Where's the
Good Stuff?
H I G H Q U A L I T Y H E A LT H R E S O U R C E S M A D E E A S Y
Carol Bean
Technology Coordinator
NN/LM Greater Midwest Region
https://nnlm.gov/gmr
Indiana Library Federation
2015 Conference
Indianapolis, IN
November 18, 2015
A Little Background
(AKA Introduction)
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 Officer
NN/LM GMR
(National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater
Midwest Region): Technology Coordinator
A Little Background
(AKA Introduction)
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)
GMR
• 8 regions
• Coordinated by the
National Library of
Medicine (NLM)
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)
Greater Midwest Region (GMR)
Focus:
Work with health
professionals and librarians
to provide quality health
information
Expand health literacy and
awareness
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?
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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 Literacy
The 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 vomiting
Cyclic vomiting
 Vascular urethral reflux
Vesicoureteral reflux
 Dropped Bladder
Cystocele
 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
(medlineplus.gov)
(nihseniorhealth.gov)
(http://clinicaltrials.gov)
(http://nccih.nih.gov)
(http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp)
(http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov)
(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
https://sis.nlm.nih.gov/
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 workshops
Awareness: exhibits
Funding 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 Medicine
Greater 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)
gmr4u@uic.edu
https://nnlm.gov/gmr
Carol Bean
Technology Coordinator
gmrtech@uic.edu