The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3070-5 (ISBN)
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 for those who ask, “Does this health and medical information apply to me and my unique clinical picture?” or “How do I use this information?” 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.
Michele Spatz is currently Business Projects and Intelligence Manager for Planetree, a nonprofit healthcare organization devoted to improving both providers and patients’ experience of care. She recently completed work on a grant-funded research project identifying patient-centered care practices among high-performing health systems and academic medical centers outside the Planetree network. In addition to her research responsibilities, Michele executes Planetree’s special projects, such as the one noted above. Michele received her Masters’ Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, and has a certificate in Lean Six Sigma from Villanova University.
List of Diagrams & Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 History of Consumer and Patient Health Librarianship – Michele Spatz
Chapter 2 Where to Start? Needs Assessment – Nikki Dettmar
Chapter 3 Strategic Planning for Success – Mary Grace Flaherty
Chapter 4 Bricks and mortar: Costs, Budgeting & Funding Sources – Cara Marcus
Chapter 5 Patient Friendly Technology – Today and Tomorrow - Gabe Rios & Emma O'Hagan
Chapter 6 Prized Assets: Staff - Jean Shipman & Erica Lake
Chapter 7 Health Reference Service – Nancy Dickenson, Carmen Huddleston, Gillian Kumagai, Jean Johnson, Edgar Lopez
Chapter 8 Ethical Issues in Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information –
Barbara Bibel with Michele Spatz
Chapter 9 Social Media for Health Consumers and Patients – Michelle Kraft
Chapter 10 Meeting health information needs of diverse populations: children, teens,
LGBT, low literate, ESL – Linda Stahl
Chapter 11 Cultural sensitivity and health information resources & services – Donna J.
McCloskey
Chapter 12 Marketing Health Library Services to Patients and Consumers – Jackie Davis
Chapter 13 Strategic Partnerships – In-reach – Carol Ann Atwood
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2014 |
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Reihe/Serie | Medical Library Association Books Series |
Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 485 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4422-3070-3 / 1442230703 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4422-3070-5 / 9781442230705 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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