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Molly Mettler

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PubMed2006

Information therapy: The strategic role of prescribed information in disease self-management.

Imagine this: evidence-based medical information specifically written for and prescribed to a patient with chronic illness, targeted to that patient's specific "moment in care" and designed to help that patient manage his or her illness. Imagine "information therapy" built into every clinical encounter that a patient has with a physician or other health care service. Information therapy is defined as the timely prescription and availability of evidence-based health information to meet individuals' specific needs and support sound decision making. Information therapy is a new disease management tool that provides cost-effective disease management support to a much larger portion of the chronically ill population than is generally reached. This paper is a practical presentation of information therapy, its role in predictive modeling and disease self-management, and its potential for improving the outcomes of chronic care.

Chronic Disease↗
PubMed2003

Information therapy: health education one person at a time.

Targeted and timely health information is a key part of helping patients achieve their behavior change and disease management goals. However, most health professionals rely on inefficient systems (office hours only) and outmoded technologies (mouth to ear) to transfer information to patients. Often, patients are left on their own to track down health information relevant to them. Information therapy, the prescription of specific evidence-based medical information to specific patients at just the right time to help them make specific health decisions or behavior changes, will ensure patients and providers overcome these obstacles. Embedding evidence-based information within the process of care further ensures patients and their families become more knowledgeable and involved in their care. This article outlines what constitutes prescription-strength information, three critical elements needed to deliver information prescriptions, opportunities for information prescriptions within the continuum of care, and the impact information therapy could have on the health education profession.

Decision Making↗
PubMed2002

A consumer-empowered response to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.

Welcome to "Consumer-Centered Care." In this column we examine health care quality issues from the consumer's point of view. Our focus on quality highlights, not only how consumers can find quality providers and quality information, but also how patients can help their doctors provide the best treatments and avoid medical mistakes. We bring you news and views, ideas and opinions on what is right and what is wrong in consumer health. Any practice, procedure, or approach that does not meet the consumer's best interest is open to review. We welcome your comments and suggestions for future discussion. Send your ideas to consumercenteredcare@healthwise.org.

Advertising↗
PubMed2002

The age wave: knowledgeable and demanding and very, very large.

Welcome to "Consumer-Centered Care." In this space we examine healthcare quality issues from the consumer's point of view. Our focus on quality highlights not only how consumers can find quality providers and quality information but also how patients can help their doctors provide the best treatments and avoid medical mistakes. We bring you news and views, ideas and opinions on what is right and what is wrong in consumer health. Any practice, procedure, or approach that does not meet the consumer's best interest is open to review.

Health Services Needs and Demand↗
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A vision for older adults and health promotion.

Our rapidly aging population is expected to place heavy demands on all segments of society, particularly the health care resources needed to attend to health concerns associated with aging. Is this a looming crisis, as some predict, or a challenge to use resources more wisely and to help older adults and their caregivers share in the responsibility for health promotion and chronic disease self-management activities? Community-based organizations serving older adults are uniquely positioned to augment health care providers' health promotion counseling activities and to bridge the gap between the research and practice of health promotion in older adults. They already play a crucial role by providing appropriate health promotion education, screening and referral, service planning, and reinforcement to facilitate self-care activities and behavior changes that promote healthy aging. By increasing teamwork across the network of services for the aging, the health sector, public and private organizations, and academe, there is a great opportunity to enhance the health and well-being of all older Americans.

Aged↗