MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health What’s new with MedlinePlus, Go Local, and NIHSeniorHealth Medical Library Association May , 2005 San Antonio, TX

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health New for MedlinePlus Nearly 500 million page views per month Over 51 million unique users per month New features –Animated tour in Spanish –Resource page for Librarians and Trainers –American Hospital Association Directory –Health Check Tools –Organizations listed by topic Collaboration with AARP and VA

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Tour en español

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health For Librarians and Trainers Tours Two sample tutorials (English & Spanish) for demos when no Internet connection is available Links to MedlinePlus –Health topic - Evaluating Health Information –Guide to Evaluating Health Information Public Libraries and Community Partners (from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine)

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Find a Hospital Find a hospital by name, through a zip code search, or by city List of hospital services Get driving directions from MapQuest

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Health Check Tools Quizzes, calculators, and self- assessments Listed under “Health Check Tools” on each topic Entire list also available from Health Topics tab Also in Spanish

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Organizations by topic List and links to organizations producing consumer health information Find link on “Other Resources” (home page or tab at top) Organizations by alphabet or topic

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Collaboration: AARP AARP launched health portal on August 23 Licensed Healthwise, Medicare Interactive Customized links in Healthwise to MedlinePlus health topics Home page links to tutorials, directories, clinical trials, NCCAM Reference/Web staff trained volunteers

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health AARP Health Guide Links to: M+ Tutorials ClinicalTrials.gov M+ Directories NCCAM health info

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health MedlinePlus and My HealtheVet

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Growth in MedlinePlus use

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health American Customer Satisfaction Index results –Tracks trends in customer satisfaction –Provides benchmarking data –MedlinePlus: consistently has highest government score

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Go Local Update Go Local project links local services from health topics 19 Go Local areas in various stages of completion Sites either independent or NLM supported NLM Management system up and running

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Keys to success Institutional/organizational commitment Dedicated staff Services, not health information Vigilance Community outreach and partnerships Feedback, evaluation and improvements

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Go Local NN/LM Funding Must be an NLM-approved Go Local project –Local organization must fund the half-time staff requirement. –One time funding up to $25,000 will be available to each go local participating area. Prerequisites –NN/LM Full Member –NN/LM Affiliate Members must: Partner with a Full Member, or Have a health sciences librarian working on the project.

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Current Go Local Projects Go Local sites in various stages of completion

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health MedlinePlus Go Local Resources Frequently Asked Questions Participation Guidelines NLM Hosted System Training Vocabulary golocalresources.html

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Go Local Input System Version 1 – Bare bones to input data Version 2 (April 2005) - Customization

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Navigation from MedlinePlus Links to related MedlinePlus pages From a health topic page on MedlinePlus, choose a location and find services in that area for your topic.

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Navigation in Go Local You can start from the national Go Local map and choose a state or region, then select county or zip code, and find services.

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Go Local Indiana page design

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health National directory information for non-Go Local states

NIHSeniorHealth The Web Site for Older Adults National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Health and Human Services

NIHSeniorHealth New features –printer-friendly version allows users to print full topics or selected chapters –updated accessibility buttons provide more text size choices and clearly show whether contrast and speech are on or off –a new message reminds users to turn off their browser pop-up blocker –Exercise stories from Seniors

Exercise Stories

New Topics Taking Medicines Diabetes Shingles Sleep and Aging Low Vision Coming Soon: –Problems with Taste –Problems with Smell –Age related Macular Degeneration

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