# Blog

## [StreaMD patients share their stories of inspiration](/content/blog/2017/2/20/streamd-patients-share-their-stories-of-inspiration/index.html)

For the past eight months, StreaMD has encouraged patients to share what inspires them to work hard during their recovery. The anonymous, inspirational messages will be used to motivate other patients recovering from surgery. We didn’t realize how much _we_ would feel inspired by these stories.

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*Kevin Campbell* February 20, 2017  
Tags: [streamd](/content/blog/tag/streamd/index.html), [text messages](/content/blog/tag/text+messages/index.html), [mhealth](/content/blog/tag/mhealth/index.html), [patient engagement](/content/blog/tag/patient+engagement/index.html), [patient inspiration](/content/blog/tag/patient+inspiration/index.html)

## [Why patient satisfaction is not the same as engagement](/content/blog/2017/2/5/why-patient-satisfaction-is-not-the-same-as-engagement/index.html)

Patients are now demanding a larger role in their healthcare, and are expecting a certain level of service from their providers. With the rapidly growing implementation of patient engagement tools, are patients more “satisfied” with the care they are receiving? How does patient satisfaction correlate with patient engagement?

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*Kevin Campbell* February 5, 2017  
Tags: [patient engagement](/content/blog/tag/patient+engagement/index.html), [patient satisfaction](/content/blog/tag/patient+satisfaction/index.html), [mhealth](/content/blog/tag/mhealth/index.html), [streamd](/content/blog/tag/streamd/index.html)

## [Methods to engage your patients](/content/blog/2017/1/9/methods-to-engage-your-patients-1/index.html)

How do we best engage patients? Ultimately, this starts with giving patients the tools they need to understand what makes them sick, how to stay healthy, and what to do if their conditions get worse; while encouraging and empowering them.

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*Kevin Campbell* January 9, 2017  
Tags: [patient engagement](/content/blog/tag/patient+engagement/index.html), [mhealth](/content/blog/tag/mhealth/index.html), [mobile](/content/blog/tag/mobile/index.html), [streamd](/content/blog/tag/streamd/index.html)

## [Why education is not the same as engagement](/content/blog/2016/12/10/why-education-is-not-the-same-as-engagement/index.html)

Why do so many providers focus on patient education? Handing out instruction packets makes us feel like we’re helping to engage patients in their health. Unfortunately, we’re not.

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*Kevin Campbell* December 10, 2016  
Tags: [patient engagement](/content/blog/tag/patient+engagement/index.html), [streamd](/content/blog/tag/streamd/index.html), [mhealth](/content/blog/tag/mhealth/index.html)