Patient coaching volume 2

17.07.2012 17:00

This volume forms a coherent work with “Patient Coaching Volume I”. While the first volume deals with the basics of patient coaching, the second volume focuses on medical contexts, navigation in our healthcare system as well as legal and ethical aspects of patient coaching. Both volumes complement each other with regard to the four areas of competence of a patient coach, namely methodological competence, social competence, professional competence (understanding of medical contexts) and field competence (orientation in the health system), as well as related questions

JN Weatherly | K. Meyer-Lutterloh | R. Pourie

Technical and field expertise, quality assurance, training recommendations, checklists

Series of publications by the German Society for Citizen-Oriented Supply Management (DGbV)

With contributions from:

A second focus is on contributions intended to promote quality of care, cost-effectiveness, patient safety and transparency in patient coaching. Primarily training recommendations for patient coaches, which provide for modular, usually part-time training for patient coaches with different levels of qualification: basic qualification, special training and the possibility of a bachelor's degree course. For the first time in this volume, checklists for the classification and success measurement of patient coaching offers are published, with which the quality of structure, processes and results can be made verifiable, transparent and comparable using indicators. The book contains numerous suggestions and working principles for anyone who is interested in the implementation and quality assurance of patient coaching as a success factor in health care management.

ISBN 978-3-9814519-2-4,
Softcover, approx. 300 pages, approx. 50 partly colored illustrations,
39,80 €

The book is available:

a. for the book trade at eRelation AG – Content in Health, the publisher of “Monitor Healthcare Research”. [email protected] or

b. directly via Amazon

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