organized health day
September 2 is Organized Health Day
Sponsor: bluehealer®
Organized Health Day brings awareness to the importance of taking a proactive approach towards health and wellness. Created by bluehealer®, this annual initiative educates consumers about the benefits of partnering with their doctor and taking responsibility for their own health.
By showing consumers how to track their health and providing tips for doctor visits, they will be empowered to adopt healthy behaviors, see the bigger picture in their health and become an advocate in their own health care.
You can participate in Organized Health Day and help spread awareness of the advantages to playing an active role in your health care by using the Organized Health Day Toolkit.
Each Toolkit Contains:
* Sample Announcement
* Sample Tweets
* Resources
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Sample Media and/or Newsletter or Listserv Announcement
Cut and paste this text into your newsletter, online community, blog, or press release. Add local details and quotes from your organization.
Do you want to know what you ate before you became violently ill? Or did you notice that your chronic condition became worse during allergy season or periods of high stress? This September 2, during Organized Health Day, sponsored by bluehealer diary, [your organization] encourages you to take some time to organize your health records and learn to communicate with your physician. Good doctor-patient communication is essential to managing your health. According to Science Daily, “A systematic review of studies published over the past four decades has confirmed that good doctor-patient communication makes a difference not only in patient satisfaction but in patient outcomes, including resolution of chronic headaches, changes in emotional states, lower blood sugar values in diabetics, improved blood pressure readings in hypertensives, and other important health indicators.”1
For consumers who are concerned about their health and wellness and who want to make the most of their doctor visits, a health journal is an easy way to get started managing your health. It is estimated that more than 95% of chronic illness care is given by the person who has the illness.2 By writing things down. you will no longer have to struggle to recall several months worth of symptoms during a doctor’s visit.
To spread the word and encourage consumers to take charge of their health, [your organization] is joining other organizations across the country to honor Organized Health Day, and is offering tips to help you get started.
If you are concerned about your health and wellness, consider enrolling in wellness
programs that can help influence and support healthy behaviors such as:
• Weight reduction
• Improved physical fitness
• Smoking cessation
• Lower levels of stress
* Add details about your local activities.
* Include quote from your organization.
About Organized Health Day
Organized Health Day brings awareness to the importance of taking a proactive approach towards health and wellness. Created by bluehealer®, this annual initiative educates consumers about the benefits of partnering with their doctor and taking responsibility for their own health.
By showing consumers how to track their health and providing tips for doctor visits, they will be empowered to adopt healthy behaviors, see the bigger picture in their health and become an advocate in their own health care.
About bluehealer®
The bluehealer® offers unique products and content to raise awareness of chronic illness and wellness issues.
Bluehealer is for consumers who are concerned about staying well and who need inspiration and tools to help them manage and feel better about their health and themselves. Bluehealer will help consumers take charge of their experience and become an advocate in their own health care, with tools to motivate and support them in their goal to live a healthy, well-balanced lifestyle.
Empowering patients to track and transform their health can make life more enjoyable and decrease stress. Focusing on and tracking your health takes some effort, but the payoff is worth it.
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1 Doctor-Patient Communication Has A Real Impact On Health. Science Daily April 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2009 from Sciencedaily.com: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070409144754.htm.
2 Wagner, EH, Austin BT, Von Koroff M. Improving outcomes in chronic illness. Managed Care Quarterly. 1996;4(2):12-25.
 Sample Tweets:
I’m proud to live a healthy lifestyle. Focusing on and tracking your health takes some effort, but the payoff is worth it. #ohd www.bluehealerdiary.com/organizedhealthday
For health & wellness, write down what you eat and how much you move. You’ll be surprised how many calories you take in. #ohd www.bluehealerdiary.com/organizedhealthday
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 90% of all healthcare costs are preventable. #ohd www.bluehealerdiary.com/organizedhealthday
Not sure when your headaches started? Tips to help you get a handle on it: #ohd www.bluehealerdiary.com/organizedhealthday
The more information you can provide to your doctor during a visit, the better he or she will be able to set up an effective treatment plan. #ohd www.bluehealerdiary.com/organizedhealthday
Do you remember what your last blood pressure or cholesterol numbers were? #ohd www.bluehealerdiary.com/organizedhealthday
Resources and Tips
Why should I have a health journal?
While you might consider a medical record as something only doctors or nurses handle, a personal account of your symptoms, mood or body changes can be valuable information to your physician. The more information you can provide to your doctor during a visit, the better he or she will be able to set up an effective treatment plan. It can help your doctor identify problem areas or life threatening medical conditions.
A health journal is great for recording things like:
• How you are feeling, symptoms and body changes.
• Your moods, feelings and thoughts, and how you think they might be connected
to your health.
• Diet and exercise, and how you think they might be connected to your health.
• Questions and/or concerns you have about your health.
• Family health history
How many times do you skip the family health history section on the form you fill out at the beginning of your doctor’s appointment? Did you know that family health history might be one of the strongest indicators of your risk of developing cancer, heart disease or diabetes? With a health journal like the bluehealer diary, users can keep a record of their family health history. According to a recent U.S. Health and Human Services study, 96 percent of Americans believe that knowing family history is important, yet less than one-third of Americans have ever tried to gather their family’s health history. Sharing your family health history with your doctor can help you and your doctor make decisions to reduce your risk of developing certain illnesses.
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