Knowledge is Power: The Impact of Patient Education on Disease Management

Patient education is known to be one of the most important aspects of patient success with their disease. The more comfortable a patient is with their medication and disease, the more likely they are going to adhere to the appropriate treatment plan set out by their health care provider. 

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To support this claim, our data shows prior to completing the provided educational modules, 49% of patients felt they were very confident in how their asthma medication works. 

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After completing the short education modules within the survey, the number of individuals confident with how their medication works increased to 60%.

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Given this data, it is evident that health care providers need to ensure that they are delivering the proper education to their patients. By providing patients a short education module, this increased their confidence level by 11%. With regular discussions around their disease process with a healthcare professional, this number would likely increase further. With more education, patients will have more confidence and a higher comfort level leading to better management of their disease. In return this will help lessen the strain on our healthcare system.

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