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Patient Engagement: The
Key to Better Outcomes?
Diane Blum, MSW
Julie Rosen, MMHS, Schwartz
Center for Compassionate
Healthcare
Linda Bosserman, MD, City of
Hope
Gena Cook, Navigating Cancer
Agenda
Diane Blum, MSW
Patient Engagement Defined
Julie Rosen, MMHS, Schwartz Center for
Compassionate Healthcare
A Practice Example & Lessons Learned
Linda Bosserman, MD, City of Hope
Clinician & Practice View
Gena Cook, Navigating Cancer
Technologies Role in Patient Engagement
Patient Engagement: The
Key to Better Outcomes?
Patient Engagement Defined
Diane Blum, MSW
Defining the “Engaged Patient”
• Activated, informed, participatory, empowered
• 500,000 results in search
• Leonard Kish: If patient engagement were a drug, it
would be the blockbuster drug of the century and
malpractice not to use it.
• Patient and family are communicating with health
care team; they are collaborating in their care; they
are understanding their clinical choices and
decisions; member of the team
What Do We Know from Patients?
Alston C et.al. IOM 2012
What Do We Know from Literature?
• Extensive body of literature that shows engaged
patients
– Are more satisfied with the care they receive
– Quality of life measures are improved
– Often experience better health outcomes
– Reduction in costs
What Do We Know from Experience?
• Patients must manage own care as a result of
advances in medicine and changes in health care
system
• Patients and families are managing drugs, wound
care, rehab protocols, lifestyle changes, major
financial challenges
• Influences of access to information
• The stresses of integrating cancer and its treatment
into life: managing medical, emotional, social,
financial consequences
Challenges to Patient Engagement
Complexity of care
• For the patient
• For the clinician
• For the system
For the Patient
• Crisis of cancer and unprepared for dealing with it
• Emotional consequences of anxiety, vulnerability,
unpleasant uniqueness, sense of being out of control
• Lack of assertiveness because of situation and
character trait
• Health literacy and individualized information needs
• Financial barriers
• Cultural norms
For the Clinician
• Time!
• Lack of training in communication
• Influences of age, gender, training
• Mismatch in expectations resulting from culture,
language, assessment of informational needs
• Discomfort in discussing poor prognoses,
psychosocial and emotional issues
System Level Challenges
• Fragmentation
– Multiple physicians, multiple teams
• Unclear assignment of responsibility
• Hindrance of records
• Now new models of care and reimbursement
So Far
• Defined engagement
• Discussed why it is important
• Defined barriers
• Next: how to engage patients in real world practice:
what is required, what are tools for it, what are
barriers?
Patient Engagement: The
Key to Better Outcomes?
Patient Engagement:
A Practice Example & Lessons
Learned
Julie Rosen, MMHS, Executive
Director, Schwartz Center for
Compassionate Healthcare
Compassionate Care- Essential Characteristics
• Relationships based on empathy, emotional support, and
efforts to understand and relieve the patient's distress and
suffering;
• Effective communication within interactions, over time, and
across settings
• Respect for and facilitation of patients’ and families’
participation in decisions and care;
• Contextualized knowledge of the patient as an individual
within a network of relationships at home and in the
community
Good Caregiver Communication is Associated
with:
• Increased patient and family
satisfaction
• Improved clinical outcomes
• Improved adherence to
treatment recommendations
• Reduced readmissions and
lower spending on diagnostic
testing
• Fewer malpractice claims
Consumer Focus Groups (Oct 2013- Jan 2014)
Two groups each in Minneapolis, New York City, Boston:
• Two groups women 45-65, 3+ doctor visits, at least 1 ER visit
or hospitalization in past year, half were family caregivers
• Two groups women 18-44, 1-2 healthcare interactions in past
year
• One group men 40-60, 3+ doctor visits, at least 1 ER visit or
hospitalization in past year
• One group men 25-39,1-2 healthcare interactions in past year
What is Important to Patients?
• Knows your name and something about you
• Smiles, looks you in the eye
• Listens, doesn’t interrupt, nods head, doesn’t rush you,
respects your time, doesn’t look at computer screen
• Touch – reassuring hand on shoulder, touch on arm
• Asks questions about non-medical issues (“like a friend”)
How Do You Want to Feel in a Doctor’s Office?
