People make choices every day that affect both their short- and long-term health. Making these decisions can be significantly impacted by many factors, particularly their level of “health literacy.” Health literacy is a commonly used term that defines the extent to which someone can find, understand, and use ...
November 2021 Improve Outcomes & Engage Patients In today’s complex healthcare environment, it’s more important than ever that patients are active participants in their health care and management. A proven method to improve the patient-provider dialogue and partnership is to activate patients with trustworthy education ...
October 2021 Tools to Mitigate Medication Nonadherence Medication adherence can have a more direct impact on patient outcomes than the specific treatment itself, yet nonadherence is a pervasive issue in the US. We dig into the “whys” of nonadherence, how health education can mitigate these ...
September 2021 Meet Magnet-Based Requirements with Patient Education Solutions Video education is an effective medium to spark dialogue, promote patient understanding and ultimately support improved patient outcomes. Whether seeking initial Magnet Recognition or working on recertification process, integrating patient education videos into your practice is ...
July 2021 WebMD Acquires The Wellness Network, Expanding Point-of-Care Services to Health Systems and Hospitals The Wellness Network is excited to announce that we are now part of the WebMD Family! Through this acquisition, we are now part of the largest health information services and ...
NEW YORK, NY, July 20, 2021 -- WebMD Health Corp., an Internet Brands company and a leader in health information services for physicians, other healthcare professionals, and consumers, today announced that it has acquired The Wellness Network, a multiplatform company focused on point-of-care, video-based patient education ...
The world today is flooded with health information—and too much of it is poor quality. Health care professionals are used to confronting patients who have been steeped in questionable health information from Dr. Google or social media sites, making the task of providing reliable and evidence-based medical information ...
It will be years before we get the full picture of the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on American society, but a few things are already clear. The pandemic revealed what public health experts have been talking about for years: our healthcare system does a good job in delivering acute ...
Pewaukee, WI May 6, 2021 – The Wellness Network, a national leader in actionable patient education and engagement, announces a content licensing partnership with DailyBreath, LLC, a cloud-based SAAS company located in Clifton, Virginia. The DailyBreath mobile app provides patients with respiratory conditions, like asthma, with a daily, personalized ...
June 2021 FOCUS Program Uses Video Education to Promote Vital Screenings St. Joseph’s Medical Center - Dignity Health is working to increase HIV and hepatitis C screenings in the community and ...