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Patient Self-Management

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has numerous resources regarding patient self-management on their Self-Management Support web page.
Oregon Health Authority offers a variety of self-management programs to support patients in taking control of their lives and living healthier.
The Mental Health Foundation based in the United Kingdom has information and a video on their self-management of mental ill-health web page.
In the AHRQ Self-Management Support Video, providers describe how important it is to provide patient self-management approach.

Patient Activation

Supporting People to Manage Their Health, by Judith Hibbard. This is a comprehensive booklet on patient activation produced by The King’s Fund in the United Kingdom.
AIR Roadmap for Patient and Family Engagement
TedxTalk: Better Outcomes for Engaged Patients May Start with Empathic Doctor (article and video, including Patient activation measure (PAM) discussion).
Roadmap for Patient and Family Engagement in Healthcare Resource page.
PPT Presentation: Patient Activation: Improving Health Outcomes and Reducing Costs by Judith H. Hibbard, DrPH, Health Policy Research Group, University of Oregon 2015.
Engaging Health Care Consumers: The Lowe’s Experience, Health Affairs Blog.
Aetna Foundation’s Healthier World Innovation Challenge: Developing Health Tech for Underserved Areas. The foundation is offering up to $4.5 million to improve chronic health outcomes in underserved communities by using existing technology. Goals include increased levels of patient activation.
Health Affairs Blog: Moving From Mandate To Reality: A Roadmap For Patient And Family Engagement.
Western Michigan University Psychology Researchers Create Online Therapy Tool – BAML – To Treat Depression. The online therapy tool uses behavior activation.
A Coping Plan Can Help Fend Off Depression from Vision Loss. Behavior activation used to help patients losing sight fight off depression, NPR Radio.
Behavioral Activation Therapy for Patients With Post-Critical Illness Depression, Medical News Today.
Optum Personal Empowerment Kits. The kits have Addiction Recovery Tools; Family Recovery and Resiliency Tools; Recovery, Resiliency and Empowerment Tools; Smartphone Apps for Substance Use Disorder Treatment/Recovery; and Tools You Can Use. www.liveandworkwell.com
SAMHSA HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions, Shared Decision Making tools
SAMHSA Shared Decision-Making in Mental Health Care
National Academy for State Health Policy Patient-Centered Care Through State and Federal Implementation
CMS Partnerships for Patients. This is a consortium of over 8,000 hospitals, representative health care organizations, state governments, and employers focused on making hospital care safer and more cost effective.

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