Does ChiroReports replace patient education materials?

No. It adds the patient-specific layer that preprinted education cannot carry. Patient Media's materials can explain chiropractic generally while ChiroReports explains your patient's own imaging findings.

What does the patient handout contain?

The X-Ray and MRI Translator turns your patient's imaging report into a plain-language explanation of what was found, in the selected handout language, with your practice's branding.

Can the patient handout be printed?

Yes. You can print it, save it as Word, copy it for the EHR or email it to your patient, just like other ChiroReports outputs.

What languages are supported?

Handouts support 14 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, Arabic and Haitian Creole.

Comparison

Patient Media for Education, ChiroReports for Their Findings

Patient Media explains chiropractic in general. ChiroReports explains your patient's own findings. If you are looking for a Patient Media alternative, that is the distinction to start with: printed education for many patients versus a document created for one patient at one visit.

Patient Media's brochures, videos and report-of-findings materials can still have a place in your practice. ChiroReports adds a patient-specific layer: an X-ray or MRI translation handout that explains what was found, in plain language and in your patient's own language, with your practice's branding.

At a glance

At a glance comparison between Patient Media and ChiroReports
	Patient Media	ChiroReports
What it is	A long-established chiropractic patient education company with print, video and report-of-findings materials.	A browser-based tool for clinical reports and patient-facing documents built from your findings.
How education is organized	Generic chiropractic education, including preprinted report folder materials.	A handout generated from your patient's individual X-ray or MRI report.
What goes home	Brochures and report folder materials drawn from a polished catalog.	A branded document explaining your patient's own imaging findings in one of 14 languages.
Where each fits	Waiting room education and a print-based report-of-findings system.	The patient-specific explanation alongside those materials, ready to print or send.

What Patient Media does well

Patient Media is a long-established chiropractic patient education company based in Colorado Springs and founded by Bill Esteb. Its decades of focus on patient communication deserve genuine credit.
Its deep catalog reflects that focus: brochures, including the well-known Answers new-patient brochure; charts and posters such as Road to Recovery and Spinal Decay; videos; forms; and postcards. The materials are polished and designed around explaining chiropractic clearly.
Report-of-findings tools such as the VIP Patient Report Folder give practices a structured print-based way to present education. That is a different job from generating a clinical report, and it is a job Patient Media has put real craft into.
The scripting and implementation guidance is thoughtful and battle-tested. For a practice that wants a consistent way to talk with new patients about chiropractic, the guidance is part of the value, not just the printed product.

Where the two approaches differ

This is a factual contrast between product formats, not a summary of user complaints.

Patient Media's report folder system is described in its own catalog as carrying generic, preprinted information about chiropractic. That is intentional: the same polished material can serve many patients. It explains chiropractic in general rather than documenting an individual patient's imaging findings.

A preprinted brochure cannot contain the findings from your patient's own X-ray or MRI report. ChiroReports generates a handout from that individual imaging report, explaining what was found in plain language, in your patient's own language, with your practice's branding, in minutes.

The practical difference is print supplies on a shelf versus a document created for one patient at one visit. Neither format has to displace the other. A general explanation of chiropractic and a personal explanation of imaging answer different questions.

Product catalog and education materials: Patient Media. See the current product information before making a decision.

How ChiroReports fits

ChiroReports adds the patient-specific layer through its X-Ray and MRI Translator handouts and other patient-facing documents. The handout starts with your patient's imaging report, not a generic brochure topic.

You can keep Patient Media's waiting room materials and report-of-findings system, then send your patient home with a branded explanation of their own spine. ChiroReports supports 14 handout languages and the same print, Word, EHR copy and email options used for its other outputs.

Who should stay, who should add

Stay with Patient Media if a print-based waiting room and report-of-findings system is working for your practice. Its communication guidance and polished materials have a clear purpose.

Add ChiroReports when your patient leaves nodding and then Googles their MRI terms at home, because the generic brochure never mentioned their findings. Keep the general education and add the explanation specific to your patient.