The
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new on-line tool aimed to help consumers take control of their own health care by connecting them to new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage. The government is billing this new website,
HealthCare.gov, as
"the first to provide consumers with both public and private health coverage options tailored specifically for their needs in a single, easy-to-use tool."
Go to HealthCare.gov or click on the blog title to read the press release.Labels: consumer health information, health insurance, healthcare reform
The
#1 starting point for consumer health information has just gone mobile!
Mobile MedlinePlus is an optimized version for use on the various mobile communication devices. It includes a subset of content from the full
MedlinePlus site; such as summaries for over 800 diseases, conditions and wellness topics, latest health news, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, and information on prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Labels: consumer health information, MedlinePlus, mobile devices, patient drug information, patient education
The latest issue of the
NIH MedlinePlus Magazine is now available. In every issue you'll find information you can use to keep you and your family healthy, including links to
MedlinePlus, NLM's award-winning
consumer health web site. Great for patient education too!
Labels: consumer health information, MedlinePlus, NIH, patient education
What an inspiring, fresh face the US government's Healthfinder website has now! So inviting and clean looking,
it makes you want to be healthy!Also included are some very straight forward
tutorials giving you a tour of the features and uses of the site, and helping you navigate and search for the health information you need.
Share this site with all your patients, friends, and family. Labels: consumer health information, Healthfinder, low-literacy, patient education
Understanding Medical Words:
A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine"This tutorial teaches you about medical words. You'll learn about how to put together parts of medical words. You'll also find quizzes to see what you've learned." You will need Flash Player to view the programs.
But for those interested in a more serious online tutorial for learning medical terminology check out this excelence offering from
Des Moines University.Labels: consumer health information, medical terminology, MedlinePlus, NLM, tutorials
Editors are now collaborating on the
Medpedia Project to collect the best information about health, medicine and the body and make it freely available worldwide.
Only physicians and Ph.D.s in a biomedical field are allowed to make edits directly to the article pages. However, everyone is encouraged to contribute by using the
"Suggest Changes" link at the top of each article page.
Think of
The Medpedia Project as the free technology platform for the medical community, a sort of 'Wikipedia' for the sharing and advancing of knowledge about health, medicine and the body.
Labels: consumer health information, knowledge transfer, medical encyclopedia, Medpedia Project, patient-physician communication, Web 2.0, wikis
"Today
MedlinePlus released a multilingual feature, providing access to high quality health information in languages other than English and Spanish. This new service benefits people who prefer to read consumer health information in their native language.The new collection contains over 2,500 links to information in more than 40 languages and covers nearly 250 Health Topics." Although not meant to be comprehensive, as with the English and Spanish collections, MedlinePlus staff select the materials according to their quality guidelines.
Labels: consumer health information, MedlinePlus, multilingual health information