Most Important Elements*
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Conveys information in a way you can understand
Always involves you in decisions about your care
Listens attentively to you
Treats you as a person, not just a disease
Shows respect for you and your family
Spends enough time with you
Communicates test results in a timely and sensitive manner
Expresses sensitivity, caring and compassion for your
situation
Most Important Elements*
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Considers the effect of your illness on you and your family
Comfortably discusses sensitive issues
Strives to gain your trust
Gives you hope, even when the news is bad
Strives to understand your emotional needs
Shows respect for your cultural and religious belief
*Tested in our 2010 national poll of 800 recently hospitalized patients and 500 doctors
What Can You Do to Promote Active Patient
Engagement and Promote Compassionate
Healthcare?
As a Healthcare Leader
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Hire wisely
Highlight best practices, share stories
Create a PFAC
Involve patients and families throughout the institution
Peer support group
Provide information to patients; seek their advice
Use technology in a patient + family centered way
As a Caregiver
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Tell them what to expect
Listen, do not interrupt
Do not use medical jargon
Ask how they would like to be involved
Report test results quickly
Empathize and be human
Do not let time be an excuse
Patient Engagement: The
Key to Better Outcomes?
Clinician & Practice View
Linda Bosserman, MD, FACP
Clinical Assistant Professor
City of Hope Medical Group
[email protected]
Clinician and Practices Perspectives
Meaningful
Use1, 2,3
ICD10
Guidelines
Pathways
Plan Pilots
IOM
Quality
Report
EMR Use
Compliance
Audit Threats
Quality Measures
Limited $$$$$
PQRS
5 Star
Medicare
Expectations
Family/Friends
Knowledge
Clinical Trials
Data vs
Information
Media
Hype
End of Life
Survivorship
HEALTH
Caregiver Perspective
• Balancing Many Demands
– Patient, Payer, Quality metrics, Billing/Collection, Funding,
Documentation, Value Based Care Needs, Time Limits
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• Patient Engagement CRITICAL for Care & Outcomes
– Engaged Patient necessary for decisions and compliance to
achieve best outcomes
• Patient defined outcomes: cost, toxicity, outcome, and
satisfaction (Family, Friends and Internet also weight in!)
• Payer wants best value: least cost for best health outcome
• TEAM needed: standardized care plans and management
Fully Engaged Patient Necessary for Best Outcomes
• Patient’s preferences important in treatment planning
• Patient/family need to actively participate in treatment
management:
– Prompting to report toxicities
– Understanding and compliance to regimen and toxicity
management
– Care coordination and navigation needs: differ by age,
resources, geography, understanding, outside support
• Patient/family need to actively participate in
survivorship phase: follow up, co-morbidities, diet,
nutrition, exercise, screening & prevention
• Patient/family need to actively engage at End of Life
Patient Reported Data Critical
• New Patient Intake Forms or Networked EHRs
• Patient reported outcomes during therapy critical
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Check Med List: what drug, dose, frequency?
Interval Care Reporting: Hospital, ER, Other for CA/other?
Prompted Standardized Toxicity List
Advanced Care Planning prompt
Other Requests
• Treatment Plan, Treatment Summary
• Education requests
• Move from Paper to Tablets/Internet for Satisfaction
– Chart by Positives only or NO CHANGE preferred
Prompted Standardized Toxicities:
• Four domains:
– Physical, Emotional, Social, Financial
– Collect prompted list of toxicities
– Ensure address all symptoms and side effects
– Use toxicities as Review of Systems
– Minimizes suffering AND interval ER and Hospital
– Meet Quality Metrics of IOM and Compliance
– MANY TOOLS but what is usable & meets multiple goals?
» NCCN thermometer
» NCI CTC List, PROMISE program
» FACT questionnaires, Edmonton Symptoms ???
– Move to electronic capture, EMR entry, MD validation
– Reportable Outcomes per Regimen and Co-Morbidities
Developing the Best Tool
• Lots of Tools
• Can’t ask for 10 questionnaires
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ESAS: Eadmonton Symptom assessment tool
FACT: depression, toxicities, etc
Meaningful use
NCCN distress thermometer: what do I fix???
• NCI translated the CTC into patient language
– Validated, extensive measures in all domains
– Partners to MD NCI CTC
• Works for standard care and TRIAL care
• Standardized so everyone becomes familiar with it
Patient Feedback on 5 Page Paper Report
• ONLY WANT TO DO IF WE DEMONSTRATE WE USE IT!
