Summary: Dr. Rick Botelho, professor of family medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, discusses collaborating with health coaches and the impact that has on his practice, patients' responses to this new blend of treatment and the direction that health coaching is headed. Dr. Botelho, along with Dr. Edward Phillips, founder and director of Harvard Medical School's Institute of Lifestyle Medicine and Margaret Moore, CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation, described how health plans and disease management companies can enhance physician involvement in health coaching during a May 15, 2008 webinar, Driving Improvements in Health Coaching Outcomes Through Physician Collaboration and coordination.
