Award Winners

Milner-Fenwick’s Diabetes and Nutrition series was a 2007 Bronze winner in the 14th Annual National Health Information Awards. The series includes:

• Diabetes and Nutrition: Eating for Health
• Diabetes and Nutrition: Dining Out
• Diabetes and Nutrition: Shopping and Cooking
• Diabetes and Nutrition: Changing Eating Behavior

Milner-Fenwick also received recognition as the lone finalist in the Allergies & Asthma category at the 2007 Freddie Awards for Asthma Management. They were in good company with winner, HBO production Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: The Air We Breathe. The Milner-Fenwick series includes four programs:

• Staying in Control of Your Asthma
• Understanding Your Asthma Medications
• Identifying and Avoiding Your Asthma Triggers
• Getting Asthma in Control After Hospitalization

AADE St. Louis 2007

The Milner-Fenwick staff saw many old and new friends at the AADE Annual Meeting held in St. Louis in early August and awarded prizes to three winners of our daily drawing.

The winners received a program of their choice and included:

• Juniper Dry-Chaffin of Gila River Health Care in Sacaton, AZ
• Monna Fromme of Celestine, IN
• Teresa Morris of Gaston Family Health Services in Gastonia, NC

Those who stopped by included clockwise from left: (top row) Michelle Sheldon-Rubio, Mary Austin with Richard Milner, Ginger Kanzer-Lewis with Deb Hinnen and Cheryl Hunt,
(second row) Peggy Bourgeois, and Kris Ernst with Milner-Fenwick’s Dolores McKee.

Heart Attack

According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 730,000 post-MI patients were discharged from hospitals in 2004. With that in mind, Milner-Fenwick has released three new programs in our cardiology library.  Two in-facility programs, Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack and Recovering from a Heart Attack:  Preparing to Leave the Hospital, and a take-home video, After a Heart Attack: Recovering at Home, have been produced.

“This series forms a learning foundation for heart attack patients,” said Richard Milner, Vice President of Production and Product Development.  “They provide viewers with strategies for self-managing their disease, and teaches them the skills that will not only help in their MI recovery, but help to prevent a subsequent attack.”

Milner explains, “As a series, it was important for us to release these three programs simultaneously. They provide specific and targeted information for patients at highest risk – those with heart disease that need to be aware of MI symptoms; those just being discharged from the hospital after having had an MI; and patients who have just returned home to recover and must identify and change their lifestyle behaviors.”

In related news, a new set of rehabilitation standards for patients recovering from serious cardiac events has been put together by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association. This is based on evidence that cardiac rehabilitation is extremely beneficial in reducing the risk of a second event, yet less than 30% if eligible patients participate in programs.

To learn more about this collaborative document go to www.acc.org.

Healthy Lifestyle

Two new programs in our General Health library have been updated and given a fresh look. 

Smoking: Getting Ready to Quit features new nicotine and non-nicotine replacement therapies, and highlights the healthy lifestyle change approach to quitting smoking. In addition to learning about nicotine’s effects on the brain and the body, patients will see others demonstrate healthy behavioral change techniques such as identifying their personal reasons for both smoking and wanting to quit, goal-setting, diary-keeping, triggers, coping strategies, and overcoming common barriers. The importance of choosing and working toward a “quit date” is emphasized, and the potential for relapse is addressed. 

Cathy Turner, Director of Health Promotions at Virginia Hospital in Arlington, VA was one of the professional evaluators on this program’s review panel prior to its release. “I think this is a very good overview,” she wrote. “I like the fact it stresses the importance of using behavior modification along with quitting smoking aids.” 

Joni Colle, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Nurse at the Memorial Medical Center in Springfield IL, also an evaluator, replied that this program is “better than any other we’ve used.”

To help patients in need of encouragement after a relapse, look for our future release of Smoking: Lifestyle Changes to Staying Quit. Through real patient testimony, animation and a review of methods and tips to help stay quit, this program will reinforce strategies that can lead your patients toward a smoke-free future. 

Our popular Living with Stress program is also now in its second edition.  We’ve replaced the old scripted vignettes shown in the older version with footage of real patients identifying their stressors, and demonstrating healthy stress management techniques.  The program highlights the important differences between damaging short-term stress relievers such as overeating, drinking and smoking. As an alternative, it strongly promotes healthier methods including positive self-talk, relaxation methods, visualization, biofeedback, and prayer. 

Spanish Releases

In accordance with our commitment to providing our programs in Spanish, here are our most recent Spanish releases:  Angiografía y Angioplastia Coronarias (Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty, 2nd ed.);  Angiografia Coronaria  (Coronary Angiography, 2nd ed.);  Angioplastia Coronaria (Coronary Angioplasty, 2nd ed.); La Pirámide Alimenticia (MyPyramid); Nutrición: Restaurantes, Comidas Rápidas y Fiestas (Nutrition:  Restaurants, Fast Food and Parties); Nutrición: Comprar Saludable, Cocinar Saludable (Nutrition:  Shop Healthy, Cook Healthy); SOBREPESO ¿Quién Lo Controla (Overweight: Who’s In Control?, 2nd ed.) and Viviendo Con Estrés (Living with Stress, 2nd  ed.).

You can count on Spanish versions of all new Milner-Fenwick videos. “We’re responding to our customers’ needs for Spanish versions, by providing them as soon as possible after the releases of their English counterparts. This includes narration, patient dialogue and on-screen graphics,” says David Milner, President.

Please visit our link “Titles Available in Spanish” at milner-fenwick.com for more translated materials.

Preview On-line 24/7

Over 100 of our most recent releases can now be previewed over the Internet, right from your computer 24/7!  Recently we’ve converted to Flash format, which should give you the best streaming viewing experience possible. To learn more and to see if your desired title can be previewed on-line, click Preview On-line Now on our home page. If you see it on the list or if you see a Play button next to any program description throughout the website, the program is streamable. Just register and you are ready to go.  

For more information on any of these programs, contact your sales representative at (800) 432-8433 or go to milner-fenwick.com.

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