An Elusive Definition and a Discussion

This topic has been growing and has been presented in many other places besides the five references I will present. The topic is “patient e...


This topic has been growing and has
been presented in many other places besides the five references I
will present. The topic is “patient engagement.” The term has
been around since sometime in the 1990s, or maybe earlier, but really
came into full use in 2012. My first exposure to the term was in Dr.
Rob Lambert's blog here. In turn, I blogged about it here.



The definition is very loose

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