Krames Patient Education - Patient Education Materials Printed & Digital

Krames: Better Education, Better Outcomes

Krames Patient Education uses plain language, engaging graphics and simplified medical illustrations to make healthcare instruction easy to understand for patients and just plain easier for physicians. With Krames, you can deliver multimodal print, digital and video patient education at the point of care, so your patients have a better chance of understanding the diagnosis and following your treatment plan. And that leads to better outcomes, which is what Staywell is all about.

Innovative Digital Patient Content

Easier for everyone

Our award-winning Krames Patient Education allows your clinicians and care team to improve efficiency and deliver interoperable patient education on thousands of topics at the point of care. Our patient education is concise, easy to understand and available in multiple languages to help patients, families and caregivers see better outcomes. And because Krames On-Demand® integrates with healthcare technology from leading EHR providers, we help you meet your regulatory and compliance requirements.

All the delivery options you could want

Regardless of your organization’s needs, StayWell can provide digital solutions that deliver the best patient education where it can improve outcomes the most: at the point of care.

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Krames On FHIR®–our innovative app delivers trusted Krames content at the point of care using SMART on FHIR technologies

Lets clinicians share education to patient portals and communicate with patients right from their EHR
Intuitively suggests patient education content based on patient profile and current clinical encounter
Gives clinicians the ability to personalize patient education
Users can tag their favorite tools and organize folders the way they want for ease of use
Tracks education that’s been shared, and allows care teams to see the patient’s usage of each resource
Available now in the Epic App Orchard and Cerner App Gallery

World-Class Printed Materials

Even in the digital age, there are times when nothing works quite like print. Especially when it comes to helping a patient who needs to take it home to take it all in. For years, Krames has created materials with simplified medical illustrations that have set the standard for printed patient education. Our printed materials are easily accessible, regardless of reading level or language. We even have versions that talk to kids, which is sometimes a whole other language in itself.

Physicians & Patients Trust Krames Print

4,000+ Patient Education Healthsheets™ on wellness topics and information related to diseases, conditions, and procedures for diabetes, cancer, heart failure, dental and more

100 Image only HealthSheets

1,100+ emergency discharge instructions

4,200+ drug information sheets

369 lab tests

All content is available in English and Spanish (more than any of our competitors), with some content available in up to 13 additional languages

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Krames: Better Education, Better Outcomes

Innovative Digital Patient Content

Easier for everyone

All the delivery options you could want

World-Class Printed Materials

Physicians & Patients Trust Krames Print

See MoreLatest Blog Posts

Managing diabetes: High-touch, high-tech collaboration between patient and care team

Between the Lines: Supporting women with diabetes

Avoid sabotaging healthy workplace eating during the holidays

7 incentive strategies to maximize program participation

Employee Spotlight: Jordan Lamar, the energy behind a force of well-being

Employee Spotlight: Aldo Cipriotti, a man on a heartfelt mission

Peaceful state-of-mind: Mindfulness can help with surgical resident burnout

Health Literacy Month: 5 ways to maximize health literacy

7 tips to take charge of your heart health

Myths and facts about the flu vaccine

ISO 27001 Certification: What it means for StayWell clients

Spilling the beans: 4 findings from our well-being program

Well-being program participation drives health risk improvement

6 tips for creating an award-winning health care publication

Back to school: Checklist for asthma management

Employee volunteering benefits well-being and your organization

Show and tell: Reach and teach patients with video-based education

Beating the heat: an employer’s role in preventing heat stress

FHIR has the power to fuel patient engagement

More reasons to put down the e-cigarettes

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Krames: Better Education, Better Outcomes

Innovative Digital Patient Content

Easier for everyone

All the delivery options you could want

World-Class Printed Materials

Physicians & Patients Trust Krames Print

See MoreLatest Blog Posts

FHIR® is the registered trademark of HL7 and is used with the permission of HL7. The Flame Design mark is the registered trademark of HL7 and is used with the permission of HL7.

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