Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Hartmans Patient Experience | The Health Coaching Disparity_ Transforming Lives and Beyond

10 Jul 2024 · 0 min

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A brief excerpt from a talk by Aaron Hartman, MD describing why health coaching was added to a clinical practice after observing a clear disparity in patient outcomes: some patients experienced dramatic improvements (lower blood pressure, reduced cholesterol, remission of long COVID and chronic fatigue) while others struggled with basic adherence and daily routines. The speaker frames health coaching as a response to these divergent trajectories.

One of the reasons we add the health coaching onto the practice was we saw a disparity between patient outcomes. We saw one group of people that were killing it, who coming in and, like, blood pressure dropping, their cholesterol's dropping, their chronic fatigue is gone, their long Covid remission. It's just like, great outcomes. Another group of patients were, like, just struggling, like, how do I take my pills, how do I take my supplements, how do I make breakfast?