Patients & Community
Understanding our health is important to staying well and receiving the highest quality health care. Please see below for online tools and resources to manage your health and talk with your physician.
Tools & Resources
Your Disease Risk
This free tool developed by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis can help individuals understand their risk of developing five of the most important diseases in the United States and get personalized tips for preventing them.
Choosing Wisely
Some tests and procedures may not be needed. Choosing Wisely, an initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, can help patients and their physicians determine what care evidence suggests is needed and what can cause unneeded worry and cost. Check out this fun video on the topic, a parody of the Pharell song, "Happy."
www.healthfinder.gov
A government website with health care information for consumers, including a Guide to Healthy Living and Personal Health Tools.