---Terri Bernacchi, PharmD, MBA, Cambria Health Advisory Professionals, Senior Partner at Valiant Health, SME Systems
“Many Americans don't have enough information or education to make fully informed choices about healthy lifestyles, medical treatments or navigating the complex U.S. healthcare system. Poorly prepared patients can be overwhelmed by new information that follows a diagnosis. “When patients are in doctors' offices, they (might) hear 50% of what's being said and maybe their relative hears another 30%, but they walk away without 20%,” North Shore-LIJ's Vignola said.” See: Modern Healthcare Article,” Providers help patients address emotion, money, health literacy” by Melanie Evans. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20131210/INFO/312129978/channeling-choice-providers-help-patients-address-emotion-money
Clearly, the Institutes of Medicine and other governmental entities and academicians are starting to study the impact of SDM in health care. More literature is coming out and the case for actively-involved patients is beginning to be better understood. But it’s a long way till we arrive at the finish line.
Terri is a Senior Partner at Valiant Health, LLC, and founder of Cambria Health Advisory Professionals and a Managing Partner at Quo Magis partners. The thoughts put forth on these postings are not necessarily reflective of the views of her employers or clients nor other Valiant Health colleagues. Terri has had a varied career in health related settings including: 9 years in a clinical hospital pharmacy setting, 3 years as a pharmaceutical sales rep serving government, wholesaler, managed markets and traditional physician sales, 3 years working for the executive team of an integrated health system working with physician practices, 4 years as the director of pharmacy for a large BCBS plan, 12 years of experience as founder and primary servant of a health technology company which was sold to IMS Health in late 2007. She has both a BS and a PharmD in Pharmacy and an MBA.
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