MediRecords has a growing database of patient education material sourced from Sanoa Health and the NPS. Fact sheets on common questions like Malaria information, Smoking Cessation and Pelvic Floor Muscles are already available for you in the MediRecords Community. If you have your own materials, you can add them to your practise' Library, or even share them to the community for others to benefit from. Have a look at what's already available for your use and rate the content you see to highlight the good and the great.
Resources - Patient Education
In this article, you will learn how to find patient education material to share with patients, rate existing patient education material, and create new patient education articles that can be used privately, or shared with your practice and the MediRecords Community.
To access your list of patient education resources, open the Resources page (click More -> Resources) and click Patient Education.
The Patient Education page displays a summary of the patient education material that is available for you to share with your patient. From this page, you can see who published the article, the category, name, file type, where it is being shared, the community rating and the status.
To Filter the list of Patient Education resources, click Filter to reveal a drop-down list, and select a filter under the headings Scope, Status or Publisher. Or you can select a combination of all three. The type of resources being displayed will have tick next to their name.
To Search for a Patient Education resource, click the Search box, and type in a Keyword from the Name. Press Enterand system will display a list of the closest matches.
To Open an Existing Patient Education Resource, click on the Name to open it in another tab or window (depending on your web browser settings).
If the page does not open, you may need to "Allow pop-ups" from MediRecords in your web browser settings.
To Print or Save a Copy the Resource from your web browser, navigate to your web browsers Menu, (usually in the left or right-hand corner) and click Print or Download.
To Create a New Patient Education resource, click New Patient Education to open the PE import form.
Click to select the Category, Type and Sharing, and type in the Name of the resource.
Click Select File to open a file explorer, and select the file to upload.
Once the file has has been uploaded, the File Name will appear on the PE import form.
*Note: File size must not exceed 1mb, and must be a JPG, PNG or PDF file type.
Once the file has been uploaded, scroll to the bottom of the form and review the terms and conditions of sharing patient education resources with the MediRecords Community.
Click Save to acknowledge and consent to the terms and conditions.
The newly created patient education resource will now be available to you, your clinic or the whole MediRecords Community (depending on how it was shared).
To Edit a Patient Education resource, click the Tick-box next to the name to reveal a list of options. Click Edit Patient Education to open the PE import form.
Update the form with all required changes. To upload a new file, click Select File to open a file explorer, and select the file to upload.
Scroll to the bottom and click Save to apply the changes.
To Preview a Patient Education resource, click the Tick-box next to the name to reveal a list of options. Click Preview to open the resource in another tab or window (depending on your web browser settings).
You can remove patient education resources from your list by changing the status. Deactivating a resource will remove it from your list, but will still be available to all other parties that it is shared with. Deactivated resources will still be available by using the Filter in the Patient Education summary, and selecting Inactive under the Status heading.
Deactivated resources can be Activated again, and will then be available in your resources list once more.
To Deactivate a Patient Education Resource, click the Tick-box next to the name to reveal a list of options. Click Update Status to reveal a drop-down list, and click Deactivate to move it to your list of Inactive patient education resources.
To Reactivate a Patient Education Resource, navigate to the list of Inactive patient education resources (click Filter > (Status) Inactive to switch to the Inactive list).
Click the Tick-box next to the name to reveal a list of options. Click Update Status to reveal a drop-down list, and clickReactivate to move it to back to your list of Active patient education resources.
To Update the Status of Multiple Patient Education resources, click the Tick-boxes next to the names to reveal a list of options. Click Update Status to reveal a drop-down list, and click Deactivate or Activate.
This process is the same for both Active or Inactive patient education resources.
To Print a Patient Education resource, click the Tick-box next to the name to reveal a list of options. Click More to reveal a drop-down list, and then click Print to open a print preview.
Check to make the sure the page is going to the right printer Destination, select Layout and Color if required, and then click Print.
To Delete a Patient Education resource (that you have created), click the Tick-box next to the name to reveal a list of options. Click More to reveal a drop-down list, and then click Delete to permanently delete the resource.
Click Yes to acknowledge the resource will be deleted.
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