Outreach to Health Professionals
NN/LM MAR promotes the use and access to reliable health information by health professionals in NY, NJ, PA and DE
Primary NN/LM MAR Contact: Kate Flewelling / Outreach Coordinator / flewkate@pitt.edu
For 2011-2016, our priority groups for health information outreach include:
- Health professionals unaffiliated with a medical library
- Public health professionals
- Mental health professionals
- Minority health professionals
- Critical Access Hospitals
Services to Health Professionals and Organizations
- Free online and in-person training on reliable health information resources
- Exhibiting and presenting at your professional conference on free health information for health professionals and the public
- Free educational materials for order and download on National Library of Medicine (NLM) resources
- Free consultation on health information outreach
- Funding opportunities for health information outreach
- Support for your outreach initiatives with our Outreach Toolkit
- Networking among nearly 900 information organizations in NY, NJ, PA and DE, including hospital, academic and public libraries, public health agencies, and community-based organizations
Selected Resources from the National Library of Medicine
- PubMed: 22+ million biomedical citations
- MedlinePlus: the premier patient education website from the National Library of Medicine
- Drug Information Resources: drug and supplement information for providers and patients
- Information Rx Tool Kit (NLM / American College of Physicians Foundation)
- Assists physicians in referring patients to MedlinePlus
