Understanding Your Health Insurance (click here to access this free online course)
(Please use the following USER ID: Consumer Password: Education2009)This on-line self-paced course provides an introduction and overview to the world of health insurance. Topics covered include:
- Health insurance terminology
- A brief look into the history of health insurance and managed care
- Understanding what contributes to the cost of health care
- Differentiating between types of health plans
- Understanding the role of the primary care physician
- How to choose a primary care physician
- How to choose a health insurance plan
- Review of vision and pharmacy benefits
- Introduction to case management, disease management, and wellness
Healthcare Communication Toolkit for Consumers: Using Information to Get High Quality Care
This toolkit is designed to help consumers make informed decisions about their health care
The Toolkit contains tip sheets that can help you:
- Make better health care decisions
- Assume more “ownership” over your health care
- Increase your ability to take on new behaviors to improve your health and health care
Using evidence-based health care means thinking about your health and health care in new ways. This can lead to confusion, uncertainty, and misconceptions. Because of this, communicating about health care isn’t easy. The Toolkit materials can give you a head start with your communications.
The Toolkit materials cover three areas (click on any of the bulleted topics to access the tip sheet)
Topic Area 1
Understanding the basics of health care quality and the importance of evidence-based information
(3 documents)
- To get better health care: be informed and involved
- How do we know which types of health care work best?
- How you can use information about health care quality to get better care: Seven examples
Topic Area 2
Tips for getting good quality care before, during, and after a health care appointment care
(4 documents)
- Summary of tips for getting good quality health care before, during, and after a health care appointment
- Tips on what to do before your health care appointment
- Tips on what to do during your health care appointment
- Tips for following through on treatment and managing your health
Topic Area 3
Help in using the internet to find health information you can trust
(1 document)