Patient Education Holds Key to Better Compliance, Outcomes.

Family Practice News;  February 15, 2001 ;     634 words ...ALBUQUERQUE -- Patient education often gets shortchanged in...Kelly said at a conference on patient education sponsored by the Society of...Academy of Family Physicians. Patient education has been shown to improve...

Amount of patient education in physical therapy practice and perceived...

Physical Therapy;  October 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Patient education, long a function of physical therapists...Physical therapists have important patient education roles in meeting some of the Healthy...evidence of the importance of patient education to the profession of physical...

Structured education: more questions than answers?(structured patient...

Diabetes and Primary Care;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......document Guidance on the use of patient-education models for diabetes (Technology Appraisal...that, from April 2006, structured patient education be made available to all people with...promotion activities (for example, patient education models for diabetes)'. It goes on...

Krames and Parker Hill Associates Announce Release of Exit-Writer(TM) 5.0.

PR Newswire;  October 14, 2003 ;     533 words ......Krames, the nation's leading publisher of patient education products and Parker Hill Associates, developers of Exit-Writer(TM), as part...market leader in wellness, safety and patient education materials, producing over 1,500 titles...

Interactive patient education systems: Industry experts' perspective

Dental Products Report;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......being proposed. That's why patient education has always been critical...look at the computerized patient education systems from CAESY and New Boston.) Benefits "Computerized patient education is a time-saving nearly passive...

In a new element: medical librarians making patient education rounds

Journal of the Medical Library Association;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......whom are trained in searching for patient education information, we were able to develop...2002. The project included making patient education rounds to increase the number of patient education requests coming from the nurses...

A patient education MAP: An integrated, collaborative approach for...

Rehabilitation Nursing;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......home. As a result, they developed a patient education action plan. This multidiscipline...patient's stay, reduces the redundancy of patient education by professionals from different disciplines...during the last 13 years indicate that patient education is a vital component of the ...

Pharmaceutical Brands Balance Patient Education and Direct-to-Consumer...

PR Newswire;  March 20, 2007 ;     430 words ......increasing their investments in patient education without backing off on direct-to-consumer advertising. Patient Education and Direct-to-Patient Communication...com/), contains data from 20 patient education programs across the industry...

The radiologic technologist's role in patient education. (includes CE...

Radiologic Technology;  May 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Patient education is more important today than ever...all health care professionals. Patient education can be defined as a process whereby...Traditionally, the aim of providing patient education was to increase patient compliance...

Patient education in nuclear medicine technology practice

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......second article of a two-part series on patient education. This article builds on the first...unique considerations in providing patient education in the nuclear medicine department...minimize learning barriers. Key Words: patient education; professional practice; radiation...

Patient education: Past and present

Journal, Physical Therapy Education;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT: Patient education has been a part of health care...historical developments of patient education, from telling patients and...is presented. INTRODUCTION Patient education has been a part of health care...

GetWellNetwork, Inc. Launches Patient Education Library, Exclusive Service...

PR Newswire;  July 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the launch of the GetWellNetwork Patient Education Library(SM), an innovative service...ability to review, select and license patient education multi-media materials from industry...other interdisciplinary teams, the Patient Education Library provides the GetWellNetwork...

Patient Education Software.(Products on the market)

Physical Therapy Products;  November 1, 2008 ;     131 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IMPACC USA reveals new Patient Education Software for use in clinics, return-to-wo...wellness or rehab areas. Titles include Back Patient Education, Neck-Arm Patient Education, and Office Ergonomics Patient Education...

Intelligent Medical Objects Links Medical Record Vocabularies to Clinical...

PR Newswire;  October 15, 1999 ;     449 words ......Reference Systems' (CRS) Health Advisor patient education library. CRS offers patient education products that cover a full range of...links IMO has created directly to the patient education library, the IMO datasources and clinical...

Culture and patient education: Challenges and opportunities

Journal, Physical Therapy Education;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......cultural perspective. This approach to patient education requires individualized attention...dynamic. The influence of culture on patient education is discussed, and potential pitfalls...awareness are suggested. CULTURE AND PATIENT EDUCATION One of the most interesting roles...