Toward a more informed patient : bridging health care information through an interactive communication portal

The National Library of Medicine spearheads several consumer health initiatives, such as MedlinePlus, NIH Senior Health, and ClinicalTrials.gov, designed to get medical information directly into the hands of patients [4-6]. Anecdotal feedback on the integrated lab links-collected from reports of cli...

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Published in:Journal of the Medical Library Association 2007, Vol.95 (1), p.77-81
Main Authors: KOONCE, Taneya Y, GIUSE, Dario A, BEAUREGARD, Julie M, GIUSE, Nunzia Bettinsoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brief Communications
Exact sciences and technology
Health care
Health Education - organization & administration
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hospitals
Humans
Information and communication sciences
Information and document management systems
Information retrieval systems. Information and document management system
Information science. Documentation
Interdisciplinary Communication
Internet - organization & administration
Libraries, Digital - organization & administration
Library Services - organization & administration
Medical records
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Medical tests
Organizational Objectives
Patient Access to Records
Patient Participation
Program Evaluation
Sciences and techniques of general use
Tennessee
Universities - organization & administration
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Summary:The National Library of Medicine spearheads several consumer health initiatives, such as MedlinePlus, NIH Senior Health, and ClinicalTrials.gov, designed to get medical information directly into the hands of patients [4-6]. Anecdotal feedback on the integrated lab links-collected from reports of clinical team members, patient responses during MHAV focus groups, and comments from other MHAV team members-has thus far been highly positive; both patients and clinicians have expressed enthusiastic appreciation for the health information materials.
ISSN:1536-5050
1558-9439