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Patient
Education and Consumer Health |
A guide to locating patient
education and consumer health information in print and on the web. For
additional assistance, contact the HSL Reference Dept. at 280-5138 or
refdesk@creighton.edu.
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Contents
General Patient and
Consumer Resources
Databases for Patient
Education and Consumer Health
Internet
Resources in Patient Education and Consumer Health
Consumer Health Information Sourcebook
- Print copy: HSL REF ZWB 130 C7575
- Provides sources for health information clearinghouses, centers, hotlines, organizations
and medical search services.
- Includes information on consumer health magazines, newsletters, and internet resources.
- Suggests consumer health books and lists sources for books and pamphlets.
Consumer Health USA - Volume 1 and 2
- Print copy: HSL REF WB 120 C7575
- Brings together nearly 150 consumer health publications selected from those currently
available on topics of major concern to medical consumers.
- English and Spanish volumes are available.
- Provides consumers with accurate and authoritative information derived from prestigious
and reliable health organizations.
Merck Manual of Medical Information- Home Edition
- Print copy: HSL REF WB 130 M555
- The most widely used medical reference in everyday language
- Comprehensive, accurate information is offered, with contributions from more than 300
leading medical experts and over 300 illustrations.
- Free online
edition.
Physician's guide to rare diseases
- Print copy: HSL REF WB 39 P578
- Provided by the National Organization of Rare Diseases
- Information on rare diseases with references and lists of organizations
Dictionary of medical syndromes
- Print copy: HSL REF WB 15 D554
- Includes brief explanations for over 2700 syndromes.
- Synonyms and eponyms included
Griffith's Instructions to Patients
- Print copy: HSL REF WB 18.2 M8246
- Provides thorough, authoritative self-care guidelines that can be given to patients to
educate them about their conditions, improve compliance and speed recovery
- Includes sections on special diet plans, illustrations of major body parts and systems,
and advice on medical-related topics.
CP2000 - Clinical Pharmacology 2000
- This information meets the guidelines proposed by OBRA. A Spanish
translation is available for many commonly-prescribed outpatient
medications.
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Clinical Pharmacology (available only in School
of Pharmacy & HSL)
FDA/CDER Consumer Drug Information web site
- Provided by the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- Each of the Consumer Drug Information Sheets posted on this site provides basic
information about medications recently approved by the FDA.
- Only information about drugs approved since January 1998 appears on this page.
- Web
Link
The PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs.
- Print copy: REF QV 772 P348
Micromedex
- A very comprehensive computerized drug resource in monograph format.
(restricted to Creighton University faculty, staff and students).
- Patient Education Materials are included:
- Available in both English and Spanish.
- Written at a 4th to 6th grade reading level.
- Drug Leaflets documents are patient-oriented overviews of the most frequently prescribed
drugs.
-
Link
to the patient education section.
Directory of Nursing Homes Print copy: HSL REF WX 22 AA1 D598
Annual publication that lists detailed information for more than 16,500 nursing
facilities in the United States
Arranged by geographical location or by facility name.
AHA Guide
- Print copy: HSL REF WX 22 AA1 A53
- Produced by the American Hospital Association.
- Listed geographically with an alphabetic index.
- A guide to United States hospitals, health care systems, networks, alliances, health
organizations, agencies and providers
America's Best Hospitals
- Print copy: HSL REF WX 22 AA1 A58
- Ranked by the U.S.News & World Report
- Over 1000 hospitals ranked in every state and 10 metro areas.
- Ranks hospitals in 16 specialties.
- Includes the top 100 hospitals nationally.
Databases for Patient Education and Consumer Health
CP2000 - Clinical Pharmacology 2000
- This information meets the guidelines proposed by OBRA. A Spanish
translation is available for many commonly-prescribed outpatient
medications.
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Clinical Pharmacology (available only in School
of Pharmacy & HSL)
Micromedex
- A very comprehensive computerized drug resource in monograph format.
(restricted to Creighton University faculty, staff and students).
- CareNotes are included:
- Available in both English and Spanish.
- Written at a 4th to 6th grade reading level.
- Drug Leaflets documents are patient-oriented overviews of the most frequently prescribed
drugs.
-
Link
to the patient education section.
Internet Resources for Patient Education and
Consumer Health
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Includes consumer versions of clinical practice guidelines.
Provides links to other health information sites.
www.ahcpr.gov/consumer
American Medical Association Provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United
States.
Provides consumer health information
Information for patients
CancerNet
- Includes information from the National Cancer Institute.
- Provides information on treatment, clinical trials, coping with cancer, risk
factors,
prevention, support, and other cancer information.
- Cancer information page
Getting Well Network
- Information from the publishers of the Physician's Desk Reference, the
PDR's Getting Well Network provides reliable answers to important health
questions including disease information, risk factors, detection, prevention
and treatment, and coping with disease.
- www.gettingwell.com
Health Information
- This site links consumers to healthcare information available from the federal
government, not-for-profit organizations and educational institutions.
- www.health.nih.gov
Healthfinder.gov
- healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the
best government and nonprofit health and human services information on
the Internet.
- healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites
from over 1,800 health-related organizations. This site
features a section for kids and information in Spanish.
- www.healthfinder.gov
healthHQ
- healthHQ provides access to consumer information on support and self-help
groups across Nebraska, participating public libraries, and regional and
national consumer health websites.
- www.healthhq.org
Medline Plus Offers links to quality medical information written at the consumer/patient
level.
Provides already completed MEDLINE searches for several common diseases and conditions.
Directs consumers to many government organizations, clearinghouses and other
associations.
www.medlineplus.gov
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
- Includes easy-to-read, relevant information for a healthier life.
- Information provided by the physicians at the Mayo Clinic.
- www.mayohealth.org
Medical Library Association-Consumer and Patient Health Information Section
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