Empowering Patients to Change Behavior Using Digital Healthcare Tools

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

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 will explore the critical role of how these digital healthcare technologies can drive healthier lifestyles and improve patient outcomes. Eligible providers can earn up to 1.5 CE/CME contact hours for participating in the live webinar.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this Webinar, participants should be able to:

Discuss how an interactive, family-centered digital health promotion tool can address childhood obesity.
Describe how an AI-supported tool that collects patient-reported outcomes can support positive behavior change for patients with diabetes.
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, Ph.D., R.D.N.

Associate Professor, Chair

Division of Nutrition Interventions, Communication and Behavior Change, Tufts University

Antoinette Schoenthaler Ed.D.

Professor of Population Health and Medicine

New York University Langone Health

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, 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. Continuing education credits will be available for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists/ pharmacy techs, and healthcare executives. Non-physician CMEs will also be available.

Physicians and Physician Assistants
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). AffinityCE is accredited by the ACCME as a provider of continuing medical education for physicians. This activity will provide 1.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

Nurses
AffinityCE is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity will provide 1.5 hours of continuing nursing education.

Pharmacists
AffinityCE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity will provide 1.5 hours of continuing pharmacy education.

Healthcare Executives
AffinityCE is authorized to award up to 1.5 hours of pre-approved American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Qualified Education credit (non-ACHE) for this program toward advancement or recertification in the ACHE.

Other Professionals
All other health care professionals completing this continuing education activity will be issued a statement of participation indicating the number of hours of continuing education credit. This may be used for professional education CE credit. Please consult your accrediting organization or licensing board for their acceptance of this CE activity.

How to Obtain CME/CE Credit
Participants must attend the entire live Webinar and complete the evaluation online to earn 1.5 contact credit hours and obtain a CE certificate. No partial credit will be awarded. A link to the online evaluation system will be provided after the Webinar.

Commercial/Sponsor Disclosure
There is no involvement of commercial or sponsor support for this Webinar series.

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