Krames is dedicated to improving health literacy, and we know our customers are as passionate about patient education as we are. Below you’ll find articles and White Papers on patient education, health literacy and emerging trends and technology. Use this free information to help improve your patient education and define health promotion goals in your facility.

• Medication Adherence Interventions

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  The story is in the statistics: 65% of all prescriptions show non-compliance; 33% of all prescriptions are not even filled; medication-related hospital admissions cost $100 billion every year. Yet, studies show that education interventions can be effective in improving adherence. The time has come to use Krames Medication Adherence Interventions triggered by your data to help improve outcomes while lowering costs.




• Clear & Effective Patient Discharge Instructions Pay Off

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  Read how St. Joseph Health System's found investment in Exit-Writer for three urgent care centers improved efficiency and paid for itself within two months.




• Executable Content and Anticipatory Care Management

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  The promise of engaging consumers in their care to improve outcomes, increase satisfaction and lower costs is at hand. Data analysis tools help us predict the future costs of ill people and people likely to become ill in the future. Actionable, behavior-based education is available to be dispensed at the time when your member needs to make a better health care decision. Anticipatory Care Management programs facilitate the use of available data to target high-risk people who can benefit from early intervention. And that can prevent high-cost events. Prevention that not only improves outcomes, but makes a real difference to your bottom line.




• Enhancing the Personal Health Record with Krames Patient Education

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  In the last year alone, great strides have been made toward the adoption of a personal health record (PHR). But health literacy will likely be a significant barrier to the further adoption of PHRs among groups with low health literacy rates. All individuals should be able to readily access, understand and use their personal health information. That is why it is important that the PHR contain not only health record data but also the patient education individuals need to understand this data and its implications for good healthcare decisions. The PHR is a personal health information infrastructure that enables the personal and proactive push of patient education that can significantly improve outcomes.




• Increasing EMR Value with Krames Patient Education

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  Electronic medical records integration (EMR) is on the rise. More and more EMR vendors are gaining a competitive edge by expanding their offering to include patient education. The patient education experts at Krames examine this growing trend to see how it improves member care and your bottom line.




• Health Information Arrays: a Powerful Prescription

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  Information array therapy has the potential to become a powerful tool for consumers, physicians, hospitals and health insurers alike, via an integrated process that enables better-informed people to become more involved in their own care to stay healthier. This informative study explores new and emerging web technology that offers higher quality, more cost-effective health care.