In collaboration with the British Association of Day Surgery, EIDO has started to adapt a selection of its patient information leaflets to incorporate elements of the Enhanced Recovery Programme.  The programme is about improving patient outcomes and speeding up recovery, and EIDO is pleased that its information can contribute to the programme’s success.
Ten leaflets have been converted so far, with a further seven to follow shortly.  For more details, and to find out how the INFOrm4U library can help your organisation, please email info@eidohealthcare.com or call 0115 878 1000.

EIDO is delighted to announce that its informed consent patient information library has been fully endorsed by the Royal College of Surgeons.  The following is a statement from the College:
The Royal College of Surgeons has teamed up with EIDO Healthcare to promote patient consent and communication through the endorsement of the EIDO library of 300 detailed surgical information leaflets.
The leaflets, which are used by around 40% of NHS hospitals, are designed to be used alongside a consultation to help patients consider the risks, benefits and alternatives to procedures in order to make informed decisions about their treatment. They can also [...]

Over the past three years, EIDO has received hundreds of emails from patients offering their feedback on the INFOrm4U patient information library.  The word cloud below was created from the (nearly) 300 comments collected so far.  The larger the word, the more frequently it appears in the feedback.
With words such as informative, useful, excellent and helpful all featuring prominently, EIDO is pleased that its informed consent library  is not only serving the needs of its hospital customers but, just as importantly, the patients who read it every day.

AboutMyHealth.org - Experience. Learn. Share.
AboutMyHealth.org, the hugely successful patient information site, has been revamped and now hosts EIDO’s new patient experience forum Your Journey; so named to capture the three key elements of a patient’s surgical pathway: their experience, what they have learnt from it, and sharing that with others.
Combining the best parts of the existing site with www.patientfeedback.org, patients will be able to get information about conditions, procedures and vetted websites as well as engaging with other patients to share experiences, information and get support about living with a condition or recovering after surgery.
The site also contains the evidence-base behind the INFOrm4U informed [...]

Statement from the President
“Timely, high quality patient information is fundamental to the quality and safety of modern surgery. By adequately preparing patients and providing them with realistic expectations, there is ample evidence that patients feel better informed and more empowered to play an active role in their recovery. Alerting patients and their carers to key warning signs can also facilitate the early detection of unanticipated complications and is crucial to ensuring safety once the patient has left hospital.
Advances in surgical and anaesthetic techniques, combined with increasing recognition of the hazards associated with excessive hospital dependency, have resulted in the vast [...]

With around 25,000 people dying every year as a result of a blood clot, reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) has become a major national priority for the NHS.
EIDO has developed a VTE patient information leaflet to be given to patients as part of their VTE risk assessment. Developed in conjunction with EIDO’s clinical authoring team and the Plain English Campaign, this important new leaflet has only strengthened EIDO’s reputation as the UK de-facto standard for quality patient information.

EIDO Healthcare enjoyed another outstanding exhibition at ASGBI 2010, with many member surgeons taking up the offer of personalised EIDO leaflets for use in their private practices.  Significant interest came not only from UK surgeons, but also as far overseas as India, France and Kuwait.
The main star of the exhibition, however, was EIDO’s giant Operation game, which proved a hit with both consultants and trainees alike.  After three days of frenzied competition, trainee Caroline Bagley was crowned ‘the fastest surgeon in the West’, and will shortly receive a Nintendo Wii and Wii-Fit.
EIDO looks forward to ASGBI 2011 in Bournemouth!

EIDO has added 3 new leaflets to its Translation Service…

The EIDO team were pleased to meet former Health Minister Lord Darzi at the 2010 Arab Health Conference.  Lord Darzi, who has pioneered many surgical technologies and techniques, was keen to discuss some of the challenges facing the NHS, including the issue of valid patient consent.  He showed a particular interest in EIDO’s informed consent patient information leaflets, and recommended that it ‘keeps up the good work’.  This is certainly what EIDO intend to do, with now almost 300 leaflets in its patient information library, INFOrm4U.

Here at EIDO we are always keen to get into the festive spirit now that Christmas is just around the corner!  So we are pleased to announce that we are now offering 30% and 50% discounts on our newly-accredited be INFOrMED training resource.  Please contact us for further details.