Where's the Good Stuff? HIGH QUALITY HEALTH RESOURCES MADE EASY Indiana Library Federation 2015 Conference Indianapolis, IN November 18, 2015 Carol Bean Technology Coordinator NN/LM Greater Midwest Region

Me: Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips (law firm): Law Librarian Palm Beach County Library System: Computer Center Manager U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11 th 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) 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

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 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 10 th 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?

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Nursing Home Compare 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

Academic Libraries: Supporting Health Sciences

Resources for Practitioners and Researchers ◦Specialized Information Services: ◦Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC): ◦WISER for emergency responders ◦Chemical and Drug Information: ◦Drug Information Portal: ◦LactMed:

MedGen Focused on human medical genetics, especially the attributes of conditions with a genetic contribution 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 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

Databases to Note Gene ◦Integrates genetic information from a wide range of species Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) ◦Includes animal testing information LiverTox ◦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 ◦ ◦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 Handouts:

Exhibits NLM Exhibition program: 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 (800) , press (1) Carol Bean Technology Coordinator