About HealthCare Recipak(tm)

• What's In It? -- Details of Structure and Content What Customers and Reviewers Are Saying
• Who Can It Benefit Most? How it can help individuals and families to:

  Save money
  Gain control over routine health matters
  

• About Health Education Resources

About HealthCare Recipak(tm) HealthCare Recipak is a unique presentation of self-care information. It has been designed and produced to deliver:

1.Economy and convenience of a book
2.Conciseness and usefulness of a recipe file

What It Is NOT:

While bound as a high-quality softcover book, HealthCare Recipak(tm) is NOT WRITTEN like yet another book or booklet. It provides real advantages over computer programs, CD-ROMs, videotapes and dial-a-nurse programs.

What It IS:

HealthCare Recipak(tm) is very concise, physician/nurse-approved information in useful quick-reference form, registered with the U.S. Library of Congress Copyright Office. It is unique in its simplicity and usefulness as a readily accessible reference for individuals, families and caregivers. It has been designed to save time and money for consumers and employers. Make it the core of your family health file by filling in personal data.

Major Features:

• Researched, edited and approved by a physician/nurse team of experienced health care professionals
• Explanation of medications, vaccinations and checkups
• Essential tips on wellness and preventive care
• Critical information on HIV, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Guidance on more than 140 illnesses, ailments and disorders
• Appropriate nonprescription products and supplies, with examples
• Indexed and cross-referenced for ease of use
• Printed on high-quality paper for lasting value

Major Benefits:

• Familiar non-threatening format
• Accepts personalized medical information and records
• Understandable language (8th-grade comprehension level)
• Guidance on appropriate self-treatment procedures to help you save money, time, hassle and potential complications

The main body of information is presented in a logical flow -- from normal to routinely expected to potentially serious. This is the method we have used successfully for years in teaching and guiding thousands of homecare patients regarding self-care.

How It Can Help

Referred to appropriately, HealthCare Recipak may save you considerable time, inconvenience and money by helping you avoid unnecessary clinic or Emergency Room visits AND by possibly preventing costly complications. Our objective has been to help you decide when and how you can responsibly treat yourself or another, and when you should seek professional medical attention. If you are one of the 35-million-plus uninsured individuals in the U.S., this information may prove even more valuable in helping you spend your health care dollars wisely.

Many studies have been conducted in recent years to determine the real extent of cost-savings (to consumers and to employers) that can be realized through appropriate self-care information. Results have shown consistent savings in doctor visits, co-pays, E.R. visits, absenteeism, etc. as well as reported increases in less-tangible benefits; e.g., effects on family and preparedness for physician visits. One major study of over 70,000 people reported insurance-claim savings of $4.75 for each $1 spent. And these figures resulted from the use of much less concise, less user-friendly", and less readily accessible forms of information than we believe HealthCare Recipak to be.

The information is arranged logically and alphabetically (English version only, at this time). Besides the health topics addressed, also included is basic information on medications, vaccinations and checkups. Extra fill-in-the-blank pages make a handy reference file for personal medications, blood type, other medical records, phone numbers and more.

Finally, HealthCare Recipak goes beyond offering self-care guidelines and suggesting appropriate nonprescription products and supplies. It also lists more than 75 types of such products mentioned in the text, with each product type categorized to help you find it in your favorite grocery or drug store aisles, and with specific examples of the major product types.