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Dragonfly
Fall 2004 -- Volume 35, Number 4 |
by Sandy Hight, Librarian
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho
You may relate to how hard you try to make that first introduction and share the wonderful resources of MedlinePlus, then all of a sudden the desire for more, and more is very inspiring.
A respiratory specialist came to the library for reliable consumer health resources to share with her staff. After our meeting I gave her a packet of MedlinePlus bookmarks. She happened by the Emergency Department to speak with another clinician who asked her about the bookmarks. The light bulb came on; Emergency felt they would be a valuable resource to add to the patient packets. Arrangements had already been made for volunteers to stuff 1,500 packets. They contacted me to obtain the bookmarks. I called the RML and a joint scramble from Susan Barnes, NN/LM PNR and Karen Hajarian at the National Library of Medicine produced the bookmarks in a timely manner. Would you believe they're planning for their next order in a month?
Librarians rock!
(Editor's comment: Thanks for that great idea, Sandy. Do others have ideas about how someone at your hospital can use MedlinePlus promotional materials? Contact the RML to ask about getting a supply and share your ideas with your colleagues. MAB)
This publication is funded in whole with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. N01-LM-1-3516.
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