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The Power of Words in Healthcare: A Patient-Friendly Lexicon. Top 10 List #WordsDoMatter Project

Society for Participatory Medicine

The use of this trendy word skyrocketed several years ago and has led to start-ups, tools, apps, workgroups, behavior change strategies, research studies and mission statements (among other things) all focused on this topic, without a consistent definition of what it actually means. community practices). “I Patient Engagement.