Our self care guides are written for use by consumers (your customers): patients, parents, health plan members and communities. They are available in both English and Spanish.
The set contains:
- 81 adult care guides
- 95 pediatric care guides
- OTC Dosage Tables
- 160 supplemental images
Each care guide is structured to include:
- A Symptom Definition including symptoms, causes, safe return to school/work
- Supplemental photos and images to support symptom visualization
- Decision Chart
- Home Care Advice
- References
- Search Words
The content also includes a CSS (cascading style sheet) to support content framing. |
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Worthy of Note
In a survey of patients and parents who were given access to our Symptom Checker on their provider’s website:
- 52% indicated the self care guides helped them avoid calling the doctor
- 23% stated the guides helped them avoid referencing a book or Internet
- 97% stated the home care advice was clear
- 99% indicated they would use the Symptom Checker content again
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The content is available in a variety of formats: MS Word, rtf, 1-page html, 3-tabbed html, MS Access and xml.
Our typical clients: hospitals, physician practices, health plans, patient and consumer portal developers, healthcare organizations and retailers. |
