Reduce Disparities in Care for Patients with Knee Pain

Social determinants can have a significant impact on health outcomes—and outcomes for patients with knee pain are no exception. Some patients make the decision to live with knee pain until it gets so unbearable that they can no longer work, drive, or walk comfortably. Often these patients are unaware of the irreversible consequences of putting off treatment and the impact it may have on their ability to earn a living.

You can help reduce disparities in care with the new
Patient With Knee Pain Outcome Guided Engagement® (OGE®)

This OGE bundles together FREE resources for you and your patients that help reduce unnecessary variability in care. The Shared Decision Making Tool is designed to facilitate conversations with patients who may be unaware of the long-term impact of their disease. In terms that matter to the patient, the Shared Decision Making Tool provides a visual projection of outcomes reflective of your patient’s treatment choices. This includes the repercussions if your patient chooses to do nothing.

The Shared Decision Making Tool uses visuals for more effective counseling with low-literacy patients and can be used by anyone on staff with experience counseling patients.

Once you and your patient decide on a treatment plan, you can use the patient resources in the OGE to support your plan. All resources are evidence-based and adhere to CMS health literacy standards.

The OGE can be easily integrated into your EHR system or your organization’s website so the resources are available within your clinical workflow, right at the point of care. Just click the box next to a resource, and you can print out the resource, email it to your patient, or send it to the patient’s portal.