| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 224 pages) |
| Series |
Medical Library Association books |
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Medical Library Association books.
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| Contents |
History of consumer and patient health librarianship / Michele Spatz -- Where to start? : needs assessment / Nikki Dettmar -- Strategic planning for success / Mary Grace Flaherty -- Bricks and mortar : costs, budgeting and funding sources / Cara Marcus -- Patient friendly technology : today and tomorrow / Gabe Rios and Emma O'Hagan -- Prized assets : staff / Jean Shipman and Erica Lake -- Health reference service / Nancy Dickenson, Carmen Huddleston, Gillian Kumagai, Jean Johnson, Edgar Lopez -- Ethical issues in providing consumer and patient health information / Barbara Bibel with Michele Spatz -- Social media for health consumers and patients / Michelle Kraft -- Meeting health information needs of diverse populations : children, teens, LGBT, low literate, ESL / Linda Stahl -- Cultural sensitivity and health information resources and services / Donna J. McCloskey -- Marketing health library services to patients and consumers / Jackie Davis -- Strategic partnerships : in-reach / Carol Ann Atwood |
| Summary |
"Comprised of fifteen chapters written by experienced consumer health librarians, The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information is designed for library and information science graduate students as well as librarians new to health and medical librarianship, regardless of library setting. It is comprehensive in scope, covering all aspects of consumer and patient health and medical information from their humble, grassroots beginnings to the ever-evolving applications of new technology and social media. In between, the mundane aspects of health and medical librarianship, such as needs assessment, costs, budgeting and funding, and staffing are discussed. Adding richness to this discussion are the coverage of more sensitive topics such as patient-friendly technology, ethical issues in providing consumer and patient health information, meeting the needs of diverse populations, and responding to individuals from various cultural backgrounds. No comprehensive picture of consumer and patient health librarianship would be complete without addressing the critical importance of marketing and strategic partnerships; such discussions round out this invaluable guide. Patients today must be knowledgeable enough to participate in their health and well-being. Shorter hospital stays, changing reimbursement patterns and the gradual shift towards focusing on proactively maintaining health and managing disease require patients to be informed and actively engaged. Education, information and understanding are important components of actively-engaged patients. Correspondingly, in today's e-world, there is a glut of information resources available through the Internet - from YouTube videos to Googling to blogs and Twitter feeds. What is lacking in these information-rich times is the relevance of meaning and context ... As knowledge navigators, information technology wizards and content experts, librarians offer focused responses to individuals' specific and highly personal health and medical information queries. In a new healthcare world order of optimizing health and minimizing hospitalizations, such a service is invaluable. Sadly, there still exists in our highly networked and technological age an information gap for those who struggle in obtaining meaningful health or medical information. These individuals may be foreign-born, non-English speaking, poor, rural, aged or semi-literate. Whatever their status, librarians must have the wherewith-all to find germane resources and also help create responsive mechanisms to bridge that health information gap for vulnerable citizens. The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information will guide you on the road to providing that response"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Medical informatics.
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Patient education.
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Libraries and hospital patients.
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Consumer Health Information
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Library Services
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Patient Education as Topic
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Libraries and hospital patients
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Medical informatics
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Patient education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Spatz, Michele, 1954- editor.
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Medical Library Association, sponsoring body.
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| LC no. |
2021676714 |
| ISBN |
9781442225718 |
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1442225718 |
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9781442225718 |
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