Patient Education Management Archives – February 1, 2006
February 1, 2006
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Tracking the changes and deletions of written materials over time
Written materials are a key component of the teaching process. They provide a way for patients and family members to take home the information from lessons taught verbally by a clinician. -
Guidelines trigger teaching points, use of resources
To remind clinicians of teaching points to cover on various diagnoses and health care issues, the patient education committee at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, ME, initiated the creation of teaching guidelines. -
Measuring the value of patient education
Patients are being urged to assume more responsibility for the state and care of their health. Preventing illness and controlling its effects when it does occur requires optimum patient participation. Over the last few years, hospitals have developed and implemented a number of programs to educate and support patients and their families. -
Community interventions aid self-care, prevention
A program designed to prevent emergency department (ED) visits and readmissions for chronically ill older adults sends nurse case managers from Valley Health in Winchester, VA, into Virginia's northern Shenandoah Valley to assist clients with special health needs.