Ferrán Pellisé|P Sell
Patient information and education with modern media: the Spine Society of Europe Patient Line
Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari|University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
role patient active partner health care passive object diagnostic testing medical treatment widely accepted providing information patients considered crucial issue central focus patient educational activities necessary educate patients nature outcomes benefits risks procedures involve decisionmaking process enable achieve fully informed consent information materials must contain scientifically reliable information presented form acceptable useful patients given mismatch public beliefs current evidence strategies changing public perceptions required traditional patient education programmes face potential barriers storage access problems need keep content materials date computerbased resource provides many advantages including justintime availability private learning environment use internet patient information needs continue expand internet access becomes readily available however problem longer finding information assessing credibility validity health web sites provide health information secure trustworthy large majority web sites providing information related spinal disorders limited poor quality patient line pl patient information section web site eurospine born 2005 offer patients general population accumulated expertise represented members society provide uptodate information related spinal disorders areas evidence scarce patient line provides realtime opinion eurospine membership published data reflect pragmatic common sense range treatments offered eurospine membership first chapters dedicated sciatica scoliosis cervical pain syndromes low back pain motion preservation surgery since 2008 information available english german french spanish goal patient line become european patient information web site spinal disorders providing reliable updated best practice evidencebased information evidence exists