Extend the reach of your nurses and health coaches

Engage people with multimedia health programs

Healthwise virtual health coaches are Web-based multimedia programs that present information in a way that makes people feel like they’re having a conversation with a real coach. The programs address high-value health topics including:

• Asthma, diabetes, and depression.
• Taking beta-blockers and low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks, and taking statins for high cholesterol.
• Stress, smoking, sleeping, and being active.
• Healthy weight, healthy eating, and positive thinking.

The virtual coach asks questions to understand what kind of help each person wants. Based on the person’s answers, the coach provides tailored information and helps the person create a personal plan. At the end of the program, people get a summary of the conversation and a personalized action plan they can print and keep.

Ix Conversations track people’s responses so your organization can provide better support.

Prescribe motivating, personalized health tools

Healthwise Ix Conversations are a great way for you to support more people without using additional staff resources. Your health coaches can prescribe virtual coaching programs and save themselves valuable time on the phone. And you can add the programs to your website, portal, or PHR to reach more people with personalized support. For example:

• Your clinicians can prescribe “Beta-Blockers to Prevent Another Heart Attack” to patients who have recently had a heart attack. The program helps people understand how beta-blockers work and why it’s important to keep taking them.
• For people who want to get in shape, provide “Getting Active” at your portal, website, or PHR. Your members will discover good ways to become more active and to deal with things that might get in their way.
• And for a member considering back surgery for his low back pain, your health coach can prescribe “Dealing With Low Back Pain.” The program explains the pros and cons of surgery and successful nonsurgical ways to manage pain.

Shift to the most engaging health education available

There is simply nothing else available today like Healthwise Ix Conversations. The innovative blend of evidence-based medicine, behavior-change science, and storytelling captures people’s attention, keeps their interest, and motivates them to take real steps to manage their health.

Whether people are healthy and want to stay that way, or are managing a chronic condition, Ix Conversations help them learn to care for themselves and make better health decisions. Taking on some of your highest-impact issues, our virtual health coaches leave a lasting, positive impression on the people you serve.