Exit-Writer: Patient Discharge Instructions

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Exit-Writer™, from Krames®, the Experts in Patient Education and consumer health publishing for over 33 years:

Exit-Writer, from Krames is the original - industry leader for Patient Discharge Instructions. Exit-Writer, from Krames was developed by a practicing board certified emergency physician, making it easy to discharge patients quickly with just the right amount of information covering illness and injury diagnoses, medications, prescriptions, forms, diets, consents and lab tests. Exit-Writer's easy to read and understand instructions are currently used in more than 600 facilities in the US and Canada. Our instruction content is also offered through Cerner, T-System, picis, MedHost, BartCharts and other. Contact us for a reference near you.

For help or to request a web overview on Exit-Writer content development contact us at sales@exitwriter.com or call 800-598-7258.

Krames reaches:

40 million patients annually
80% of hospitals
75% of VA hospitals
1,500 corporations
300,000 physicians and nurses
150 managed care companies
Major pharmaceutical companies
10 International Distributors

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Exit-Writer’s industry leading patient discharge instruction content:

Legible, easy to read and understand with illustrations.
Written by a practicing board certified emergency physician.
Reviewed and edited by Krames and a team of 3,000 medical contributing reviewers.
Five languages translated by Krames’ own in-house highly qualified translators and editors.
Comprehensive content - most instructions print on one page.
Patient-centric in consideration of health literacy design principles.
Designed to speed up patient comprehension and to extend the patient treatment plan into the home.
Written in everyday language in 6th-8th grade Flesch-Kincaid reading level.
Personalized with facts about the condition and warning signs of possible complications.
All (100%) in English and Spanish with 150 most used also provided in Chinese, Vietnamese & Russian.
Includes 200+ Lab Test Instructions.
ICD-9, CPT and MESH coded.
Quarterly updates.
Fully editable.

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A Reflection of Quality Care:

When clinicians provide patients with Exit-Writer, from Krames patient education, they are providing a concrete representation of the quality patient care offered at your facilities. Exit-Writer, from Krames creates patient-centric materials in consideration of health literacy design principles designed to speed patient comprehension while making the most of the limited time caregivers have to spend with patients today. The combination of easy-to-read text supported by graphics created specifically for the topic at hand means your patients are better suited to comply with caregiver recommendations and achieve better outcomes. And informed patients achieving better outcomes means higher patient satisfaction.

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The Right Amount of Information:

Exit-Writer, from Krames makes discharging patients fast and easy while providing just the right amount of information. Exit-Writer Patient Instructions are written in easy to read and understand language with most instructions printing on a single page with color illustrations.

Comprehensive:

Exit-Writer’s comprehensive Instructions cover illness and injury diagnoses, medications, prescriptions, lab tests, forms, diets and consents. Exit-Writer, from Krames patient instructions reduce emergency department, hospital, clinic, urgent care center and doctor's office costs while eliminating medical liability exposure and improving patient communication and compliance.

Content You Can Trust:

All Exit-Writer, from Krames content is evidence based and extensively peer reviewed. This ensures that all Exit-Writer, from Krames content not only addresses the most current medical science but also reflects the patient experiences. Each piece of content is reviewed by 8 to 12 medical professionals across the continuum of care to ensure patients receive high quality, accurate, and accessible content. It is for these reasons that Krames is the most trusted patient education available.

Countless distinguished practicing specialists have contributed to the Krames’ content development process. Click here for a partial listing of some of the individuals who have made recent contributions.

Extend Your Reach with Translated Content:

Not all translated content is created equal. Exit-Writer from Krames applies rigorous standards when translating content to ensure its cultural appropriateness and accessibility to diverse populations. All Exit-Writer Patient Instructions are available in both English and Spanish with 150 of the most used also provided in Chinese, Vietnamese and Russian (at no additional charge). To find out more about Krames approach to translations, click here.

Helping You Meet Joint Commission Requirements:

With the Exit-Writer, from Krames database, your team will have access to a resource that can help them meet Joint Commission (JCAHO) requirements. In aggregate, Krames content can help you meet the Patient Care (PC), Patient Rights (RI), Medication Management (MM), and Information Management (IM) standards.

Improve Patient Communication and Compliance With Patient Education
that Supports Health Literacy:

Improve patient comprehension and outcomes with content from the experts in patient education. An electronic health education solution is only as good as the content it delivers. And none can match the quality of Exit-Writer from Krames, developed by the experts in patient education:

Exit-Writer Emergency Medicine Patient Discharge Instruction Samples:

Emergency Medicine Instruction Topic List PDF

Request Additional Exit-Writer Topics:

Our Medical Staff and Development Team is always looking for your topic suggestions and for new ideas to include in upcoming versions of Exit-Writer. Please use this easy link to submit your requests for new topics / instructions you would like to see added to an upcoming Exit-Writer release userrequests@exitwriter.com.