– Patients don’t like long paper survey of what doctors need
• Meds, Interval care, 39 Toxicities, Others
– BUT with education and IF CLINICIANS USE DATA
• They get it, they come prepared with form or do in portal
• Want it to be customized and faster:
– Prompt past Medication List for checking
– No Change option, Grade only the positives
– Note what they want to talk to doctors about vs
» Chronic or What they are comfortable treating
– Sophisticated want it on line, do ahead of clinic
– Some need help by MA and come without documents done,
language, age and literacy challenges
Clinicians NEED Engaged Patients for Quality
• IOM Recommendations are Comprehensive
• Quality Reporting Measures are Comprehensive
• Patient Needs and Expectations are Comprehensive
» PILOTS NEEDED TO IDENTIFY
» BEST TOOLS, PROCESSES, ANALYTICS
» To Improve Patient Health & Satisfaction
» WITH THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE
Patient Engagement: The
Key to Better Outcomes?
Technologies Role in Patient
Engagement
Gena Cook
CEO, Navigating Cancer
5 ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL PATIENT ENGAGEMENT
Athena Health Whitepaper 5 Elements of a Successful Patient Engagement Strategy February 2014
HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION
requires patient-centered care & analytics
HEALTH IT
INCENTIVES
PAYMENT
REFORM
HITECH Meaningful Use
ACO’s
Bundled Payments
Medical Home
Hospital Re-admissions
COST &
QUALITY
INITIATIVES
CONSUMERISM
IN HEALTHCARE
Shifts in costs
More transparency tools
ASCO’s QOPI
COA Patient Satisfaction
Commission on Cancer Accreditation
NAVIGATING CANCER
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PATIENT PORTALS ARE NOW A CORE PRACTICE SOLUTION
Yet, despite the widespread focus on
ENGAGING PATIENTS & FAMILIES
EMR vendors have no experience or focus
designing for non-clinical users
Navigating Cancer is
EXPERIENCED & SINGULARILY FOCUSED
on delivering services for patients & clinical
users to deliver patient centered care &
engagement
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DEGREE OF ENGAGEMENT
ENGAGEMENT UNLIKELY WITH BASIC PORTAL
MEANINGFUL USE PORTAL
• Health Information
UNDERSTANDING
• Secure messaging
TREATING
• CCDA • Patient Education
MONITORING
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A ROBUST PLATFORM
TO ADDRESS PRACTICE & PATIENT NEEDS & OPPORTUNITIES
PYSCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT & COMMUNITY
DEGREE OF ENGAGEMENT
PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES
CLINICAL TRIALS
SURVIVORSHIP
ORAL ADHERENCE
PATIENT INTAKE
NAVIGATION
REMINDER (VISIT, MEDICATION, ETC)
CORE PATIENT ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM
• Patient & clinic Meaningful Use portal
Education • Profile page
UNDERSTANDING
• Secure messaging • Calendar
• Resources • Basic Daily Check-in
TREATING
• Patient
MONITORING
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PATIENT EXPERIENCE
A COMPREHENSIVE, PERSONALIZED, COMPREHENSIVE EXPERIENCE THORUGH CARE & BEYOND
UNDERSTANDING
TREATING
MONITORING
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WHAT PATIENTS SAY
Patients are “very likely” to…
Navigating Cancer Survey, 2014
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MEDICATION ADHERENCE & EDUCATION
The right info, at the
right time, appended
to the patient’s health
record, delivered
from their clinic
9-16% increase in time
on therapy at 6 months
60-80% Read
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PATIENTS
ACCESS TO HEALTH
RECORDS, PATIENT
COMMUNITY & TOOLS,
SECURE MESSAGING
EDUCATION/AD
HERENCE
DATA
PROVIDERS
ENGAGEMENT
ENGAGEMENT WILL TAKE TIME & FOCUS
MESSAGING
REPORTING
EDUCATION
REPORTING
SURVIVORSHIP
CLINICAL
TRIALS
REMINDERS
CARE
MANAGEMENT
(PATIENT REPORTED
OUTCOMES
+MOBILE)
ANALYTICS
REAL TIME ALERTING
ACTIVATION SCORES
BEVAVIOR
REPORTING
NAVIGATION
NURSE INTERVENTIONS
PATIENT CENTERED
CARE
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IMPROVED OUTCOMES & LOWER COSTS
through patient engagement & care management
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