Preview videos right from your desktop

Milner-Fenwick now offers video streaming to preview video programs online. If you or your facility has a broadband internet connection (cable or DSL), this should work very well. It means that instead of ordering previews, waiting several days for them to arrive, and then returning the preview cassettes when you are done; now you can just log onto Milner-Fenwick.com and start previewing in a matter of minutes. There are approximately 50 programs available for streaming and we will continue to add additional programs in the coming months.

Complete list of Online Previews available.

Diabetes and the

Carolyn Bethea, RD, CDE, Diabetes Program Manager and Elizabeth Stokes, RN, CDE getting ready to teach a diabetes class at Palmetto Health Baptist Easley Hospital in Easley, SC.

We’ve been hard at work with the American Association of Diabetes Educators creating some exciting new resources.

• The Diabetes Home Video Guide has been revised to include the most current information in a new 2 hour 15 minute home video. It’s available in English and Spanish and in VHS and DVD formats. This Spring an audio version will be made available for visually impaired patients and for anyone who wants to use drive-time to improve their self-management skills.
• The dramatic increase in diabetes has prompted us to develop a new 3-part series, Type 2 Diabetes in Young People. The series follows an ethnically diverse group of teens coming to terms with their diabetes and facing the challenges of self-management. These programs will be released in the fall. Call 800-432-8433 for details or to preview.
• The lone AADE PowerPoint slide unit has quickly grown into a series. The original 113 slide set, An Overview of Diabetes and Its Management has been updated and re-released as a second edition. It is available in a Spanish version too. Two new units are also coming out: The Diabetes Epidemic (60 slides) will be ideal for community presentations and is slated for December release. Healthy Eating in Diabetes (120 slides) will include a complete component on carb counting and should be available in 2005.

Email jpollara@milner-fenwick.com if you would like to be contacted about any of these programs or receive a free CD-ROM with complete information, film clips, and slide samples.

Heart Surgery Award Winner

Richard and David Milner proudly display FREDDIE after the awards ceremony in New York.

The 3-part Milner-Fenwick Heart Surgery Series has won the prestigious FREDDIE Award in the Stroke & Heart Disease category of the 2004 International Health & Medical Media Awards. The winning programs are Preparing for Your Surgery, First Days of Your Recovery, and Preparing for Discharge.

The series was chosen from among four finalists. The award was presented at a black-tie awards ceremony in New York on November 5. Now in its 30th year, the competition has evolved into the world's pre-eminent media competition devoted to educational health and medical productions for both consumers and professionals. If you'd like to see a list of all the winners, go to thefreddies.com.

Cardiology

Heart failure patients and their families need self-management skills to keep patients out of the hospital. Our Heart Failure Series has been redone as a 6-part library: Getting Started with Treatment, Understanding Your Medications, Eating to Feel Better, Staying Active, Learning to Cope, and Getting Ready to Leave the Hospital (ideal for discharge planners). Other new cardiology releases include Atrial Fibrillation, 2nd Edition and Angina Pectoris, 2nd Edition.

Heart Health

Milner-Fenwick has acquired two outstanding programs produced by State of the Art, Men Managing Heart Disease and Women Managing Heart Disease. These programs provide ethnically diverse profiles of people living with heart disease and examining the important lifestyle changes they are making. The goal of both programs is to motivate people at high risk to make meaningful lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of CVD. Also available as free downloads are companion booklets (PDF format) that include a wealth of information, outside resources, and an extensive glossary of terms. Call 800-432-8433 for details or to preview.

Pulmonary

A recent review in Respiratory Care magazine took a look at the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Series produced by Milner-Fenwick in cooperation with the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pumonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). “They have produced an excellent series of videos… The many different facets of pulmonary disease are often overwhelming to the patient and these short well-done videos present many aspects of pulmonary illness and techniques of coping… The videos would be an asset for pulmonary rehabilitation programs.”

The series includes five brief programs for in-facility use and an hour long home video, Living with Your Pulmonary Illness. According to Respiratory Care, “The patients shown are real and very credible – not actor types… It is so much easier for the viewer to identify with people who have similar problems… the tapes are extremely informative and very clear and concise… The video designed for home use will be a treasured resource for patients.”

Gastroenterology

Four programs have been updated including Colonoscopy, Upper GI Endoscopy, Screening for Colorectal Cancer, and Screening for Colorectal Cancer with Colonoscopy.

Breast and Prostate Cancer

Milner-Fenwick has acquired six programs in this category including five outstanding videos covering breast cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment:

• Three of the videos were developed by Lange Productions and include Breast Facts: The Basics, Non-Surgical Breast Biopsy, and Quality Mammography Can Save Your Life. These programs can allay patient fears and answer their most common questions on breast health.
• Breast Cancer Early Detection: Know the Facts. Know for Sure is an award-winning video produced by CRW Medical and co-hosted by Dr. Antonio Novello, former US Surgeon general and talk show personality Christina Sargelegui. Breast Cancer: Surviving and Winning, from the same producer, brings viewers into M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Dana Farber Cancer Center to learn about medical breakthroughs and personal stories of survivors.
• Prostate Ultrasound and Biopsy stresses early detection as the key to successful prostate cancer therapy. It was also produced by Lange Productions.

Obstetrics

New programs have been released that help women prepare for a successful pregnancy and what follows. These include The Third Trimester: Preparing for a Healthy Delivery, Labor: What to Expect, Onset of Labor, Introduction to Labor Medications, Epidural Anesthesia, and Easing the Discomforts of Labor. For postpartum parents, there is Newborn Care and Postpartum: Caring for Yourself after Delivery.

New Baby Care

First Days Home: Keeping Your Baby Healthy and Happy has been revised and updated. It’s available in VHS and DVD formats. To discover how one Connecticut hospital has used this video for the past seven years as an integral part of its discharge program, read our feature article Helping Parents Care for Newborns with “First Days Home” Video.