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Assessing the Quality of Information to Support People in Making Decisions about Their Health and Healthcare

Posted on November 1, 2006 by

Good quality health information is essential for greater patient involvement in healthcare. Patients and the public require information that is timely, relevant, reliable and easy to understand. This is an essential component of any strategy to promote health literacy, self-care, choice- shared decision-making, medication adherence and self-management of chronic disease. Patients have many decisions to make about their healthcare and, like all decision-makers, they require information to inform their choices. Reliable information is also essential to help patients understand their health problems and how to deal with them. Continue reading →

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Patient-focused Interventions: A Review of the Evidence

Posted on November 1, 2006 by

Patient-focused interventions are those that recognise the role of patients as active participants in the process of securing appropriate, effective, safe and responsive healthcare. There is a growing belief among policy-makers that patients/citizens can contribute to quality improvement at both an individual and a collective level. Continue reading →