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What’s new with MedlinePlus, Go Local, and NIHSeniorHealth

What’s new with MedlinePlus, Go Local, and NIHSeniorHealth. Joyce E.B. Backus National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Health and Human Services . Outline. Stats New on MedlinePlus Resource page for Librarians and Trainers Animated tour in Spanish

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What’s new with MedlinePlus, Go Local, and NIHSeniorHealth

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  1. What’s new with MedlinePlus, Go Local, and NIHSeniorHealth Joyce E.B. Backus National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Health and Human Services

  2. Outline • Stats • New on MedlinePlus • Resource page for Librarians and Trainers • Animated tour in Spanish • American Hospital Association Directory • Health Check Tools • Organizations by topic • Surgery video pilot • Collaboration with AARP and VA • Go Local • NIHSeniorHealth • Exercise stories, new topics

  3. MedlinePlus • 700 Health Topics in MedlinePlus • 648 in MedlinePlus en español • > 58,000 email list subscribers • ~ 60 million page views/month • 6.5 million unique users/month

  4. American Customer Satisfaction Index Thanks for responding • Tracks trends in customer satisfaction • Provides benchmarking data • MedlinePlus: consistently has highest government score

  5. For Librarians and Trainers • Tours • English & Spanish sample tutorials for demos - no Internet connection needed • Links to • Evaluating Health Information Health topic • Guide to Evaluating Health Information document • Public Libraries and Community Partners (from the NN/LM)

  6. Tour en español

  7. Find a Hospital – AHA directory Find a hospital by name, zip code, or city Driving directions from MapQuest List of hospital services

  8. Health Check Tools • Quizzes, calculators, and self-assessments • Listed under “Health Check Tools” on each topic • Entire list also available from Health Topics tab • Also in Spanish

  9. Organizations by topic • List and links to organizations producing consumer health information • Link on “Other Resources” Organizations by alphabet or topic

  10. Pre-recorded webcasts of surgical procedures by slp3D Inc. (OR-Live) Operations performed at US medical centers since January 2004 One-hour programs Customized MedlinePlus RealPlayer Printable transcripts Surgical Webcast Pilot

  11. Links to videos

  12. Customized player

  13. PDF transcript

  14. Collaboration: AARP • AARP launched health portal August • Licensed Healthwise, Medicare Interactive • Customized links in Healthwise to MedlinePlus health topics • Home page links to tutorials, directories, clinical trials, NCCAM • Reference/Web staff trained volunteers

  15. AARP Health Guide Links to: M+ Tutorials ClinicalTrials.gov M+ Directories NCCAM health info

  16. MedlinePlus and My HealtheVet

  17. Go Local Concept –Breast Cancer Example Health info - MedlinePlus • NIH consumer literature • News • Symptoms, Treatment, Coping • MEDLINE search • ClinicalTrials.gov search • Genetics Home Reference links Services – Go Local • Health screening services • Cancer care facilities • Support groups • Exercise and yoga classes • Providers of wigs and prostheses • Oncologists

  18. From MedlinePlus From a health topic page, choose a location to find services for that condition.

  19. Navigation in Go Local

  20. NLM Hosted Linked today Indiana Massachusetts In progress Alabama Arizona Delaware Maryland Michigan Nevada Ohio—Southeast Texas—East Texas Texas—Gulf Coast Tribal Four Corners Utah Wyoming In approval Alaska Locally hosted Linked today North Carolina Missouri Texas—So Texas In progress California—LA County South Carolina Go Local Status

  21. Go Local – Learn more • Information Session – Wed, May 18, 12:30 pm • Resources page • Frequently Asked Questions • Presentations by project participants • Participation Guidelines • System Training • Vocabulary http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ golocalresources.html

  22. New topics, more NIH Institutes • Exercise Stories • Award from Int’l Congress on Active Aging • New features • printer-friendly - print full topic or selected chapters • updated accessibility buttons provide more text sizes and clearly show contrast and speech on / off • new message reminds users to turn off pop-up blockers NIHSeniorHealth

  23. New Topics • Three new topics (16 total): • Shingles (NIAID) • Sleep and Aging (NIA) • Low Vision (NEI) • Age-related Macular Degeneration (NEI)

  24. Diabetic Retinopathy (NEI) Glaucoma (NEI) Cataract (NEI) Next topics • Topics (by late-June) • July release • Problems with Taste (NIDCD) • Problems with Smell (NIDCD)

  25. Clinical Trials (NLM) Congestive Heart Failure (NHLBI) COPD (NHLBI) Dry Mouth (NIDCR) Falls and Fractures (NIA) Heart Attack (NHLBI) High Blood Pressure (NHLBI) Future Topics (NIH Institute) • High Cholesterol (NHLBI) • Medicare (NIA) • Older Adults and Alcoholism (NIAAA) • Osteoporosis (NIAMS) • Paget's Disease of Bone (NIAMS) • Stroke (NINDS)

  26. Exercise Stories • Narrative & photos from seniors • Starting out – 13 stories • Planning for national coverage with a variety of exercises and of ages • The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) is assisting with recruitment • Form for Exercise Stories is linked from the Exercise Stories homepage

  27. Stats – 1.6 M pages/quarter

  28. Thanks for: • Responding to our surveys • Telling NLM what you really think • Supporting our web sites to your patrons • Training on consumer health sites • Keeping those suggestions coming

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