Content
The Medical Advisory Board reviews and updates the content of X-Plain. The Board comprises practitioners from leading healthcare institutions (e.g., Johns Hopkins University, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, The University of Chicago, The University of Iowa, Washington University, etc.) Under our Medical Director, the Board ensures the content is evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and up to date.
Each topic is produced in three formats: tutorial, video, and illustrated text. In addition, the textual and multimedia content is imported into an XML database for IT partners (e.g., vendors of bedside edutainment systems and healthcare apps).
Search our library for titles or read more about our tutorials and other educational formats.
Each topic is produced in three formats: tutorial, video, and illustrated text. In addition, the textual and multimedia content is imported into an XML database for IT partners (e.g., vendors of bedside edutainment systems and healthcare apps).
Search our library for titles or read more about our tutorials and other educational formats.
Tutorials
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An X-Plain tutorial is an interactive multimedia presentation that covers a specific health topic. Each slide displays simplified text alongside related illustrations and animations. The text is fully narrated so patients can listen and read simultaneously.
The tutorial asks the patient questions during the presentation to verify understanding. If the patient answers correctly, the concept is reinforced. If the patient answers incorrectly, the tutorial explains the concept again. Each patient can advance through the tutorial at their own pace. The programs maintain the patient's attention through multimedia, interactive questions, and various techniques based on adult learning research. |
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Though tutorials look like simple multimedia presentations, they have intelligent features when implemented with specific X-Plain solutions and apps. They can document comprehension and completion; can prohibit the patient from skipping sections based on provider preferences (e.g., for informed consent); can present the patient with more information through hypermedia; can be branded, customized, and set to print a corresponding patient handout automatically; and much more.
Video Presentations
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X-Plain videos use animations and illustrations to depict narrated concepts. They do not include talking-head video clips.
The videos are open captioned (everything narrated is displayed as text) and chunk concepts into individual slides and clips organized into five to nine sections. |
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Illustrated Handouts
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Illustrated handouts are textual documents with selected images to illustrate concepts and instructions. The illustrated handouts use large font and brief paragraphs with white space for simple reading.
They are PDF documents that can be narrated through PDF players. Click to see examples of X-Plain's illustrated handouts on Meningococcal Infections. |
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XML Database
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The XML Database contains the textual and multimedia content of X-Plain topics in one database. It includes extensive metadata (keywords, medical codes, and over 100 tags/categories).
Healthcare IT partners use the XML Database to integrate X-Plain into their existing offerings: EMRs, patient portals, bedside edutainment systems, telemedicine apps, etc. Learn about our services or contact us to discuss partnering opportunities. |
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