Empowering Patients to Change Behavior Using Digital Healthcare Tools

Event Date: July 17, 2025 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm ET

Event Materials:

  • Presentation Slides (PDF, 3.38 MB).
  • Q&A (PDF, 232 KB)

Description:

Empowering patients to take an active role in their health is key to driving meaningful and sustainable behavior change. By using tools like clinical decision support (CDS) systems, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platforms, and mobile health apps, healthcare providers can engage patients in managing chronic conditions and making informed decisions about their health. AHRQ’s expert panel explored the critical role of how these digital healthcare technologies can drive healthier lifestyles and improve patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss how an interactive, family-centered digital health promotion tool can address childhood obesity.
  • Explain how using a standards-based CDS tool for blood pressure management has the potential to improve outcomes by empowering and engaging patients.

Speakers:

May May Leung

May May Leung, Ph.D., R.D.N. 
Associate Professor, Chair
Division of Nutrition Interventions, Communication and Behavior Change, Tufts University
David Dorr

David Dorr, M.D., M.S.
Chief Research Information Officer, Co-Director Center for AI-Enabled Learning Health Science
Oregon Health & Science University

Moderator:

Kevin Chaney

Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.
Senior Advisor for Dissemination and Innovation
Division of Digital Healthcare Research, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement

Eligible providers can earn up to 1.5 CE/CME contact hours for participating in the live webinar.

If you have questions, please contact DigitalHealthcareResearch@ahrq.hhs.gov.