ACCESS^SM: Patient Education On-Demand

Efficient patient education can reduce recovery time, minimize errors and improve clinical outcomes resulting in higher patient satisfaction.  To be effective, hospitals must go beyond simply providing educational materials.  They must use media and delivery methods that facilitate and maximize its benefits across their entire patient populations.  The ability to deliver prescribed, scheduled and/or patient initiated health education at the bedside provides hospitals with significant freedom and flexibility. This advanced method of on-demand education delivery can be customized to meet each hospital’s unique education objectives.

PATIENT EDUCATION HOSTING FEATURES:

Patient and Staff Friendly

• Simple, Easy Menu Design and Navigation
• Videos Categorized by Disease State
• Prominent Display of Video Descriptions and Running Time

Flexible and Efficient Delivery

• Personalized, Scheduled Delivery
• On-Demand Play and Full VCR Funtionality
• Virtually Unlimited Multi-User Access
• Room/Unit-Specific Messaging

Effective Tracking and Reporting

• Automated, Patient-Specific Reporting of Viewing and Testing
• Flexible Design of Comprehension Questions by Video
• Sort and Print Reports by Patient, Unit, Category or Video  

PATIENT EDUCATION HOSTING BENEFITS:

IMPROVED COMPLIANCE
Provide personalized, scheduled delivery of disease-specific education.  In-room access allows multiple teaching sessions and can reduce the need for repetitive nurse intervention frequently required for adequate patient understanding. The constant availability afforded by a centrally stored education library will improve staff and patient-initiated utilization. Patients and family members can access education videos multiple times on their own, improving the rate and level of comprehension.

INCREASED EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY
Digital hosting and full VCR functionality supports the ever-changing and hectic hospital environment by allowing convenient viewing without holding up treatment or tying up valuable professional time. Without burdening the nursing staff, tracking and documentation are made easy with printable patient-specific reports for medical records.  Integration with electronic health records provides automated documentation of teaching sessions completed.

IMPROVED PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND COMPREHENSION
Digital imaging provides sharp and vibrant images so patients will better enjoy the learning experience. Patients, family members and caretakers can view videos multiple times at their own pace and on their own schedule. Comprehension questions allow staff to assess and document patient understanding of presented information. 

SUPPORTS JCAHO AND OTHER REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
Patient activity and comprehension are tracked in a custom database that is easily viewed, sorted and printed by patient, unit, category or video. Without burdening the nursing staff, tracking and documentation are made easy with printable patient reports. Nursing staff can be kept up-to-date on patients’ completion and understanding of required education and information through real-time alerts or with on-demand reporting.