Patient Information

Tailoring patient information to encourage patient engagement

This paper proposes a new method for tailoring health information based on an individual’s dominant attitudes and information processing style which can be digitally operationalized and delivered direct to the patient. This individualized approach is based on principles previously used as the basis for mass-marketing campaigns, including smoking and other public health issues but not previously...

Patient-Reported Outcomes, Patient-Reported Information

Internet communication is developing. Social networking sites enable patients to publish and receive communications very easily. Many stakeholders, including patients, are using these media to find new ways to make sense of diseases, to find and discuss treatments, and to give support to patients and their caregivers. We argue for a new definition of patient-reported information (PRI), which di...

Patient information: Hemorrhoids

INTRODUCTION — Hemorrhoidal disease is a common problem, affecting millions of men and women in the United States. Fortunately, several options are available for patients who experience bleeding, discomfort, or other symptoms, with many obtaining relief with conservative or minimally invasive approaches. Following is a more specific discussion of this common condition, its diagnosis, and treatm...

Patient Labeling Information

Cancer Patient-Specific Prognostic Information

The goal of this project is to develop an interactive, Web-based Prognostigram program for adult patients with newly diagnosed cancer. The prognostic program creates individualized survival curves based on the Cox Proportional Hazards model of survival data from Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) Oncology Data Services (ODS) and SEER*Stat (National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and En...