Friday 21 March 2014

Utilizing Patient Handouts The Best Way

By Jaclyn Hurley


The world is changing at a very fast pace thus we also need to come up with strategies to suit the current situations. In the medical and health center many changes are evident from improvement in facilities to new methods of conducting the health process. All these new methods and equipment types help improve the service by making it efficient and effective. Recently, there is the adoption of patient handouts by some doctors to expand their service provision and reach out to more patients.

These are documents availed by various doctors and placed at a strategic, either a website or just in the bookshops and medical libraries. They ensure that the patients get quality service even at the comfort of their homes. If in any case a patient forgets the instructions given, he will just visit the document and retrieve it without having to strain a lot.

One of the main benefits derived from this is the fact that it allows doctors concentrate on more critical issues. Most people tend to visit health centers and units even when they suffer from mild diseases which do not need serious attention. With is though, the doctors will have room to concentrate on patients who need serious attention. The others will make use of the information provided in the handouts.

They also reduce the queues and congestion at the hospitals and other health units. This not only gives the doctor time to think but also helps reduce the spread of airborne diseases. In most health units, all patients are mixed in one place as they await consultation services. This is challenging but the remedy is now at each person's reach.

With these, a doctor will be able to reach out to many patients. With the booklets and doctors contacts, nothing will be impossible because in case of any difficulty or challenge, for example if some part of the handout cannot be understood, all that one will have to do is give the doctor a call for clarity. After a brief clarification, it is goodbye to illness.

The advantage of this is that they can be stored in word or audio form. How good is it to listen to a doctor without having to go to the hospital? This is the advantage patients are getting from this facility availed to them at no cost. For those who are not good with reading, they will still get the service through audio recordings.

It also helps the doctors reach out to a larger region at a reduced cost given that qualified doctors are very few compared to the number of patients utilizing their service. The documents provided in the various websites can be accessed by anyone irrespective of their location. Patients will not have to travel long distances to get the service.

The utilization of this type of materials is not only beneficial to one group of persons but to a variety. It helps both patients and doctors in that the doctors will have time to relax and offer quality service. On the other hand, the patients will get quality, efficiency and economic services. This calls upon each individual to take part in ensuring that its adoption is maximized.




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