Patient Education on Health Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Quality of Care: Physically and Virtually: A Meta-Analysis
At the height of the modern healthcare system-new methods and uses of data need to be utilized to prioritize our patients and their outcomes. Focusing only on treatment is a mistake, but rather, we should be heavily focused on prevention. The most prominent growing form of prevention we could utilize is patient education and educational outreach programs. These can range from 5 minutes of direct time at a routine checkup, a chain text message, social media posts, and advertisements, etc., and can happen anywhere, at any time. Preventing disease and other conditions we could predispose ourselves to would save money, time, and lives.
