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About Triple i and the iSelect Program
About Krames
About Patient Select
About the HealthSheetsTM
Collection and Disclosure of Information
Copyright Information

About Triple i and the iSelect Program

Triple i, a division of MediMedia USA, has been a leading provider of in-office practice-related material for more than 25 years. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals continue to ask for Triple i materials because of our quality, service and experience in the industry. We remain committed to providing the most effective products and most efficient service for you and your practice.

iSelect can provide you with a complimentary supply of practice management tools from Triple i's integrated suite of in-office products. The customized supply of tools give you the opportunity to select the right combination that meet the needs of your practice and your patients. Our products offer a variety of personalization options, the highest degree of customer service, and leading educational content to help you manage your office and care for your patients.

For more information on Triple i and the iSelect program, visit the Triple i website. or call Customer Service at (866) 295-9244.

About Krames

For more than 30 years, the healthcare industry has relied on Krames for patient education. Designed to support health literacy, Krames’ evidence-based, peer-reviewed products help doctors and nurses in hospitals and private practice educate patients quickly, easily and more effectively than any other health information publisher. Krames’ expertise also extends to a wide variety of patient education products for public health, pharmaceutical companies, health plans, disease management companies, schools, employers and more. For more information, please visit the Krames website.

About Patient Select

Patient Select is an internet based Patient Education Solution providing the medical staff accessible and understandable material for the patient. This innovative product is the newest practice-related tool in the iSelect product suite. By logging onto the site, the medical staff is able to easily locate and print HealthSheets™ that cover 17 common health conditions. The HealthSheets™, created by Krames, can be printed as needed to provide educational material to serve each patient.

About the HealthSheetsTM

Patient Select provides you with nearly 100 print-on-demand Krames HealthSheetsTM covering 17 health conditions commonly seen in the physician’s office. Krames is the market leader in patient education, with more than 30 years of experience producing and marketing patient education products to hospitals, physicians and health plans:

Over 300,000 healthcare professionals choose Krames patient education.
Krames products are found in over 80% of U.S. hospitals.

Accurate Evidence-Based Content

Krames follows a rigorous four-stage development process to ensure medical accuracy of its evidence-based content.

Stage 1: Determining market need and conducting research Krames products are research based. A full-time library staff compiles information from government institutions; academies; current medical, health and safety journals; conferences and scientific sessions. Lay literature is also researched to help identify what the general public already knows.
Stage 2: Content development All Krames content is created in conjunction with medical experts, and is developed to meet current practice guidelines and standards of care of leading medical organizations. Experienced consultants provide the authoritative voice behind content throughout the development process. Content specialists with extensive experience in specific subject matter may also be called upon to help refine information.
Stage 3: Science and usability review Before Krames content is put into circulation, it is submitted to 8 to 15 practicing specialists who review for consistency with practice standards and factual accuracy. They also ensure content reflects the patient experience. A review team can include experts in several disciplines. For example, breast cancer content is reviewed by breast cancer specialists, oncologists, radiation oncologists, nurses and breast reconstruction surgeons.
Stage 4: Ongoing review/updates To assure content continues to meet market needs and adhere with specialty practice guidelines, it is regularly reviewed and updated.

Superior Content Design to Support Health Literacy

Krames integrates Doak, Doak & Root Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) methodology to ensure the accessibility of education by the end user. SAM evaluation criteria covers six areas:

Content: Krames' behavior-based approach goes beyond medical facts and empowers patients to take a more active role in their care and recovery. The purpose of each product is clear to the patient and the scope is limited to information that helps achieve this purpose.
Literacy demand: Krames' content is developed at fourth- to eighth-grade reading levels, using readability scales such as FOG and Fleisch-Kincaid. Experienced medical writers expertly explain complex medical concepts in plain language.
Graphics: Illustrations are used to reinforce key messages visually. Krames’ award-winning anatomical artwork is produced by highly-trained illustrators who hold Masters of Arts degrees in medical illustration. Other graphic elements are sometimes used in conjunction with directions. For example, nutrition titles describing how to read food labels show a sample label.
Layout: The HealthSheets give equal weight to words and pictures, so readers gain a clear understanding of conditions, procedures and treatments. Visual cues such as boxes, shading and colored text emphasize key points.
Learning stimulation and motivation: Various learning models are used to teach patients how to make lifestyle adjustments and successfully manage their conditions. In addition, Krames’ materials address the conflicting emotions that arise with an injury, diagnosis or chronic health condition. This helps individuals get past their fears and build necessary self-care skills.
Cultural appeal: Krames HealthSheets feature a variety of illustration styles to appeal to multiple audiences. Ethnically diverse models in familiar settings help make information personally relevant to readers.

Collection and Disclosure of Information

Website Registration: We collect the demographic information that you provide about you and your practice when you register to use Patient Select and/or when you update your member profile. We use the information you provide to provide your medical practice access to the Patient Select website and HealthSheet™ patient education materials, and for website development purposes. We will not disclose your personal data to other organizations.

Use of Cookies: Cookies are a feature of your web browser that allows web sites to transfer bits of information to your computer for record-keeping purposes. A cookie stored on your computer can be used to "remember" things like your password, or that you have already registered. Patient Select may use cookies on its websites. This allows us to speed up your future activities, saving the time you would normally spend entering information such as your password or registration. In addition, cookies may be used to uniquely identify the user or to retrieve user information for promotional or marketing purposes.

Disclosure of Aggregate Information: Patient Select may provide aggregate information to third parties. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of users of our website and the frequency of use of the HealthSheets. We require parties with whom we share Aggregate Information to agree that they will not attempt to make this information personally identifiable.

Copyright Information

No part of this publication and/or software may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the prior written permission of Triple i.