Center for Information Therapy (IxCenter.org) - A Consumers Guide to Information Therapy

What is Ix? About Ix.

Likely you or someone you know has searched for health information online. You may have wanted to better understand a medical condition or be more active in making a medical decision with your doctor.

Information therapy responds to your needs for information and involvement. Information therapy (or Ix) is the prescription of the right information to the right person at the right time to help make a better health decision.

When information therapy is prescribed as a part of your health care, it can be as important to your health as any test, surgery, or medicine.

Unlike free-floating health content on the Web, Ix is delivered electronically to you:

Before or after a doctor visit, test, or surgery.
When you get a prescription.
At any other moment in your care.

Information therapy can be prescribed by:

Your doctors and other providers.
Your health plan.
You, family, or friends.

Ix changes the way health care is delivered. By getting information prescriptions, you and your doctors are better able to communicate, especially when time is limited. Overall, Ix can help reduce medical errors and health care costs—and can help you receive better care. Information therapy is powerful medicine.

Information therapy is not a widespread part of everyday health care yet. But the Center for Information Therapy (IxCenter) is working to make Ix happen.

In the meantime, you can help support Ix for your health.

eHealth Initiative
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Phone: 202-624-3279 - Fax: 202-429-5553