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

What’s new with MedlinePlus, Go Local, and NIHSeniorHealth. Medical Library Association May 14 - 19, 2005 San Antonio, TX. New for MedlinePlus. Nearly 500 million page views per month Over 51 million unique users per month New features 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 withMedlinePlus, Go Local, and NIHSeniorHealth Medical Library Association May 14 - 19, 2005 San Antonio, TX

  2. New for MedlinePlus • Nearly 500 million page views per month • Over 51 million unique users per month • New features • Animated tour in Spanish • Resource page for Librarians and Trainers • American Hospital Association Directory • Health Check Tools • Organizations listed by topic • Collaboration with AARP and VA

  3. Tour en español

  4. For Librarians and Trainers • Tours • Two sample tutorials (English & Spanish) for demos when no Internet connection is available • Links to MedlinePlus • Health topic - Evaluating Health Information • Guide to Evaluating Health Information • Public Libraries and Community Partners (from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine)

  5. Find a Hospital Find a hospital by name, through a zip code search, or by city Get driving directions from MapQuest List of hospital services

  6. 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

  7. Organizations by topic • List and links to organizations producing consumer health information • Find link on “Other Resources” (home page or tab at top) Organizations by alphabet or topic

  8. Collaboration: AARP • AARP launched health portal on August 23 • 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

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

  10. MedlinePlus and My HealtheVet

  11. Growth in MedlinePlus use

  12. American Customer Satisfaction Index results • Tracks trends in customer satisfaction • Provides benchmarking data • MedlinePlus: consistently has highest government score

  13. Go Local Update • Go Local project links local services from health topics • 19 Go Local areas in various stages of completion • Sites either independent or NLM supported • NLM Management system up and running

  14. Keys to success • Institutional/organizational commitment • Dedicated staff • Services, not health information • Vigilance • Community outreach and partnerships • Feedback, evaluation and improvements

  15. Go Local NN/LM Funding • Must be an NLM-approved Go Local project • Local organization must fund the half-time staff requirement. • One time funding up to $25,000 will be available to each go local participating area. • Prerequisites • NN/LM Full Member • NN/LM Affiliate Members must: • Partner with a Full Member, or • Have a health sciences librarian working on the project.

  16. Go Local sites in various stages of completion Current Go Local Projects

  17. MedlinePlus Go Local Resources • Frequently Asked Questions • Participation Guidelines • NLM Hosted System Training • Vocabulary http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ golocalresources.html

  18. Go Local Input System Version 1 – Bare bones to input data Version 2 (April 2005) -Customization

  19. Navigation from MedlinePlus From a health topic page on MedlinePlus, choose a location and find services in that area for your topic. Links to related MedlinePlus pages

  20. Navigation in Go Local You can start from the national Go Local map and choose a state or region, then select county or zip code, and find services.

  21. Go Local Indiana page design

  22. National directory information for non-Go Local states

  23. NIHSeniorHealthThe Web Site for Older Adults http://nihseniorhealth.gov National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Health and Human Services

  24. NIHSeniorHealth • New features • printer-friendly version allows users to print full topics or selected chapters • updated accessibility buttons provide more text size choices and clearly show whether contrast and speech are on or off • a new message reminds users to turn off their browser pop-up blocker • Exercise stories from Seniors

  25. Exercise Stories

  26. Taking Medicines Diabetes Shingles Sleep and Aging Low Vision Coming Soon: Problems with Taste Problems with Smell Age related Macular Degeneration New Topics

  27. Questions??

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