Patient-centered healthcare, a cornerstone of the new healthcare reform law, means physicians and other healthcare providers must provide more “user-friendly” care. Medical jargon may confuse and overwhelm patients, causing them to misunderstand prevention and treatment instructions and experience adverse outcomes.
The teach back method, where physicians ask patients to re-call or repeat the instructions they were just told, is one strategy to ensure patients understand how to keep themselves healthy.
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