Healthwise Dartmouth Health patient education library
Search the Healthwise® patient education library for articles, videos, and other tools that our patients can easily find, read, and understand.
Please refer to our tips on how to send patient education to patients (PDF) in their After Visit Summary within eDH.
Note: You must be connected to the Dartmouth Health network in order to access this document.
Our Patient Education Advisory Council (PEAC) team is here to provide and create quality patient education across Dartmouth Health.
We help clinicians create new materials for our patients. PEAC provides the following:
- Clinical best practice content review
- Health literacy review
- Dartmouth Health brand standard design
- eDH and website accessible
To learn more, please refer to the following sections on this page:
- PEAC process
- Request updated or new patient education materials
- Patient education resources
- Smartset creation process
PEAC process
The PEAC team comprises patient volunteers, clinical staff, and employees. Members of PEAC work in subgroups that have a specific focus:
Request updated or new patient education materials
Did you know?
Our Patient and Family Advisors carefully review each document to improve the health literacy and tone of the content so our patients can easily understand the information.
Tell us your thoughts
Fill out this form to give feedback on our current patient education content from Healthwise.
Are you a Dartmouth Health clinician or staff member who would like to submit a request for new patient education or an update of education?
Request your custom project using our Patient Education Intake form.
Thank you for your interest in partnering with us on your patient education project!
Health literacy resources
Here are some helpful resources and links for creating health-literate patient education:
- Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease Calculator: An online tool that quickly evaluates the readability of text.
- Health Literacy & Plain Language Resources for Staff (Note: This page is only available if you're connected to the Dartmouth Health network to access the intranet.)
- Patient education library
- Plain Language Medical Dictionary (University of Michigan)
- The Think Cultural Health website provides information, continuing education opportunities, and resources for healthcare professionals to learn about culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS).
Smartset creation process
To create a smartset:
- Log in to Secure Access.
- Go to DHSM Self-Service.
- Click New Ticket.
- Under "Service," select Electronic Health Record.
- Under "Category," select Order Sets.
- Under "Subcategory," select Request New Order Set. Smartsets are included with order sets.