Increase patient satisfaction and improve HCAHPS scores
IBM Micromedex® Medication Essential Fact Sheets (MEFS) are consistent, brief, easy-to-read medication education handouts that help patients understand: - The name of their medicine MEFS are available in more than 2,600 titles in both English and Spanish. A subset is available in 13 languages.
- Why they are taking the medicine
- Possible side effects of the medicine
Benefits
Better patient comprehension
Provide easy-to-read medication education solely focused on the most critical, need-to-know facts for patients.
Support a focus on improved outcomes
The easy-to-understand MEFS can help increase outcomes and improve patient satisfaction scores for medication education-related questions on the HCAHPS.
Avoid financial penalties
Poor survey scores can lead to loss of income, while higher scores from greater patient satisfaction (from clear medication instructions) may result in incentive payments.
Multiple integration options
Easily integrate into most electronic health record systems as well as the Micromedex® CareNotes® application for current CareNotes clients.
Multilingual support
The fact sheets are available in more than 2,600 titles in both English and Spanish with a subset of the most common medications available in up to 13 languages.
Three reasons to use Medication Essential Fact Sheets
Achieve high-quality results through improved communication
Increase revenue
Save time
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Sample of Micromedex Medication Essential Fact Sheet in English
Sample of Micromedex Medication Essential Fact Sheet in Spanish
Sample of Micromedex Medication Essential Fact Sheet in Chinese
Testimonials
“ We’ve seen a major improvement on patient satisfaction scores in the teaching of medication and side effects categories. Our last HCAHPS score saw us score up into the 86th percentile, and we had been as low as the 65th percentile back in January. ”
- Julia Aucion
- Director of Practice, Quality and Research
- UNC REX Healthcare
“ Medication Essential Fact Sheets met all the criteria for being simple, accessible and easy to use at the right time. ”
- Julia Aucion
- Director of Practice, Quality and Research
- UNC REX Healthcare