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Where's the Good Stuff?
HIGH QUALITY HEALTH RESOURCES MADE EASY
Indiana Library Federation 2015 Conference
Indianapolis, INNovember 18, 2015
Carol BeanTechnology CoordinatorNN/LM Greater Midwest Regionhttps://nnlm.gov/gmr
Me:
Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips (law firm): Law Librarian
Palm Beach County Library System: Computer Center Manager
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit: Technology Librarian
U. S. Department of State: Information Resource OfficerNN/LM GMR
(National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region): Technology Coordinator
A Little Background (AKA Introduction)
A Little Background (AKA Introduction)
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)
• 8 regions• Coordinated by the National
Library of Medicine (NLM)
GMR
A Little Background (AKA Introduction)
Mission:
Advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by:
1. providing all U.S. health professionals equal access to biomedical information and
2. improving the public's access to information, enabling them to make informed decisions about their health and healthcare.
National Network of Libraries of Medicine® Fact Sheet https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/nnlm.html.
A Little Background (AKA Introduction)
Focus:
Work with health professionals and librarians to provide quality health information
Expand health literacy and awareness
Greater Midwest Region (GMR)
A Little Background (AKA Introduction)
In a nutshell, we:
Improve health by connecting people, health practitioners, and researchers to information through communication and collaboration.
Our Goal: Getting High Quality Health Information
to the Public
Improving the public's access to information enables them to make informed decisions about their health and healthcare.
Improving the public’s access to high quality information enables them to make the best decisions about their health and healthcare.
Public libraries are “first responders” in providing public access to information.
Who are you?
• Public
• K-12
• Academic
• Other/Special
Public Libraries: Consumer Health and Beyond
Realities of Health Care today:
• Patients are now asked to make decisions about their own disease process.• Most patients do not have the tools to make these kinds of
decisions
Where do people go before going to the library for health information?• Doctors, Nurses, Physician’s Assistants• Family, Friends• TV• Magazines• Dr. Oz
Pew Internet Study –September 2012 – 77% online health seekers began search at search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo
Health LiteracyThe degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions
One out of ? American adults reads at the 5th grade level or below
one out of 5
The average American reads at the 8th to 9th grade level, and most health care materials are written above ? level
the 10th grade
How are you at translating?
Sick lick vomitingCyclic vomiting
Vascular urethral refluxVesicoureteral reflux
Dropped BladderCystocele
Bavarian Enema
Which of these requests have you NOT heard?
Descriptions of particular procedures
Latest treatment for ….
“Everything” about …
The best doctor or hospital
Drug information
Herbal information
So where’s the good stuff for Consumer Health?
National Library of Medicine: www.nlm.nih.gov
Mmedline Plus home page
(medlineplus.gov)
NIHSeniorHealth home page
(nihseniorhealth.gov)
ClinicalTrials.gov home page
(http://clinicaltrials.gov)
Drug Info Portal NLM home page
(http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp)
Daily Med home page
(http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov)
Dietary Supplents home page
(http://www.dsld.nlm.nih.gov/dsld/)
Nursing Home Compare
http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/ From the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Allows consumers to compare information about nursing homes
Links to Hospital Compare, Physician Compare, Dialysis Facility Compare, and more
K-12 Libraries: Curriculum and Lesson Plans
https://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/k12.html
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childrenspage.html
Academic Libraries: Supporting Health Sciences
Resources for Practitioners and Researchers◦ Specialized Information Services:
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/ ◦ Disaster Information Management Research Center
(DIMRC): http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc.html ◦ WISER for emergency responders◦ Chemical and Drug Information:
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemical.html ◦ Drug Information Portal: http
://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/ ◦ LactMed: http://lactmed.nlm.nih.gov/
MedGen
Focused on human medical genetics, especially the attributes of conditions with a genetic contribution
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/
Disease characteristics and clinical features
Links to professional guidelines, recent clinical studies, and systematic reviews
External links to PubMed, NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR), OMIM, and Genetics Home Reference (GHR)
New Databases
PubMed Health is a free resource focused on identifying clinical effectiveness research
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/
Includes◦ DARE Reviews◦ Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews◦ Health technology assessment (HTA) systematic reviews
New Interfaces Includes the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2012
Interactive capabilities
Improved U.S. Census layers, availability by Census tract
Additional and updated dataset
http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/
Databases to Note Gene
◦ Integrates genetic information from a wide range of species
Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)◦ Includes animal testing
information
LiverTox http://livertox.nih.gov/◦ Clinical and research
information on drug-included liver injury
Household Products Database◦ 14,000 common household
products◦ Incorporates materials
standards data sheets
LactMed◦ Drugs and lactation
database – drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed
Other resources of note:National Institute on Aging
◦ http://www.nia.nih.gov◦ Free publications (English and Spanish)◦ Alzheimer’s Disease Education and
Referral Center (ADEAR)◦ Database of more than 300
national organizations that provide help to older adults.
Shameless Plug: What we do (all FREE):
Facilitate network members efforts in outreach*Education: train-the-trainer workshopsAwareness: exhibitsFunding of exhibits and projects*
*for network members
Education In-person and distance classes Sessions on varied topics Updates through Lake Effects, Tech Talks, and other venues Lending Library (for network members)
GMR Classes
http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/classes http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/online-ed Handouts: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/handouts
Exhibits
NLM Exhibition program:https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/index.html
GMR Outreach:https://nnlm.gov/gmr/outreach
Questions?
Thank you for attending!
National Network of Libraries of MedicineGreater Midwest Region
(under contract with the University of Illinois at Chicago)1750 W. Polk Street, Suite 220
Chicago, IL 60612(800) 338-7657, press (1)
[email protected]://nnlm.gov/gmr
Carol BeanTechnology [email protected]
