Patient Health Education Materials (PHEM)
Learn more about our patient, resident and caregiver materials catalogue, and access the resources we have available.
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Overview
Patient Health Education Materials (or PHEM) are documents used to inform patients, residents, caregivers, and family members about a variety of health topics.
You can read more about:
- Conditions
- Recovery instructions
- Disease management
- Tests and exam preparation
- Surgery preparation
To access the PHEM online resource catalogue:
You can search for education materials by title, category or catalogue number. Translated versions of some materials are also available.
PHEM Committee
The PHEM committee is a group of health care professionals and patient/family partners. They meet monthly to review materials used by patients, residents and families at Providence Health Care. The committee aims to ensure documents are relevant, clear, and understandable.