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10 Tools to Feel Stronger and More Hopeful (English)
This patient brochure helps patients reflect on 10 ways to face depression.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/06/2018    Date Last Modified: Aug 5 2020 9:58AM  
Blood Thinner Zone Tool
Give this tool to patients on blood thinners during office visits to discuss when symptoms are under control or symptoms indicate a problem.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 10/12/2016    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 10:46AM  
Depression Zone Tool
Give this resource to patients with a history of depression to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/13/2016    Date Last Modified: Sep 21 2020 12:38PM  
Easy to Understand Medicine Instructions Available From AHRQ in Six Languages
These new standardized instructions to improve patients' understanding of when to take medications, reduce errors and improve adherence are available in six languages.
Web link    Date Added: 02/01/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 12:54PM  
Heart Disease Zone Tool
Give this resource to patients with a history of heart disease to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/15/2016    Date Last Modified: Sep 21 2020 2:59PM  
Heart Failure Zone Tool
Give this resource to patients with a history of heart failure to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room. Note: If you want to print in black and white, go to your printer properties and make that selection.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/16/2023    Date Last Modified: Feb 16 2023 1:55PM  
High Blood Pressure Zone Tool
Give this resource to patients with a history of high blood pressure to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room. Note: If you want to print in black and white, go to your printer properties and make that selection.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/21/2023    Date Last Modified: Feb 22 2023 6:06PM  
My Emergency Plan (English)
Internists/primary care physicians and nurses: Provide this document to your patients, which includes more information to help them ascertain when to call your office for help or when to go to the emergency room for a range of conditions, including shortness of breath, heart failure, complications with diabetes and more. Patients: Use this document to help determine when to call your physician for help or when to go to the emergency department for assistance.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/03/2015    Date Last Modified: Apr 14 2022 4:01PM  
Patient Self-Care Workbook: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
This workbook is designed to help patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease better manage their condition. Patients can take this workbook with them to their doctor's appointments and use it to help guide a conversation with their physician(s) to learn how to better manage their condition and over health.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 01/23/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:27PM  
Patient Self-Care Workbook: Diabetes
This workbook is designed to help patients with diabetes better manage their condition. Patients can take this workbook with them to their doctor's appointments and use it to help guide a conversation with their physician(s) to learn how to better manage their condition and over health.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 01/23/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:28PM  
Patient Self-Care Workbook: Heart Failure
This workbook is designed to help patients with heart failure better manage their condition. Patients can take this workbook with them to their doctor's appointments and use it to help guide a conversation with their physician(s) to learn how to better manage their condition and over health.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 01/23/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:31PM  
Pneumonia Zone Tool
Give this resource to patients with pneumonia to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 03/14/2016    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 3:39PM  
Post Dialysis Zone Tool
This tool is intended to assist health care providers to assess how patients with end-stage renal disease (ERSD) respond to post-dialysis treatments.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 07/02/2019    Date Last Modified: Apr 29 2024 2:16PM  
Prescription Card: How You Can Play It Safe (English)
This prescription card with folding instructions, developed by the TMF Quality Innovation Network, helps patients better track the medications they are taking and provides tips for overall medication management.
ZIP archive    Date Added: 12/11/2014    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 10:42AM  
Renal Failure Zone Tool
This patient tool helps explain symptoms of renal failure and when to visit a doctor or hospital.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/20/2017    Date Last Modified: Sep 22 2020 3:22PM  
Teach-back Toolkit
This toolkit provides a step-by-step approach to learning and implementing the teach-back method, a successful way to better educate patients and further promote engagement.
