Vivacare Offers Rheumatologists Patient Education Service to Enhance Physician-Patient Communication

Vivacare (http://www.vivacare.com) launches new patient education service to meet the needs of rheumatologists and their patients. Rheumatologist can create their own personalized health information resource with patient-oriented information about arthritis, biologics, fibromyalgia, and more to improve clinical care and patient satisfaction.

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People with arthritis, fibromyalgia and other chronic conditions seek information about their condition and want to explore possible treatment options. Vivacare is pleased to help rheumatologists provide their patients with resources that they trust and which are consistent with their approach to care

Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) May 14, 2009

Vivacare, a company that provides physicians with a variety of Web-based patient education tools, has launched a new service to meet the needs of rheumatologists. Patients with arthritis and other rheumatologic conditions that are looking for health information online, can now receive that information from the source they trust most… their own rheumatologist.

By enrolling for a Vivacare account, rheumatologists receive a practice-branded Online Patient Education Library pre-loaded with over one hundred titles covering a variety of rheumatologic conditions (i.e. arthritis, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis), and treatments (i.e. biologics, NSAIDs).

The Patient Education Library helps rheumatologists to reinforce key clinical messages and direct patients to reliable online resources, such as the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), and Arthritis Foundation. The Library can be further customized with the rheumatologist's own handouts and articles to reflect his or her own clinical voice.

For instance, Akther Kotha, M.D., a rheumatologist in private practice in San Diego, uses Vivacare to create an online presence for her medical practice and to provide educational content regarding arthritis.

"Vivacare's goal is to help physicians to help their patients," says Mark Becker, M.D., founder of Vivacare. "People with arthritis, fibromyalgia and other chronic conditions seek information about their condition and want to explore possible treatment options. Vivacare is pleased to help rheumatologists provide their patients with resources that they trust and which are consistent with their approach to care," said Dr. Becker.

Rheumatologists 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 rheumatology service, Vivacare has developed educational programs for dermatologists and neurologists.

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