All of the resources included in our person-centred care resource centre have been reviewed by the Health Foundation. We believe them to be of the highest possible standard but we do not take responsibility for the accuracy of information from third parties.
Information for patients
Written for patients, this helpful booklet by the Department of Health and BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, provides advice and guidance for people about how they can access their records online safely and decide when and how to share them.
Information for patients
This 2-page document is designed to provide patients with information about online records access, answering common questions such as: why you might want to look at your records, whether you can look at your children's or other family members' records, and whether you can share access to your records with someone else.
Information for patients
Designed to provide information for patients, this booklet sets out how patients can take advantage of online records to help them better manage their own health and make tasks such as ordering repeat prescriptions easier. It also includes case studies and examples of different services in London that are already providing online access to improve the experience for their patients.
Information for patients
This first edition of the European Directory of Health Apps (2012-2013) focuses on a range of health applications recommended by patient groups or empowered consumers. The Directory can be searched by the name of the app, the condition it relates to, or by language.
Information for patients
This article describes the challenges that a child or teen with diabetes experiences when making the transition to self-managing. It explores those challenges and some approaches to managing them from the view points of both people with diabetes and health professionals.
Information for patients
This webpage contains a variety of tools that people experiencing long-term pain can use to help them self-manage. Developed by different authors and organisations, the tools include worksheets, diaries, pacing advice and a toolkit.
Information for patients
This one-side sheet suggests a series of questions patients can ask their health professional to help them make a decision about their treatment and care.
Information for patients
This guide is designed for anyone who has health and care needs over time, or cares for someone who does. It is intended to help people to understand what care and support planning is and how it might help, see how care and support planning works; find out about other people's experience of it; and get started with care and support planning.
Information for patients
The Migraine Diary enables people to record when their migraines occur, the level of severity, any medication taken and its effect, and possible triggers. The diary is designed to help people identify if there is any pattern and potentially avoid one or more things that may trigger their migraine attacks. It can also be downloaded as an app.
Information for patients
Breathlessness IMPRESS Tips (BITs) for patients are one of a set of four BITs based on an IMPRESS programme to develop guidance for clinicians, commissioners, patients and researchers about how to improve the care for people botheredby breathlessness. These BITs bring together information about breathlessness and how to manage and how to cope with it, with support from healthcare professionals.