Mobile apps provide a simple, low-cost way to educate patients effectively at the point of care. Here you'll find 4 doctor-recommended patient education apps in action.

1. Point-of-Care Patient Education Apps
Making Patient Visits More Effective

2. Apps Can Make Education – and Visits – More Effective
Many doctors today find themselves with more complex information to convey in
shorter visits. Adding to the problem, patients are famously bad at retaining
verbal information.
Luckily, there’s an app for that–several, in fact. Mobile apps provide a simple,
low-cost opportunity for you to educate patients more efficiently and effectively
at the point of care.
"Mac App Store" image created by Rob Boudon used under CC BY / Resized

3. Boston Scientific’s Pop-Q: Pelvic Organ Prolapse
“Being able to show patients an illustration that’s individualized to their specific
need–you can just see it in a patient’s face when the lightbulb goes off and they
understand, ‘Oh, okay, I get it.’” —Dr. Jeff Livingston

4. DNA Learning Center’s 3D Brain: Neurological Conditions & Effects
The 3D Brain was produced by the DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for the Genes to Cognition Online website, www.g2conline.org, © 2013.
“If you can visualize what’s going on, you can keep going on that path without
cognitive overload. It helps people understand something that is not intuitive, that
you can’t see.” —Dr. Amy Nisselle

5. Orca Health’s Heart Decide: Heart Conditions & Procedures
“...You can touch and interact with the heart, and understand from a visual
perspective exactly what’s going on with a particular condition. And then that
content can be prescribed to the patient via email.” —Matt Berry

6. Epocrates’ modalityBODY: Anatomical Atlas
Educational materials include images and descriptions; doctors can also upload
their own clinical images and annotate them within the app. Drop “pins” onto
images to mark specific locations or structures of interest.

7. Apps in Action at the Point of Care
“If it makes my life easier and the care I provide better, then I’ll do it.”
—Dr. Jeff Livingston
Apps are “fantastic tools for education.”
—Dr. Travis Good
“Patients want to understand what you’re talking about. You’re always
looking for quick, easy ways to educate people in a way they’ll
understand.”
—Dr. Jeff Livingston
“Providers use those tools to educate at the point of care, then actually
email patients links to that same educational content so that they can
view it on their own or potentially share it with caregivers or family. This
is very, very powerful."
—Dr. Travis Good
"Mac App Store" image created by Rob Boudon used under CC BY / Resized

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