| Have you ever wondered how you can build a | | | | more personalized, efficient consultations |
| better rapport with your weight loss surgery | | | | - improve risk management by |
| patients? | | | | tracking patient participation, enhancing informed |
| Do you think your website can adequately | | | | consent documentation, and delivering consistent |
| educate your patients about their procedures and | | | | education messages every time to every patient |
| follow-up treatment? | | | | - expand your marketing |
| Do you and your staff spend too much time | | | | opportunities by adding more interactivity to your |
| explaining the same things to your patients over | | | | website, providing potential patients with |
| and over? | | | | on-demand information about surgical procedures, |
| Educating bariatric surgery patients is a sensitive | | | | and allowing you to contact prospective patients |
| issue that can have a significant impact on the | | | | who have registered on your website with a |
| patient/surgeon relationship. From experience, we | | | | follow-up call or email. |
| know how time-consuming and frustrating this | | | | Info-Surge online educational programs can |
| process can be for a busy practice. You need | | | | supplement your patient care with accurate, |
| more time to operate, but tasks such as | | | | detailed information about each procedure, |
| organizing educational seminars and answering | | | | follow-up care, exercise, and nutrition that patients |
| dozens of phone calls can consume much of your | | | | can review at any time. As an Internet-based |
| and your staff’s time. | | | | service, patients have access to it anywhere an |
| Have you ever wondered how other bariatric | | | | Internet connection is available. You and your |
| surgeons utilize the power of the Internet to | | | | staff can easily monitor patient progress by |
| educate their weight loss surgery patients in a | | | | viewing reports of patient activity, including quiz |
| fraction of the time? How do they handle long | | | | results that test comprehension of medical |
| waiting lists? Do they use third parties or hire | | | | information about procedures. |
| more staff? Are they using a tool that is available | | | | Do my bariatric patients need to have advanced |
| to you? | | | | computer/web skills? |
| Info-Surge online patient education is the key | | | | Your patients do not need to possess advanced |
| Educating your weight loss surgery patients is | | | | computer/Internet skills to take advantage of |
| easy and affordable with Info-Surge online | | | | Info-Surge online learning. A survey of 3,200 |
| education! With Info-Surge, you can deliver | | | | patients (unpublished data) revealed that weight |
| personalized, consistent, and accurate medical | | | | loss surgery patients are usually computer literate |
| information about your patients’ upcoming | | | | and web savvy; however, even patients who are |
| procedures. The Info-Surge online patient | | | | not computer literate were very satisfied with |
| education system is a self-paced learning | | | | online patient education as a means of learning |
| experience that includes interactive e-learning | | | | about their medical care. Info-Surge programs are |
| courses, downloadable materials, quizzes, surveys, | | | | patient-friendly and simple to operate. As Internet |
| videos, and much more. Patients access the | | | | access becomes more common and medical |
| system directly from your website. Info-Surge | | | | practices increasingly use EHR (Electronic Health |
| can save you valuable staff time and resources | | | | Record) technologies, online patient education is |
| while ensuring that each patient receives | | | | gaining popularity. Your bariatric patients can view |
| comprehensive education about his or her surgical | | | | your customized online educational programs from |
| procedure. | | | | their homes, your office, or from any remote |
| Is online patient education intended to replace all | | | | locations connected to the Internet. It’s that |
| of your educational seminars and in-person | | | | simple! |
| consultations? Of course not! But supplementing | | | | Conclusion |
| these traditional educational activities with the | | | | You can start saving time and money with the |
| Info-Surge system can: | | | | affordable Info-Surge online patient education |
| - enhance patient care by | | | | system now. There is no hardware or software |
| empowering patients to take more responsibility | | | | to buy, load, or maintain, and the system is easy |
| for their health and providing them with | | | | to use. If you would like to learn more about |
| easy-to-understand information that they can | | | | online patient education for your bariatric surgery |
| view anytime and share with their loved ones | | | | patients, please view a demo here: |
| - save time by decreasing the | | | | Register no later than July 30th for your free |
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