Web link    Date Added: 10/06/2013    Date Last Modified: Oct 6 2021 6:16PM  
Total Hip Replacement Zone Tool
Give this resource to patients so they know when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room after a total hip replacement.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/29/2024    Date Last Modified: Apr 29 2024 1:20PM  
Total Knee Replacement Zone Tool
Give this resource to patients to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room after a total knee replacement.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/29/2024    Date Last Modified: Apr 29 2024 1:21PM  
Urinary Catheter Zone Tool
Give this resource to patients with a urinary catheter to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/15/2016    Date Last Modified: Sep 22 2020 3:31PM  
Your guide to lowering your blood pressure with the DASH eating plan
A booklet from the National Institutes of Health aims to help people with high blood pressure to modify their diets.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 03/07/2013    Date Last Modified: Jun 11 2020 12:43PM  
Blood Thinner Zone Tool (Spanish and Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Give this tool to patients on blood thinners during office visits to discuss when symptoms are under control or symptoms indicate a problem. This tool is in Spanish suitable for a Puerto Rican audience.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 10/12/2016    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 10:47AM  
COPD Zone Tool (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Give this resource to patients with a history of COPD to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room. This document is in Spanish suitable for a Puerto Rican audience.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/19/2016    Date Last Modified: Sep 21 2020 12:47PM  
Depression Zone Tool (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Give this resource to patients with a history of depression to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room. This document is in Spanish suitable for a Puerto Rican audience.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/13/2016    Date Last Modified: Sep 21 2020 12:39PM  
Diabetes Zone Tool (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Give this resource to patients with diabetes So they know when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room. This document is in Spanish suitable for a Puerto Rican audience. Note: If you want to print in black and white, go to your printer properties and make that selection.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/19/2016    Date Last Modified: Jan 10 2023 12:40PM  
Heart Disease Zone Tool (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Give this resource to patients with a history of heart disease to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room. This document is in Spanish suitable for a Puerto Rican audience.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/15/2016    Date Last Modified: Sep 22 2020 3:03PM  
Heart Failure Zone Tool (U.S. Spanish and Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Give this resource to patients with a history of heart failure to help them learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room. This document is in Spanish suitable for Spanish speakers in the U.S. and in Puerto Rico.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/19/2016    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2023 5:39PM  
High Blood Pressure Zone Tool (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Give this resource to patients with a history of high blood pressure to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room. This document is in Spanish suitable for a Puerto Rican audience. Note: If you want to print in black and white, go to your printer properties and make that selection.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/14/2016    Date Last Modified: Feb 22 2023 6:01PM  
Patient Self-Care Workbook: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (Puerto Rican Spanish)
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can use this booklet to work with their health care provider to help identify a care plan.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/21/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:27PM  
Patient Self-Care Workbook: Diabetes (Puerto Rican Spanish)
Patients with diabetes can use this booklet to work with their health care provider to help identify a care plan.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/21/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:29PM  
Patient Self-Care Workbook: Heart Failure (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Patients with heart failure can use this booklet to work with their health care provider to help identify a care plan.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/21/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:32PM  
Urinary Catheter Zone Tool (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Give this resource to patients with a urinary catheter to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room. This document is in Spanish suitable for a Puerto Rican audience.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/15/2016    Date Last Modified: Sep 22 2020 3:32PM  
Zone Tool Total Hip Replacement (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Give this resource to patients to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room after a total hip replacement. (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 11/22/2019    Date Last Modified: Sep 22 2020 3:35PM  
Blood Thinner Zone Tool (Spanish)
Give this tool to patients on blood thinners during office visits to discuss when symptoms are under control or symptoms indicate a problem. This tool is in Spanish suitable for a Puerto Rican audience.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 10/12/2016    Date Last Modified: Sep 21 2020 12:34PM  
My Emergency Plan (Spanish)
Internists/primary care physicians and nurses: Provide this document to your patients, which includes more information to help them ascertain when to call your office for help or when to go to the emergency room for a range of conditions, including shortness of breath, heart failure, complications with diabetes and more. Patients: Use this document to help determine when to call your physician for help or when to go to the emergency department for assistance.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/03/2015    Date Last Modified: Apr 14 2022 4:02PM  
Patient Self-Care Workbook: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Spanish)
This workbook is designed to help patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease better manage their condition. Patients can take this workbook with them to their doctor's appointments and use it to help guide a conversation with their physician(s) to learn how to better manage their condition and over health.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/13/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:27PM  
Patient Self-Care Workbook: Diabetes (Spanish)
This workbook is designed to help patients with diabetes better manage their condition. Patients can take this workbook with them to their doctor's appointments and use it to help guide a conversation with their physician(s) to learn how to better manage their condition and over health.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/13/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:29PM  
Patient Self-Care Workbook: Heart Failure (Spanish)
This workbook is designed to help patients with heart failure better manage their condition. Patients can take this workbook with them to their doctor's appointments and use it to help guide a conversation with their physician(s) to learn how to better manage their condition and over health.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/13/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:33PM  
Pneumonia Zone Tool (U.S. Spanish)
Give this resource to patients with pneumonia to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/28/2021    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 3:41PM  
Renal Failure Zone Tool (U.S. Spanish)
This patient tool helps explain symptoms of renal failure and when to visit a doctor or hospital.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/28/2017    Date Last Modified: Sep 18 2024 1:26PM  
Total Knee Replacement Zone Tool (U.S. Spanish)
Give this resource to patients to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room after a total knee replacement.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 03/30/2017    Date Last Modified: Sep 18 2024 1:24PM