Volume 5 - Issue 1
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 New features on MedlinePlus include a Health Check Tools section on the Health Topics page. You will find calculators and self-tests including a Stress-O-Meter and Portion Distortion Quiz. The Health Check Tools section is valuable for both the public and care providers alike. Another new section on MedlinePlus is the Surgery Videos. The Surgery Videos are accessed from a tab on the home page. The Surgery Videos were originally a featured site on the MedlinePlus home page. But, when NLM highlighted a different site, there were many calls to NLM asking, "Where did those surgery videos go?" Thus, they were added as a main feature of MedlinePlus. In the Surgery Videos section, you will find links to pre-recorded web casts of surgical procedures done since January of 2004. To view the Surgery Videos, Real Player is required. There are surgery videos from hospitals in our region featured including the Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Hartford Hospital. In case you are looking for the Selection Guidelines on the About Us page and can't find them, they are now called Quality Guidelines. This change was made in an effort by NLM to make the section more user-friendly. I would also like to remind you about the MedlinePlus listservs. They are accessible from the home page. You can sign up for announcements about new topics on MedlinePlus, the latest news items, and subject specialized news topics such as Children, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Nutrition & Health Eating, Senior's Health and Women's Health. Also, don't forget you may toggle to Espaņol for the Spanish listservs. And, most importantly, don't forget to add a link to MedlinePlus to your library web site. There is an "Add MedlinePlus To Your Site" page on the home page. The NLM would love for you to link to MedlinePlus. One of the Consumer Health Librarians objectives is to try to get more sites to link to MedlinePlus. So, by all means please link to MedlinePlus. The "Add MedlinePlus to Your Site" page is available at: Add a MedlinePlus Search Box To Your Site:
 Consumer Health Profile
 Greenwich Public Library Health Information Center The Greenwich Public Library in Connecticut opened a Health Information Center on October 8, 2003. The Health Information Center provides trained librarians to help patrons become effective advocates for their health in a time of health information overload. The Center also partners with Greenwich Hospital and the Greenwich Department of Health to provide informative health presentations throughout the year. The Health Information Center is located on the main floor of the library. Resources for the center include:
To highlight pertinent medical issues, book displays are rotated on a monthly basis. Local health events are posted on the Center's bulletin board. Brochures and pamphlets from local and national health association are available. The Health Information Center offers health related programming on a regular basis. Examples of past programs include:
The library has been recognized for the benefits of the Health Information Center to the community of Greenwich and the State of Connecticut with several awards including inclusion in the Community Solutions to Health Disparities Database which is sponsored by the American Public Health Association and by winning the NCLIS Blue Ribbon Award for Consumer Health Libraries for the state of Connecticut. The Greenwich Public Library's Health Information Center is a successful model of a partnership between a public library and the local hospital. Michelle.Eberle@umassmed.edu, Consumer Health Information Coordinator |
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