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Promoting Patient Responsibility - Thurston County Chamber

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Setting the Stage<br />

• Good patient rapport: some providers and staff<br />

members are naturals - others must work at it<br />

• Good rapport pays huge dividends especially<br />

when problems in care occur<br />

• Empathetic / honest communications set stage<br />

for good patient - provider relationships<br />

• Rapport building involves everyone from the<br />

front desk to the encounter room to the back<br />

office<br />

Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company 51

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