# Help Patients Actively Participate in their Care: Pearl of the Month Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562/help-patients-actively-participate-in-their-care-pearl-of-the-month Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562/help-patients-actively-participate-in-their-care-pearl-of-the-month.md Podcast: [AMA STEPS Forward® podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562) Published: 2026-03-25T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/pages/podcast Audio file: https://afp-935244-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/f079d768-31cc-4266-9c0e-5ad0bb14c2e2/episodes/8a3f3d4f-7b35-4367-80e4-ddc3477dd363/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=f079d768-31cc-4266-9c0e-5ad0bb14c2e2&awEpisodeId=8a3f3d4f-7b35-4367-80e4-ddc3477dd363&feed=2tSAHdU6 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562/episodes/help-patients-actively-participate-in-their-care-pearl-of-the-month Duration seconds: 123 ## Resource Access the transcript for this episode: https://bit.ly/48L3Rua Explore the Health Coaching Toolkit: https://bit.ly/4cdA9At Explore the Integrating a Health Worker into Team-Based Care: https://bit.ly/4tYMPS7 Follow STEPS Forward on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/steps-forward-linkedin A health coaching program can improve outcomes and will benefit both patients and clinicians. The coach amplifies a physician’s recommendations and communicates in a way that patients can understand and follow. Engaged and motivated patients are more likely to manage their health better. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562/episodes/help-patients-actively-participate-in-their-care-pearl-of-the-month/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562/help-patients-actively-participate-in-their-care-pearl-of-the-month.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.