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Video & Visuals: A Picture Says a Thousand Words

Sometimes words alone just won’t do. When you want to get your message across to patients, colleagues, coworkers, and others, visual aids are the way to go. They offer a creative and compelling way to express ideas and engage your audience. But locating these resources can take time, a commodity that many of today's case managers and disease management specialists simply don't have. To help simplify this process, Video & Visuals provides links to a variety of promotional and educational resources — from posters and charts to videos and slide shows — to help case managers educate others as well as themselves.

Video & Visuals is a work in progress and submissions are always welcome. If you would like to share a visual aid that you created with other case management professionals, please contact Anne Llewellyn, Editor-in-Chief of Case Management Products, at allewellyn@contexomedia.com.

We are anxious to hear back from you regarding your view of this new site and to better understand how you were able to utilize this site. Send your comments to allewellyn@contexomedia.com and stay tuned for more informational video and visuals!

A Retrospective View on an End of Life Experience

The August/September issue of Case in Point contained an article entitled "A Novel Approach for End-of-Life Care" written by Richard Scott. As a supplement to this interesting topic, you can now view a real-life online video. Young filmmaker Natan Bolnick captures a retrospective look at the life of his grandmother and thanks Kaiser Permanente for the compassionate care of their hospice program. This video was introduced as part of our "End of Life" Series that was detailed in the August/September Issue of Case in Point. Go to www.caseinpointmagazine.com to read the articles.

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[45MB Windows Media File]

Real life Experiences with PAD

If you enjoyed the article "Peripheral Arterial Disease - Coming Out of the Shadows," by Dennis Miller in the August/September issue of Case in Point, be sure to view this video on peripheral arterial disease (PAD). To gain an insightful glimpse into the lives of patients with PAD and learn about the latest treatment, take some time to watch and listen to an informative video from the Retirement Living TV.

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[off-site]

Communicating with your Doctor

One of the key areas that case managers strive to make a difference is in educating and empowering patients. This video from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is an excellent tool to help you empower your patient to make appointments with their physicians more effective and efficient.

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[off-site]