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Consumer Health Information Advisory Group Meeting
Nov. 21, 2003, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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8:30 - 9:00		Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00		Introductions -- including your organization's (or your) interest in Consumer Health information/services

10:00 - 10:15		Introductory remarks from Sherrilynne Fuller and Neil Rambo

10:15 - 10:25		Greetings from the National Library of Medicine, Lalitha Kutty

10:25 - 10:55		Update on consumer health activities in the PNR -- funded projects, outreach trips, Gail Kouame, Margo Harris, Patty Owen

10:55 - 11:10		Break

11:10 - 12:30		Discussion of the following questions/issues: Future planning and wrap-up What are the unique needs of the Pacific Northwest region surrounding consumer health? What can the RML do to assist with providing for these unique needs? What can be done to encourage outreach/collaboration/partnerships to provide health information at the community level to reach consumers? What are some community-based agencies with whom we can partner to provide consumer health information? How can we increase NN/LM PNR network membership/interest in network membership? Health literacy -- how does it fit into consumer health information delivery? Neil Rambo 2-1-1 projects -- how do they fit into consumer health information delivery? What are our roles? Neil Rambo

12:30 - 1:30		Lunch & Networking,

1:30 - 3:00		Introduction of NLM's Public Libraries initiative and progress, Gail Kouame and Cathy Burroughs Input/feedback from advisors How can we effectively introduce this initiative to public libraries Continued discussion from morning topics -- how might these relate to/feed into the public libraries initiative?

3:00 - 3:30		Future planning and wrap-up

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