The document discusses patient education and considers health literacy from both the professional and consumer perspective. It notes that while the internet has empowered consumers, the lack of training means most cannot properly interpret health information online. Effective patient education requires considering topics like critical thinking skills, knowledge dissemination activities, and readability levels. Emmi Solutions is presented as a tool that can help simplify healthcare information to make it easier for both patients and providers to understand.
1. PATIENT EDUCATION
THE KEY TO SUCCESS
Pauline Zarling RN, BSN, FNP Student
December 15, 2014
2. “There was a time when scholarly health
information was found only in printed Journals,
textbooks, and brick and mortar libraries…..The
caveat is that the Internet has empowered
consumers to take ownership of their health
but without the benefit of advanced education
and training to interpret the meaning of most
of the information (Sewell & Thede, 2013).”
3. In an attempt to provide patient education,
there are many different things to consider
• Health Professional Information and Health
Literacy
• Critical Thinking
• Knowledge Generation
• Knowledge Dissemination Activities
• Health Consumer Information and Health
Literacy
• Readability.
7. Emmi Solution Mission: They believe that
people are the key to better healthcare and
have designed tools to support them. They
simplify the process, making care easy to
understand and even easier to deliver.
They’re changing the quality of healthcare,
one interaction at a time.
Emmi works for Hospitals & Healthcare
Providers: They deliver a measureable
return today—helping to drive efficiency,
revenues and satisfaction. They enable
organizations to meet the coming broader
challenge of population health.
