HEALTH COACH

Up to 85% of avoidable health costs and most disability are due to health behaviors. Fortunately there are some brief, best practice approaches for engaging at-risk individuals and facilitating better health. Compared to traditional patient education or popular health coaching approaches, validated approaches consistently deliver better patient-level outcomes in real-world health care settings... In health coaching, like any health care field, best practices are defined when trained and credentialed specialists review the clinical research and define effective interventions. Practitioners are then trained in these approaches and practitioner knowledge, proficiency and adherence to best practices is measured. This was the process used to develop and validate the Registered Health Coach (RHC)® program... The Registered Health Coach (RHC) program is the first health coaching credential grounded in the science of health behavior change and learning. The RHC program was developed in..