TREATMENT INSIGHT

TreatSmart provides insight into 2,400 treatment care procedures categorised as to Diagnostic Tests and Investigations, Non-surgical Therapeutic, Outpatient / Day Case and In-hospital procedures. There is also differentiation of treatments according to 21 different body areas. Users can therefore obtain treatment information by body area or by mode of treatment.

Users who view procedure modes can also gain insight into treatment pricing, invasive (open) and non-invasive (closed) procedures, relatively new or old (conventional) treatments as well as whether or not there is likely to be a requirement for general, local or no anaesthesia.

With such insight, users will be informed participants in their treatment decisions. Such insight gives users users an understanding of what to expect before they have their treatments.

Additional benefits include users overview of treatment facilities - hospitals and outpatient facilities. Users will learn about the choices (location, physical appearance, etc.) when deciding on these facilities.

TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES AWARENESS

There is almost always more than one way to treat an ailment. TreatSmart is of benefit in shedding light on treatment alternatives. It is of significant importance, when considering treatment, to learn of a procedure different from the first one recommended. In nearly all cases it is helpful to learn more and get it right.

Today's steady stream of new treatment techniques means that conventional wisdom about the best medical treatment changes more rapidly than it did a generation ago. Why agree to in-hospital treatment when there may be an outpatient alternative, to an invasive treatment procedure when there may be a non-invasive alternative or to a surgical procedure when there may be non-surgical remedies?