Allergists Use Vivacare's Patient Education Service to Improve Allergy Care

Allergists can now use Vivacare (http://www.vivacare.com) to create a customizable health information resource for their patients that includes practical information about allergies, asthma, atopic dermatitis, and anaphylaxis to improve allergy care and patient satisfaction.

Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) May 29, 2009 -- Vivacare (http://www.vivacare.com) enables allergists to create their own online patient education resource. Patients with asthma, and other allergic or immunologic conditions that are looking for health information online, can now receive that information from the source they trust most… their own allergist.

By enrolling for a Vivacare account, allergists receive a practice-branded Online Patient Education Library pre-loaded with patient handouts covering a wide variety of allergic conditions (i.e. allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis), and treatments (i.e. corticosteroids, antihistamines and immunotherapy.) Allergists can further customize the content to better reflect their professional opinion.

The allergy program is part of the FromYourDoctor (http://www.fromyourdoctor.com) patient education service from Vivacare. The FromYourDoctor service enables physicians to easily create their own customizable health information resource for their medical practice, including a Patient Education Library and Patient eNewsletter. The Patient Education Library helps allergists to reinforce key clinical messages and direct patients to reliable online resources.

For instance, James Baker, M.D., an allergist with Baker Allergy, Asthma and Dermatology in Portland, Oregon, uses Vivacare to create an online presence for his medical practice and to provide educational content regarding allergic conditions, such as atopic dermatitis http://www.dermatology.fromyourdoctor.com/oregon/lake_oswego/baker/health/topic.do?title=ATOPIC+DERMATITIS&t=9700.

"Vivacare's goal is to help physicians to educate their patients," says Mark Becker, M.D., founder of Vivacare. "People with rhinitis, asthma, and other chronic conditions seek information about their condition and want to explore possible treatment options. Vivacare is pleased to help allergists provide their patients with resources that are consistent with their professional perspective and personal approach to care," said Dr. Becker.

Allergists that already have a practice Website can supplement it with their new Patient Education Library. Those without a practice Website easily create one using the Vivacare service by publishing staff photos, digital maps, patient forms, and other practice details to their Library.

About Vivacare

Vivacare is a physician-founded patient education company based in Berkeley, California. Vivacare supports the physician-patient relationship by providing medical professionals with the tools to share practical health information with the goal of improving clinical care and patient satisfaction. In addition to its new allergy service, Vivacare has developed educational programs to meet the needs of dermatologists (http://www.findadermatologist.com), neurologists, rheumatologists and primary care physicians.

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