Create a 3 page essay paper that discusses Critical Thinking and Informatics.

sent information to the patients is through dedicated websites that present general information to the patients regarding the ailments they are suffering from (Saba & McCormick, 2008). This tends to be a really creative way to extend education to the patients, going by the increasing internet usage in the contemporary times (Saba & McCormick, 2008). This is a very unique approach towards patient education because extending online education to patients tends to be replete with multiple and multi faceted possibilities.

This approach allows the patients to browse the concerned website to get information about the most commonly understood health issues in the comfort of their own premises. The richness of content in such websites could further be increased by posting the relevant links to other friendly websites carrying the information required by the patients (Hebda & Czar, 2008). Hence, such approach towards patient education makes the patients feel more empowered and in control (Hebda & Czar, 2008). Besides the patients can choose to focus on the information that is presented in a more understandable format.

The scope of such websites could tremendously be expanded by posting videos featuring physicians and nurses explaining and extending the required information to the patients through the usage of charts, graphs, models and other audio visual sources (Hebda & Czar, 2008). No doubt, such an approach engages the auditory and visual faculties of the patients, assuring a better understanding and retention of the information being conveyed. By posting these videos on the website, social media channels and YouTube, the health care professionals can enhance the ubiquity of this information, thereby extending the target, audience multiple platforms to access the information required by them (Hebda & Czar, 2008).

One can also enable the patients to use such informative websites to register for receiving the relevant e-newsletters they can subscribe to, to enhance their