Health Dialog Unveils Health Crossroads® Member Website
Business Wire, Feb 08, 2010
Multimedia Decision-Support Tool Empowers Patients to Make More
Informed Healthcare Decisions
BOSTON — Health Dialog today announced the Health Crossroads member website, a
multimedia decision-support tool that offers evidence-based healthcare
resources to individuals so they can better understand their conditions,
ask their physicians the right questions about treatment options, and
make more informed medical decisions. The Health Crossroads offering,
available to members as part of Health Dialogs care management
programs, further demonstrates Health Dialogs commitment to Shared
Decision Making providing patients with the knowledge they need to
fully understand their conditions and options and participate more
actively in a decision making process with their physicians.
In the past two years 82% of adults aged 40 have made a medical,
surgical, or screening decision and 54% of adults have made two such
decisions. According to recent research (M. Couper, 2009), those adults
are often making these critical decisions without enough information,
resulting in unexpected outcomes and dissatisfaction with the care they
receive.
Right now many patients are in the dark they dont have access to the
support tools they need to make a well-informed medical decision,? said
Bill Brennan, Senior Vice President, Content Services, Health Dialog.
The Health Crossroads website provides individuals with evidence-based,
reliable content that enables them to be active participants in a Shared
Decision Making process with their doctors and ensures the choices they
make are aligned with their personal values and preferences.?
The Health Crossroads website was designed with specific consideration
of a diverse member population that faces a broad scope of medical
decisions. The multimedia decision-support tool supplies content in a
wide range of formats, including text, video, graphics, and animation,
supporting different learning styles and literacy levels. Site features
include:
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Resources for 28 healthcare topics including surgery decisions,
chronic condition support, and screening/testing -
Shared Decision Making feature videos for each topic that feature
real individuals and physicians describing healthcare decisions and
outcomes -
Short flash videos of patients describing their personal experiences
and physicians and researchers explaining key insights -
Easy-to-understand animations depicting anatomy, disease processes,
and study findings - User-tested design, navigation, and architecture
The new website was recently recognized with an Outstanding Achievement
Award in the healthcare category by the Interactive Media Council (IMC).
The Health Crossroads offering helps individuals gain a clearer
understanding of the health decisions they face and the options that are
available. More informed patients have more productive conversations
with their physicians, make higher quality decisions, and often choose
less invasive treatments. For more information please visit www.healthdialog.com/go/HealthCrossroads.
About Health Dialog:
Health Dialog is a leading provider of healthcare analytics and decision
support. The firm is a private, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bupa, a
global provider of healthcare services. Health Dialog helps healthcare
payors improve healthcare quality while reducing overall costs
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Feb 9, 2010
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