Theme | Detailed idea (number of mentions) |
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Barriers to establishing healthy lifestyles | • Limited access to healthy food (6) • Limited access to exercise options (6) • Health literacy (6) • Multiple competing priorities (4) • Cost (5) • Lack of time to cook well, exercise (4) • Cooking and food storage facilities, homelessness (3) • Motivation (4) • Culture/family (2) |
Features of lifestyle modification program | • In-clinic contact for warm handoff (8) • Community-based program (5) • Cultural, language sensitivity (4) • Economic sensitivity (2) • Education provided pictorially (2) • Physical activity facilitation – pedometer (2) • Incentives to participate (2) • Integrate with PCP for synergy in messaging (3) • Social experience/support, peer network (1) • Help patient set small realistic goals (1) • Makes it easy to keep coming back (1) • Remote component – phone/online (1) • Provide stress management/coping skills counseling (1) • Outcome/evidence based (1) • Scalable/few resources/automated in some way (1) • Identify patient and MD goals – work toward mutual goals (1) |
Reporting of outcomes to primary care provider | • Patient identified goals (5) • Patient’s level of engagement (7) • Biometric data – weight, blood pressure, hemoglobin A1c (6) • Patient’s barriers, red flags that would make success near impossible (6) • Overall sense of progress (7) • How patient relates choices to health outcomes (1) • Food group breakdown versus fat/carbohydrate breakdown (2) • Patient’s action plan (1) |
Integration with primary care | • Quarterly updates (6) • Access and use in real-time with patients (7) • Provider alerts for new data (2) • Display in the EHR: graphical display, access coaching notes, patient goals and barriers (10) • Train ancillary staff to use data with patients (7) • Way to acknowledge receipt (1) |