title: Health coaching: a new and exciting technique to enhance patient self-management and improve outcomes.
abstract: Health coaching is quickly emerging as a new approach of partnering with patients to enhance self-management strategies for the purpose of preventing exacerbations of chronic illness and supporting lifestyle change. Medicare is now pilot testing this approach for patients with congestive heart failure and diabetes. With acute care hospitalization an outcome of great interest to us all, health coaching is an exciting technique worthy of consideration by home health providers.
authors.affiliation: OUTCOMELogics, Inc., Winchester, TN 37398, USA. melinda@outcomelogics.com
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huffman
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D019468:Disease Management; D006040:Goals; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology