About Your Diabetes, a USP electronic product for disease-based management which was produced in collaboration with the American Diabetes Association tells patients with Diabetes what to do and how to do selfmanagement of their condition. About Your Diabetes is a multimedia program that contains over three hours of education on the condition, treatment, selfmonitoring and survival skills needed by patients to selfmanage their diabetes. The program customizes its presentation by age, gender and type of diabetes. It assesses the patients understanding of the material presented and even documents results for the medical record.
MedCoach by USP addresses the problem of noise in leaflets. Everything patients read in medication information sources that does not apply to them is technically called noise. It interferes with their learning. Why should a male read pregnancy and breast feeding precautions? Why do females need to be warned their prostate can be enlarged by a drug when they don't even possess this gland. Historically, printed information for patients has been a "one-size-fits-all" format. MedCoach, fully customizes patient leaflets by printing them from a database available from USP in a stand-alone software package or database version. MedCoach is drug specific, age specific, gender specific and use or indication specific. It is in English and Spanish and provides two literacy levels, standard (10th to 12th grade) and easy-to-read (5th to 7th grade). MedCoach also uses USP pictograms to support its text and intellectually engage patients in the most critical and useful information to them. For more information, click to USP Product Catalog.
Mayo Family Health Disk by IVI Publishing is a CD ROM that supplies general medical information to consumers and selected USP DI leaflets . It contains over 600 megabytes of text, illustration and animations that will assist pharmacists in explaining and teaching patients how to cope with their general health problems. It has an anatomical section that strips away layer of the body to give the pharmacist a visual aid for teaching purposes and presents the patient with pictures that can facilitate better understanding and adherence.
Mayo Family Pharmacist by IVI Publishing is a CD ROM product for patients. When patients want to explore authoritative information about the medications they or their loved ones consume, and they want it in language they can understand, but they want more information than can be found on an abbreviated leaflet, where can they turn? IVI Publishing and Mayo clinic, under a license with USP for the USP DI Volume 2 database, Advice for the Patient, has made it very easy for patients to find the answers to their medication questions, for example: How do I properly instill eye drops? What do the other strengths of my medicine look like? The Mayo Family Pharmacist CD ROM using USP information provides answers to these and many other questions. For more information, click here.
The Total Heart by IVI Publishing is a CD ROM product designed for patients. It can be an important of the educational component role in a pharmacy electing to focus on cardiovascular disease. The disc contains over 600 megabytes of text, illustration and animations that will assist pharmacists in explaining and teaching patients how to cope with their cadiovascular illness. It has an anatomical section that strips away layer of the cardiovascular system to give the pharmacist a visual aid for teaching purposes and presents the patient with pictures that can facilitate better understanding and adherence.
A. D. A. M. The Inside Story is a CD ROM product for patients that is part of an anatomical series which ends in an electronically presented cadaver for medical students. Adam has a female counterpart who is, of course, named Eve. The external anatomy of each model can be culturally modified to represent caucasian, african, asian and hispanic reprentatives in both genders. A series of animations explain complex physiological processses such as how blood clots in a colorful and entertaining manner. Order ADAM online!
BodyWorks by Software Marketing Corporation is a CD ROM or hard drive anatomy product thatis designed for patients. It breaks the body down into component systems such as digestive, cardiovascular, nervous system, and respiratory systems. Many of the illustrations allow animation and even sounds like heart sounds to be presented. As parts of the anatomy are pointed to the appropriate labels appear. Lifestyle issues and frequently asked questions that relate to health issues are addressed as well. by Software Marketing Corporation. Order BodyWorks online!
SmartHeart Edutainment by Harley Street Software, Inc. is a three lead ECG interface for the pharmacist to use in teaching patients about their heart. It presents a wide assortment of heart-oriented educational material and it allows the problems of bradycardia, tachicardia, preventrical and atria fibrulation to be illustrated and recorded as they appear. The chest strap and transponder hooks to the PC by a serial cord.
PharmAssist by Software Marketing Corporation is a drug information program designed for a patient audience. It contains a leaflet-like review of drug information and provides a travel health advisory to consumers. First aid procedures are presented and a section on how drugs work that is complemented by illustration is provided. For more information, click here.
Home Medical Advisor Pro is offered as part of a series of CD ROM tools created by Dr Schueller. It allows patients to explore possible causes of their symptoms and helps to rule in or out possible diagnoses. The pharmacist can use this CD ROM as a guide of how the physician might triage a patient. Order Home Medical Advisor Pro online!
