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A Radiographer explains an x-ray to a coal miner participating in screening. Patient education can include explaining the results of diagnostic tests. Patient education is a planned interactive learning process designed to support and enable expert patients [1] to manage their life with a disease and/or optimise their health and well-being. [2] [3]
Health professionals use online patient education to prepare patients for medical procedures, administer intake and informed consent paperwork, educate patients about health conditions, provide information about preventive care, encourage healthy behavior and lifestyle changes, etc. Health insurance companies use online patient education to inform patients about coverage policies.
Patient Education and Counseling is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering patient education and health communication, especially counseling. It was established in 1979 as Patient Counselling and Health Education , obtaining its current name in 1983.
Vivian Health examines five trends that could redefine nurses' roles, enhance patient care, and alter the entire healthcare system in 2025 and beyond. ... follow-up care, and education helps ...
In the beginning, Healthwise offered printed decision-support and self-care materials for patients. It also publishes the Healthwise Handbook, a handbook with plain-language information and prevention tips on 190 common health problems, which is periodically updated and contains physician-approved guidelines on if and when to call a doctor for the problems it covers.
Interactive patient care (IPC) refers to an approach in health care that places the emphasis on providing entertainment and educational resources to the patient bedside via the in-room TV. However, momentum is growing for IPC to include more patient-facing interfaces such as mobile, Smart TV , and social applications as well as the self-service ...
In 1976, the Patient Education and Counseling journal was founded and the concept of health education began to really take off. [9] It was around this time that it became apparent that if patients are informed about their health, they could improve it through various lifestyle changes. [ 9 ]
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