Information therapy is a healthcare term describing the timely prescription and availability of evidence-based health information to meet individuals' specific needs and support sound decision making.
Information therapy works by engaging the consumer in the process of care. Unlike health information which a patient or family member may find on an open website like webmd or yahoo, information therapy is providing plain language evidence based medical information to a patient at the exact time that a patient needs it to help them in their health care process. an example would be when a person who leaves a doctor's office is provided an after-visit summary of instructions on how they can take care of their ailment at home. Information therapy may be prescribed by a clinician, (i.e. nurse, doctor or other health professional), by an electronic system in a medical institution (i.e.an electronic medical record), or consumer-prescribed.
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