MedlinePlus for Health Professionals:
By Mandy Meloy, community outreach coordinator
Most of us know that Medlineplus.gov is a reliable, up-to-date health information website for consumers created by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). But, did you know that Medlineplus.gov offers resources for health professionals, too?
These resources include:
- Patient Education Materials such as handouts, pictures, easy-to-read resources, and interactive tutorials in English and Spanish.
- Access to images, diagrams, surgical videos, directories, and the latest health news.
- Searches in Pubmed/MEDLINE
- Links to other NLM and National Institutes of Health (NIH) databases including ClinicalTrials.gov, NIHSeniorHealth.gov, DailyMed, Dietary Supplements Labels Database, and Genetics Home Reference
- Links to additional resources including professional organizations and popular topics such as genetic testing and health literacy.
To further help health professionals keep up-to-date, MedlinePlus offers email lists and RSS feeds on general or specific topics and a subscription to the NIH MedlinePlus Magazine. MedlinePlus can also assist health professionals with free materials to empower patients to look up quality information on their own health at www.informationrx.org.
For a MedlinePlus brochure for Health Professionals, please see http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/mp4hptri.doc. This brochure may be freely reproduced and was developed by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) staff.
