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Shared Decision Making & Patient Empowerment In The Digital Age: A Conversation Between A Clinician & Patient Advocate Part 2: Patient Engagement Through Technology (2-Part Series)

Digital health technology can be used in a variety of ways to empower patients. Shared decision making is one patient engagement strategy that may be enhanced using digital tools. In this 2-part webinar series, Dr. Adam Kaplin, MD and Kathy Day, MPA, BA, AA, discuss the potential benefits of shared decision making from the perspective of a clinician and patient advocate. They also discuss how technology may augment this process and explore how digital tools may improve patient engagement and empowerment in additional ways.   

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Kathy-Day

Kathy Day, MPA, BA, AA

Caregiver & Mental Health Advocate in Sacramento, CA; Former Member, Sacramento County Mental Health Board, Active in legislative reform at local and federal levels

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Kathy Day, MPA, currently serves as a caregiver and advocate for a close family member who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2010. She also helps to manage online support groups for families coping with mental illness like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. Ms. Day received her MPA from Brandman University.
Adam-Kaplin

Adam Kaplin, MD, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer, MyMD Pharmaceuticals

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a neuropsychiatrist who cares for patients with central nervous system (CNS) neuroinflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and related MS-spectrum diseases. Dr. Kaplin graduated magna cum laude from Yale University before earning his MD and PhD at Johns Hopkins, where he was a Medical Science Training Program awardee. He went on to complete an internship in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and a residency in psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as the chief resident of psychiatry.
Mark-Tacelosky

Mark Tacelosky, PharmD (OPDC)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Speakers are paid employees and/or consultants for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. 

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