Editorial Approach

Solid Scientific Information

Developed from the best scientific sources and audited by experts, the information content and assistance with decision making made available to the public by MédiMed meet the highest criteria for validity and reliability. This content covers a broad range of fields and subjects, from self-care and active participation by the patient in the health-care process to primary prevention and health promotion.

Tailor-made Information

To be useful to individuals and enable them to approach health-care services more intelligently, the information must be carefully targeted and contextualized: targeted with regard to the profiles of individuals and their immediate needs, contextualized regarding the health-care process and the service offer. MédiMed has built its vast knowledge base with an architecture that enables easy, systematic adaptation to the specifics of different health-care networks (public or private) and their respective service continuums.

A Link between Individuals and Professionals

Each person knows himself or herself the best. This is a private body of knowledge. Professionals are the most knowledgeable about the health sciences. This is a public but highly technical body of knowledge. The ideal clinical relationship bridges the gap between those two bodies of knowledge. MédiMed uses scientifically proven information to create products that will reinforce the link between individuals and the professionals who are devoted to prevention and healing. These products are designed to extend the professional’s influence beyond the office setting and into individuals’ personal space while respecting their privacy. They are also designed to enable individuals to take advantage of the huge body of scientific health-care knowledge available today without requiring them to go back to school by providing the appropriate information when and where it is needed. With the tools provided by MédiMed, individuals can become full participants in the health-care process.

An Improved Business Model for Organisations

All health-care systems recognize the need to buffer the pressures exerted on services by finding ways to structure demand. The science of demand management has become a recognized response to this problem. By providing seamless knowledge translation and facilitating timely access to information, it finally becomes possible to modulate a system’s response to the diversity of health concerns and needs. The financial benefits accrue to both parties.

This approach recognizes people’s capacity to self-regulate and to participate effectively in the care process. This is where MédiMed excels, offering a large spectrum of health content designed to provide tailored linkage between the patient and his or her health-care system.