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. 2018 May 10;15:E54. doi: 10.5888/pcd15.170344

Figure 2.

This image shows a flowchart of the community phase of the EIM Solution. Referral from the health care system can link patients from health care systems to a supportive network of physical activity programs, places, and professionals. Box 1: Self-Directed Resources: Resources in which patients can engage independently, such as walking programs, home-based programs, DVD and web-based programs, and mobile apps. Box 2: Internal EIM Networks: Resources that exist within a health system, including physical therapy, wellness programs, cardiac rehabilitation, certified exercise physiologists. Box 3: External EIM Networks: existing, community-based resources, including self-directed programs, local community centers/gyms, and credentialed exercise professionals.

The “community” phase of the EIM Solution. The fourth step of the EIM Solution involves the linkage of patients from health care systems to a supportive network of physical activity programs, places, and professionals. These EIM networks may be developed by using existing programs and professionals internally within a health system or externally in the community setting or connecting patients to resources for self-directed management. The dashed lines indicate alternative pathways. Abbreviation: EIM, Exercise is Medicine. [A text version of this figure is also available.]