Foundational Practice Growth Insights™ established a CORE Guiding Principle as Health Literacy, which the World Health Organization defines as: | | “Cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health. By improving people’s access to health information and their capacity to use it effectively, health literacy is critical to empowerment.” | | | |
One attraction of patient centrism is that, like the Hippocratic Oath from 400 BC, it’s always in style. | | | |
While the Hippocratic Oath professes “above all do no harm,” suboptimal QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life Years) outcomes may result when patients and their loved ones lack access to or understanding of research-based information upon which medical decisions should be made. With hearing-related comorbidity education, you are the Subject Matter Expert. That’s the Point.
See the Health Literacy Standard of Care as a reputable guide for those you serve to, of their own volition, practically interpret and apply pertinent aspects of the…
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As dedicated Practice Growth Partners, we strongly support you in doing so by delivering the 3 Cs:
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Concepts, such as our current focus on Educate Well Monthly program.
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Content, featuring our influential Did You Know? comorbidity collection, and most importantly…
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Coaching, which is where valuable experience is shared about how to best Use the Tools.
In pursuit of winning ways, Jim Collins, the brilliant author of books such as Good to Great and Built to Last, describes aspirational Flywheel Effects whereby:
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“Big things happen because you do a bunch of little things
supremely well that compound over time.”
– Jim Collins
| | Knowing team efforts are essential to constructive coaching, our Educate Well Monthly Team Meetings accelerate Flywheel Effects from Using the Tools. Here’s how the “little things” work. | | |
👥 Participants: Ideally, ALL Team Members. Why? Because patients on journeys to well-informed decisions interact with clinicians AND other colleagues. Every caring conversation matters.
🎯 Intention: Getting Well Aligned on the upcoming month’s Did You Know? topic, such as:
- October is Depression, a psychosocial topic extolling Happy to Hear benefits.
- November is Diabetes, a systemic topic closely related to hearing loss incidence rates.
- December is Tinnitus, a complex topic in which optimum hearing contributes to effective treatment plans.
🔁 Frequency: Once per month x 12 months.
🗓️ Timing: Ideally, the last week of preceding month.
⏰ Duration: 30-60 minutes.
📋 Structure:
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Part 1: Review Prior Month
While recognizing clinicians take the lead, encouraging each Team Member to actively participate is wise. In fact, enlightened Practices seize the opportunity for all involved to demonstrate professional growth. Specifically, dialogue centers on:
| | ➡️ Substantive progress in Did You Know? topic familiarity. For example, September’s Risk of Falls. | | | ➡️ How caring conversations have transpired in recent weeks. From constructive challenges encountered to potentially life-changing breakthroughs, teachable moments spark group dialogue on fine-tuning counseling techniques. | | | ➡️ Success Stories being exemplars of how patients and/or their loved ones engaged with educational content. By doing so, improving their health literacy on pertinent topics and gaining access to, understanding and using information in ways that promote and maintain good health. | | | |
Part 2: Discuss Current Month
While next week’s volume will further articulate the breadth and depth of each Educate Well Monthly collection, we begin with this Teachable Trio:
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Pearls of Wisdom: Our proprietary research synopsis with the structured discipline of a research paper:
- Introduction and Public Health Importance
- Key Research Statistics
- Key Research Results and Discussion
- Practical and Clinical Applications
- Research References
| | | Educational Handout with Did You Know? content on the front and intuitively paired back. | | | Let’s Talk: An In Practice reference on In Practice conversations In Your Own Words, and In Community Reference on Physician Referral targeting. | | | See you next week as our Educate Well Monthly Team Meeting primer further discusses Part 3: Q&A, an essential element of getting “the little things” right. | | | | |
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PGI #338 2026-09-16 | Culture is Communication. Do More.
PGI #337 2026-09-09 | Get Motivated, In Practice
PGI #336 2026-09-02 | Breaking Sound Barriers at The Moment of Truth
PGI #335 2026-08-26 | In the Seat. Why & When to Treat.
