Help Your Patients Make Better Health Decisions

The Patient Education Package features the Healthwise® Knowledgebase, an award-winning collection of 5,500+ topics and 1,000+ illustrations spanning over 40,000 pages and covering all medical specialties. The Knowledgebase is the featured content on WebMD, and is also licensed by Kaiser Permanente, MSN, the MIT Healthcare System, and numerous other well-known organizations.

About the Healthwise® Knowledgebase

Developed with the explicit goal of helping patients make better decisions, the Knowledgebase was developed to be:

  • Easy to understand
    Written for patients free of heavy medical jargon
  • Decision-Focused
    Written specifically to help patients make better decisions
  • Reputable
    The sources of the information are from peer-reviewed medical journals and other highly reputable sources
  • Evidence-based
    Where the data exists, information is evidence-based
  • Referenced
    Clearly references the sources from which the information is derived
  • Up to date
    All articles list dates telling when the information was last updated; the entire Knowledgebase is fully reviewed every two years
  • Free from commercial bias
    None of the information development was funded by a commercially interested party

Featuring the Cerner® Multum Drug Reference

The Cerner Multum Drug Reference features up-to-date detailed profiles of over 2,600 drugs. Authored by full-time associates who have no affiliations with drug companies, the profiles are written using a combination of sources. Initial references include the product information/package insert, primary literature and information from standards groups such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organizations (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Physicians and pharmacists review the new information and make any necessary changes; all profiles are reviewed by one or more practicing clinical specialists. Content is verified using secondary references that include standard authoritative medical textbooks and the Multum Expert Review Panel.

Drugs are searchable either by brand name or generic name and are updated regularly.