Engage Dementia Patients and their Families to Make Better Decisions
Published on Wed May 17, 2017
Ensuring that the right people make medical decisions is the goal of capacity determination. Especially for patients with dementia, better patient engagement means better health outcomes and a simpler decision-making process, says Lesley Kadlec, a patient engagement expert and director of Health Information Management Practice Excellence for AHIMA. Engaging patients makes it simpler to determine capacity. “It’s easier to notice [...]