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Patient Engagement

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    How Can a Patient Navigator Help People with Allergies and Asthma?

    Learn about patient navigators and how the AAN’s patient navigator may be able to assist you in navigating the healthcare system.

  • A person holding a smartphone in their hands, looking at the screen. The phone displays various app icons. The background shows a blurred interior of a room with a television and some furniture.

    How Social Media Can Impact Healthcare Decisions

    Allergist Dave Stukus, MD explains how essential it is for people to confirm the information they find online is from trustworthy and reputable sources.

  • A blue backpack with an open pocket reveals three medical items: a red and white inhaler and two epinephrine auto-injectors with yellow caps.

    Allergy & Asthma Network Partners with Backpack Health to Grant Patients Easy Access to Critical Health Information

    The Network announces that it now offers an app for people to keep their medical history and other health information to access at any…

  • A young girl sits on her mother's lap, smiling at a doctor holding a clipboard. The mother, wearing a necklace, is also smiling. They are in a brightly lit room with drawings on the wall and blinds on the window.

    Let Your Kids Do the Talking

    Tips for encouraging children to be active participants with their parents when going to the doctor and “talk freely” about their asthma.

  • A doctor wearing a white coat, face shield, and mask talks to a seated patient in a medical office. Two healthcare workers are seen in the background. Medical equipment and a computer with a scan are visible.

    After the ER: How to Ensure a Safe Transition of Care for Asthma or Anaphylaxis

    Tips for managing your follow up care and emotional well-being after needing emergency care for asthma or anaphylaxis

  • An older man wearing a black suit and white shirt speaks on camera. A caption identifies him as Don Bukstein, MD, an allergist and immunologist at Allergy Asthma Sinus Center, Wisconsin, and a member of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

    Ask the Allergist: The Value of Shared Decision Making

    Dr. Don Bukstein answers the Ask the Allergist question: how can doctors and patients have a shared conversation to determine the best treatment plan?

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Patient Engagement

Allergy & Asthma Network encourages patients to be active participants in their healthcare. We have worked with partners to develop tools to help patients better manage their asthma and allergy care. Learn about the role of patient navigators in helping people understand the complex — and often confusing — healthcare system.

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