The Convenient Care Association and SMARTcare, Inc. Partner to Help Clinicians Educate Patients about Self-Care
The Convenient Care Association (CCA) and SMARTcare, Inc. have teamed up to provide CCA member clinicians with a unique tool to educate their patients about how to manage illnesses and conditions. The SMARTcare™ counseling tool provides Convenient Care operators and clinicians with a database of consumer-friendly education on managing common illnesses and conditions, and a reference guide to over-the-counter (OTC) medications to treat symptoms.
Basking Ridge, NJ (PRWEB) August 17, 2010
The Convenient Care Association (CCA) and SMARTcare, Inc. have teamed up to provide CCA member clinicians with a unique tool to educate their patients about how to manage illnesses and conditions. The SMARTcare™ counseling tool provides Convenient Care operators and clinicians with a database of consumer-friendly education on managing common illnesses and conditions, and a reference guide to over-the-counter (OTC) medications to treat symptoms.
“This tool can enhance the already high-quality health care provided by convenient care clinics across the country,” says Tine Hansen-Turton, CCA Executive Director. “SMARTcare can help clinicians teach their patients how to take better care of themselves and their families after they leave the clinic.”
Ken DeBaene, SMARTcare Chief Marketing Officer explains, “SMARTcare is a unique digital platform designed to advance the promise of accessible, affordable, quality health care at convenient care, retail, and worksite clinics.” Clinicians can access SMARTcare at the point-of-care to get straight-forward, actionable patient education materials and detailed information on OTC medicines. Clinicians can print take-home sheets with practical ‘after-care’ information and preventive steps that patients can follow at home.
The SMARTcare tool is now available to CCA members on the organization’s new CCA Clinician Community portal, an online community and education platform for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and other health care providers working in the Convenient Care setting and beyond. "The CCA Clinician Community portal will assist our clinicians in having access to the most current clinical and quality information available to them," said Lisa Loscalzo, immediate past President of the CCA.
SMARTcare educational content is provided by The Foundation for HealthSMART Consumers™, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the mission of empowering a new generation of health care consumers to maintain their health, prevent illness and deal with minor ailments as they arise. The Foundation leads a social program to engage health care consumers through information and education that enables their confident activation. According to Jon Comola, Executive Director for The Foundation, “the content we provide to SMARTcare is aligned with our mission and will improve the ability of consumers to take an active role in their health and their care.” For more information, please visit www. healthsmartconsumers. org.
About the Convenient Care Association
The Convenient Care Association is a national non-profit organization comprised of leaders of the retail-based convenient care industry. CCA members operate more than 95 percent of the Convenient Care clinics in the United States, which today includes over 1,200 clinics in 31 states. All CCA member clinics adhere to Quality and Safety Standards and are certified or accredited through a third party. For more information or to find a clinic near you, please visit www. ccaclinics. org.
About SMARTcare Inc.
SMARTcare, Inc. is a firm offering innovative programs and integrated solutions to educate health care consumers. The SMARTcare platform enables wellness education, health promotion and condition management information for patients, and supports the mission of empowering patients to make informed choices about their health care. The company’s core programs offer point-of-care, point-of-coverage and point-of-benefit solutions, and include SMARTcare™ Professional, SMARTcare™ Living, SMARTcare™ Savings, SMARTcare™ Connects and SMARTcare™ Benefits.
Headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ, SMARTcare, Inc., partners with The Foundation for HealthSMART Consumers™ and works in conjunction with other leading health care associations to secure quality content. For more information on SMARTcare™ Professional and other initiatives designed to activate health care consumers, contact SMARTcare, Inc. at 1-800-918-4011 or on the web at www. smartcaremedia. com.
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