Patient education is the process by which health professionals and others impart information to patients that will alter their health behaviors or improve their health status. Education providers may include: physicians, registered dietitians, nurses, hospital discharge planners, medical social workers, psychologists, disease or disability advocacy groups, special interest groups, and pharmaceutical companies.

In the current age of information, pharmaceutical companies are in need for ideas to educate patients about new products and techniques to combat diseases and disorders that they suffer from, all in the effort to gain patient advocacy.

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