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Engaging patients and families in patient care has been called a necessary condition for the redesign of the health care system and may be perceived as mandatory for the 19th century delivery of health care. For example, progresses in surgical care made possible for more patients to survive severe clinical conditions, but most of these patients are been discharged sooner and sicker from hospitals [1-3] transferring the responsibility for patient care to patient’s families. Further the development of life support technology increased the possibility for patients to remain at home despite been in a fragile health condition or requiring constant care. To respond to these demands of care patients and their families must be empowered and work in straight collaboration with the healthcare providers. Patient engagement has been defined by WHO [4] as the process of building the capacity of patients, families, careers, as well as health care providers, to facilitate and support the active involvement of patients in their own care, in order to enhance safety, quality and people centeredness of health care service delivery [2]. Engagement involves partnership which demands mutual trust, honesty, respect and loyalty as well as a strong attitude towards sharing information, decisions and responsibilities [3] and is focused and organized around the health needs and expectations of people and communities rather than on diseases [4]. Therefore, levels of patient engagement must be adequate to each patient and to each situation. Carman [5] proposed a model for patient engagement that was developed in conjunction with patient and family representatives. In this model engagement is perceived in a continuum that is defined by how much the information flows between patient and health providers, how involved patient are in shared power and responsibilities, in decisions making in health organization and in policy making. Factors influencing the adequate level of engagement include individual factors i.e. patient’s vulnerability (e.g. cognitive impairments; health status), level of education and health literacy, wishes and motivation to be involved [6]. Nevertheless, those are not reasons to deny patients and families the opportunity to be part of patient care. There is a growing evidence that engagement is associated with improvement in an extensive range of health related outcomes [7,8] reduce of health costs, quality of life and patient safety [9]. Despite the recognition of patient engagement as a value for the quality of care, there`s still a long and challenging way to run to allow that most patients become activelyengaged in managing their own health (for example, more than half of Americans are not active involved in their health care [10,11]. In fact, many health providers underused strategies to promote patient engagement [11]. The most common health-provider barriers include:

Engaging Patient: Let's Talk about How Health Providers Can Do it Right