Patient Education

Patient education is the process by which health professionals and others impart information to patients that will alter their health behaviors or improve their health status.

At Better Living Now, we feel education is a major factor in patient success. We have developed a health education website targeting many chronic conditions, such as diabetes, ostomy, urological, and incontinence. We also have education information on breastfeeding and caregiving. Each section has featured categories, and some have an educational video library. We’re always keeping this section up to date with the latest news and our blog articles discuss topics relevant to each condition.

We also have a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist and Dietitian on-staff to assist your patients with any questions or concerns they may have!

The value of patient education can be summarized as follows:

• Improved understanding of medical condition, diagnosis, disease, or disability
• Improved understanding of methods and means to manage multiple aspects of medical condition.
• Improved self-advocacy in deciding to act both independently from medical providers and in interdependence with them.
• Increased Compliance - Effective communication and patient education increases patient motivation to comply.
• Patient Outcomes - Patients more likely to respond well to their treatment plan - fewer complications.
• Informed Consent - Patients feel you've provided the information they need. Utilization - More effective use of medical services - fewer unnecessary phone calls and visits.
• Satisfaction and referrals - Patients more likely to stay with your practice and refer other patients.
• Risk Management - Lower risk of malpractice when patients have realistic expectations.