Geri Lynn Baumblatt

Emmi Solutions

Geri Lynn Baumblatt, M.A., is the Executive Director of Patient Engagement at Emmi Solutions. For the past 12 years she worked writers, medical animators, decision scientists, behavior change experts, patients, and clinicians to create a large library of multimedia patient engagement, shared decision making, and behavior change programs that connect with patients, reduce anxiety, and help patients and families understand and engage in their care. Emmi programs have won a number awards such as Freddie Awards, the IHA Health Literacy Award, ClearMark Plain Language Awards, and the 4th Annual Leonard G. Doak Health Literacy Innovator Award. Geri is on the board of the Journal of Patient Experience, a contributor to the Association for Patient Experience, and hosts an annual Health Literacy Month blog series on Engaging the Patient. She regularly participates in health literacy, patient experience, and shared decision making conferences and panels for organizations like AHRQ, Stanford Medicine X, the Society for Medical Decision Making, The Cleveland Clinic, The Beryl Institute, the Health Sector Advisory Council and the Collaborative on Healthcare for Aging Populations and Advanced Illness at the Duke Fuqua School of Business, and the Center for Plain Language