PGI #334 2026-08-19 | Gain Team Momentum. Learn How To.
PGI #333 2026-08-12 | To Get Strategic with Clicks & Picks. Discover How.
PGI #332 2026-08-05 | Your Clinic is the Classroom
PGI #331 2026-07-29 | Educational Tenacity, Decide to Act.
PGI #330 2026-07-22 | Back to School, Use Educational Tools.
PGI #329 2026-07-15 | Connect Hear™, Start Smart Now.
PGI #328 2026-07-08 | Ready. Aim. Connect Hear™
PGI #327 2026-07-01 | Reward Patients’ Intellectual Curiosity, Connect Hear™
PGI #326 2026-06-24 | Connect Hear™, What’s Trending.
PGI #325 2026-06-17 | From Advocacy to Access, Connect Hear™
PGI #324 2026-06-10 | Advocacy's Outcomes, To What Ends?
PGI #323 2026-06-03 | Speak Up for Advocacy. Get Straight A’s.
PGI #322 2026-05-27 | Physician Referrals: Strategic Planning Guide, Circles of Influence.
PGI #321 2026-05-20 | Guiding Principles, Pearls of Wisdom™
PGI #320 2026-05-13 | CME, Not Just for Me.
PGI #319 2026-05-06 | Better Speech-Language-Hearing Month. Best Time.
PGI #318 2026-04-29 | Effective METHODs, Doctors’ Orders.
PGI #317 2026-04-22 | Targeting Physician Referrals? You've Got Mail.
PGI #316 2026-04-15 | Modeling Physician Referral Methods: 1-2-3
PGI #315 2026-04-08 | AIQ Medical Networking. Deeper Exploration.
PGI #314 2026-04-01 | AIQ. Medical Networking Starts Smart.
PGI #313 2026-03-25 | Your Physician Referrals, Treat to AI Targets.
PGI #312 2026-03-18 | Implementation Science. AI Driven.
PGI #311 2026-03-11 | Implementation Science, The Power of Observation.
PGI #310 2026-03-04 | Hear the Facts & A Closer Look
PGI #309 2026-02-25 | Location, Location & Location. All is Well.
PGI #308 2026-02-18 | “Who Knew?" Applies to Your Practice Too
PGI #307 2026-02-11 | Who Knew? Promoting Practice Identity is So Fun!
PGI #306 2026-02-04 | “A is For Awareness”, Who Knew?
PGI #305 2026-01-28 | Your Customized Practice Brochures. That's the Story.
PGI #304 2026-01-21 | To Boost 2026 Growth, Raise Practice Awareness.
PGI #303 2026-01-14 | Your Educational Funnel. A Transformative Trio.
PGI #302 2026-01-07 | Lobby for Your Patients. Put their Eyes on Education.
PGI #301 2025-12-31 | Big Screens. Let Your Lobby Do the Talking.
PGI #300 2025-12-24 | Better Hearing is Better Healthcare. On Target.
PGI #299 2025-12-17 | Make Intellectual Curiosity Contagious.
PGI #298 2025-12-10 | Get Resolved with Engaging E-Newsletters. Start 2026 Right.
PGI #297 2025-12-03 | Educate Well Monthly E-Newsletters, Your Trusted Voice
PGI #296 2025-11-26 | Your Flywheel Effects, 2026 Momentum
PGI #295 2025-11-19 | The Flywheel Effect, from Good to Great.
PGI #294 2025-11-12 | Joys of Hearing, Holiday Gifts
PGI #293 2025-11-05 | Valuable Advocacy, Lifetime Value
PGI #292 2025-10-29 | Joys of Hearing. Sensible, not Spooky.
PGI #291 2025-10-22 | Golden Years, Taking Care of Ears
PGI #290 2025-10-15 | Healthy Hearing & Better Living. On Purpose.
PGI #289 2025-10-08 | Your Medical Networking, Amplify Impact Well
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