well as patients suffering from chronic conditions.   A benefit in the use of PAM is that it also encourages more active relationships between doctors and patients and parallels patient engagement strategies used by HCG for their patients.  Patient activation is particularly desirable in underserved populations and implies that attention to this attribute can assist in reducing disparities in healthcare (Hibbard & Cunningham, 2008).

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Patient Activation Measure

Patient Activation Measure

Patients experience difficulty in managing their health due to a multitude of reasons.  Through use of consumer health information systems and services (CHISS)  it is hoped that patient’s feelings of control over their health will increase. In order to evaluate the level in which patients feel engaged or activated the study patient survey tools such as the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) can be used to understand the effect that CHISS are having on a health center's population.  

Using the Systems Usability Scale to Assess Patient Portal Systems

Using the Systems Usability Scale to Assess Patient Portal Systems

When deploying personal health information systems such as patient portals Health Centers will often encounter challenges in effectively engaging their patient population. Understanding where these challenges are originating can at times be difficult to determine. One obvious area of evaluation is in determining whether the system being deployed is appropriately usable for the population.

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