UC-San Francisco Researchers Suggest Medical Assistants Can Offer Effective Health Coaching
Medical assistants who worked as health coaches were effective at improving patients' health, according to a study by UC-San Francisco researchers. The study, which was published in the Annals of Family Medicine, found that medical assistants were successful at helping patients control their hemoglobin A1c and low-density lipoprotein levels, but not blood pressure, when compared with patients who received typical care.
- "Health Coaching by Medical Assistants Effective" (Brown, Medscape, 3/10).