X-Plain’s Advantages - What Makes Us Different?
There are many publishers of authentic health information. Some are developed in-house or are sponsored by pharma; others are available on the web or provided by other commercial organizations. What make X-Plain unique among its peers are its:
- Usability and Accessibility
X-Plain is designed for all patients and health consumers regardless of their educational level, ability, or familiarity with computers. (Learn more about how X-Plain can be used by people with low literacy, no computer experience, visual impairments, etc.)
- Evidence-based Educational Strategies
X-Plain is developed by educators based on evidence-based theories of learning, decision-making, and behavioral modification. (learn more)
- Built-in Evaluation Components
X-Plain evaluates a patient’s comprehension of X-Plain tutorials and provides metrics regarding the use and impact of your patient education efforts. (See what gets documented.)
- Up-to-date Authentic Content
X-Plain includes authentic, up-to-date, unbiased, and balanced content. (learn more)
- Breadth and Depth
X-Plain includes the largest library of interactive multimedia software for patient education. (statistics)
- Track Record
X-Plain solutions have been around since 1995. Our products keep evolving to reflect the best practice solutions of our clients. (See a list of our clients and partners.)
- Ease of Implementation
X-Plain can run from the Internet and from computers not connected to the Internet. (Learn more about our implementation options.)
- Flexible Integration
X-Plain uses standard technology in order to make it easily integrated with our partners’ clinical software and electronic medical records. (Learn more about our
flexible technology.)
- Branding Options
You can brand X-Plain with your organization’s logo. (Learn more about our
branding and marketing options.)
- Customer Service
Our products come with standard services such as automatic updates, documentation, and phone support. We also offer many customization services. (learn more)
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"It [X-Plain] also allows our patients to repeat the information over and over where as they may be to embarrassed to tell a staff member that they are not understanding what is being said verbally to them from one of us."
Nancy Sloan, RSTC RN Kaiser Permanente.
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"Multimedia appears to have the potential to provide patients with the appropriate conditions for learning. Furthermore, the patients' responses to information and questions can provide evidence that they understand the instruction, a key requirement in the new JCAHO accreditation requirements."
L. G. Doak Teaching Patient with Low Literacy Skills.
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"... eight authors [out of 13] reported that knowledge presented by computer-based patient education methods resulted in improved clinical outcomes when compared with traditional patient education methods [the other 5 studies showed equal gains]."
D. Lewis Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 6(4): 272-82.
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