Patient Counseling for EBPs
Support and engage patients in discussions about lifestyle changes and community resources.
We have collected awareness-raising tools and resources that can help you with patient counseling strategies.
We support our healthcare providers to screen patients regularly and have the tools to effectively refer and link patients to appropriate community-based resources and social services.
Setting Patients Up for Success
Referrals to the HUB are most effective when introduced as a trusted extension of the care team. A clear, confident introduction that sets expectations and encourages participation increases the likelihood that individuals engage, enroll, and benefit from services. In short, how the referral is framed plays a critical role in outcomes.
This resource provides simple talking points to help providers introduce HUB referrals clearly and effectively with patients. How a referral is presented plays a critical role in whether individuals engage with services.
What Referral Partners Should Know About the HUB
This resource answers common questions about referring individuals to the HUB, including what services are available and how barriers like cost, transportation, and access are addressed. It highlights how the HUB supports individuals beyond the referral by providing personalized navigation, enrollment assistance, and ongoing follow-up to ensure meaningful connection to services.
Optimizing Your EHR for Diabetes Prevention
This informational handout provides suggestions and guidance on how to use your electronic health record (EHR) and technology to improve the care you provide patients with prediabetes. Functionalities will vary depending on which EHR system
(and/or version of that system) you use. You may need to share this information with others in your health care organization to determine how to best use your EHR for diabetes prevention.
AHA Diabetes Management Resources
A successful treatment plan is one that your patients will follow. This guide and flyer emphasizes developing a treatment plan with all patients with type 2 diabetes and their caregivers first to improve their chances of successfully starting and continuing guideline-directed management and therapy.
Guide to Talking about Falls Prevention with your Patients
We know that behavior change is difficult. Traditional advice and patient education doesn't always work. When talking with a patient, applying the Stages of Change model can help you match your advice about fall prevention to your patient’s stage of readiness. This can also be applied for other chronic disease prevention and management programs.
Health Literate Care Model
The Health Literate Care Model integrates health literacy into every aspect of care by encouraging organizations to assume that all patients may have difficulty understanding health information and consistently use clear communication, confirm understanding, and support informed decision making. By embedding these practices into routine care, the model helps improve patient engagement, self management, and overall health outcomes.
Supporting Patients Adversely Impacted by Health Disparities
These resources help clinicians strengthen patient conversations by integrating social drivers of health into routine care and aligning communication practices with evolving CMS and Joint Commission expectations for patient centered, whole person care.
Provider Fact Sheet
Managing a chronic disease can be complex and frustrating...for you and your patients. Give them the tools they need to improve their health. Recommend a self-management education or physical activity intervention and help your patients take charge.
Exercise Is Medicine: Patient Handouts for Physical Activity
Being active can prevent many health problems. Click below to access links to various handouts geared for your patients and serves different ages and health conditions. They are written in both English and Spanish.
Exercise is Medicine: Prescribing Physical Activity
Exercise is Medicine's 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines available in a prescription format that clinicians can fill out and give to their patients.