Past Funded Projects

The GMR Outreach Award allows the Outreach Librarian of the Ruth Lilly Medical Library to attend multiple events as an exhibitor, pays for a small portion of The Outreach Librarian's salary, and pays for minimal related administrative costs. Events are hosted by Outreach Librarian and other volunteers from the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. A booth and table are rented. Space is hosted with friendly faces, a MacBook Air & Wifi for live demonstrations of NLM databases, handouts and customized posters. Classes are taught by the Outreach Librarian and other volunteers.

Exhibit and outreach at the Delivering the Vision of Comprehensive Health Services in 95 Iowa Annual meeting of Rebalancing Health Care in the Heartland sponsored by the UIowa Health Sciences Policy Council and the annual meeting of the Iowa 95 Health Association

Dahlgren Memorial Library DML at Georgetown University Medical Center GUMC plans to seek funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Southeastern/Atlantic Region NNLM SEA for a project designed to deploy and assess the utility of iPad Mini tablet devices for use by 5 residents in the Neurosurgery Residency Training Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital MGUH in Washington, DC. When the iPad mini devices were released by Apple, Inc.

The goal of this proposed project is to promote evidence-based practice in healtcare management by providing an educational program on evidence-based management {EBMgt for health administrators in the Pacific Northwest Region. The objectives of the education program are 1 to increase health administrator knowledge in EBMgt principles and processes in healthcare management; 2 to increase health administrator skills in information searching and access; and 3 to gain health administrator confidence in the implementation of EBMgt in decision-making within their healthcare organizations.

Dahlgren Memorial Library DML at Georgetown University Medical Center GUMC plans to seek funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Southeastern/Atlantic Region NNLM SEA for a project designed to deploy and assess the utility of iPad Mini tablet devices for use by 5 residents in the Neurosurgery Residency Training Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital MGUH in Washington, DC. When the iPad mini devices were released by Apple, Inc.

Federal mandates as well as standards outlined by the Joint Commission regarding the provision of adequate care to Limited English Proficiency LEP patients require that University of Virginia UVA clinicians be informed about information resources that will be helpful to this population. MedlinePlus, MedlinePlus in Spanish, and the website, Health Information in Multiple Languages, can provide patients and clinicians access to quality online health information. Hospital interpreters are also essential to the provision of quality care to LEP patients.

The purpose of this project is to advance health literacy capacity and to improve clinical information discovery skills of health professionals in Eastern Washington. The targeted health professionals work in clinics, in long- term care facilities, and in schools in Eastern Washington.

An important aim of the NN/LM PNR application for the 2016-2021 is to support collaborations in the Pacific Northwest Region that foster effective use of current, high quality, information and decision support resources by health professionals, by students in the health professions, and by patients in order to treat the commonly encountered medical conditions in 95 and underserved populations in Oregon.

Health Literacy and 89: An Age Friendly Approach to Health Information: This half day symposium will help health and social service professionals learn more about the impact health literacy has on health outcomes for 89; and provide training in health literacy best practices for finding, creating and evaluating health information materials for people age 60 and older.

The Chelan-Douglas Health District website improvement project is aimed at improving the ability of English and Spanish speaking community members and healthcare professionals in Chelan and Douglas counties, to find and use essential health information online. There is a strong need in our health jurisdiction to improve our web presence and the information that is offered to our residents via our website. Included in the new web design will be a new user-friendly design, search function, mobile site, and provide necessary content in Spanish.

The primary goal of this Alaska Medical Library project is to improve the quality of life and health for citizens of Alaska by providing information outreach services to the healthcare workforce, especially in 95 areas, over a five-year period from May 2016 through April 2021. Additionally, AML hopes to expand outreach to include public schools and public libraries to teach and promote health literacy in the communities we visit.

A $15,000 National Network of Libraries of Medicine grant will allow the Pennsylvania Behavioral Health and Aging Coalition to research, coordinate, develop, and implement the Pennsylvania's Older Adult Medical Resource Information Initiative through the course of the eight month funding period.

This project will increase access to health information by improving the health literacy attributes of The University of Tennessee Medical Center UTMC. Library faculty will lead an assessment of health literacy sensitive characteristics of the UTMC and will provide a basis for promoting changes in our healthcare system based on evidence. Librarians will partner with UTMC stakeholders and University of Tennessee graduate students to implement assessment tools called the Health Literacy Environment of Hospitals and Health Centers HLEHH.

The Pacific College of Oriental College PCOM proposes a collaborative health information outreach project to increase awareness and access of NLM/NIH online resources by providing training workshops for consumers and health professionals in San Diego. The goal is to extend access to health care information through training workshops for all residents, with emphasis on reaching multicultural, diverse and minority populations at their communities, and to improve the library's technologies needed to conduct the project.