What’s new with MedlinePlus, Go Local, and NIHSeniorHealth Joyce E.B. Backus National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Health and Human Services

Outline Stats Stats New on MedlinePlus New on MedlinePlus –Resource page for Librarians and Trainers –Animated tour in Spanish –American Hospital Association Directory –Health Check Tools –Organizations by topic –Surgery video pilot Collaboration with AARP and VA Collaboration with AARP and VA Go Local Go Local NIHSeniorHealth NIHSeniorHealth –Exercise stories, new topics

MedlinePlus 700 Health Topics in MedlinePlus 700 Health Topics in MedlinePlus 648 in MedlinePlus en 648 in MedlinePlus en español > 58,000 list subscribers > 58,000 list subscribers ~ 60 million page views/month ~ 60 million page views/month 6.5 million unique users/month 6.5 million unique users/month

American Customer Satisfaction Index –Tracks trends in customer satisfaction –Provides benchmarking data –MedlinePlus: consistently has highest government score Thanks for responding

For Librarians and Trainers Tours Tours English & Spanish sample tutorials for demos - no Internet connection needed English & Spanish sample tutorials for demos - no Internet connection needed Links to Links to –Evaluating Health Information Health topic –Guide to Evaluating Health Information document Public Libraries and Community Partners (from the NN/LM) Public Libraries and Community Partners (from the NN/LM)

Tour en español

Find a Hospital – AHA directory Find a hospital by name, zip code, or city List of hospital services Driving directions from MapQuest

Health Check Tools Quizzes, calculators, and self- assessments Quizzes, calculators, and self- assessments Listed under “Health Check Tools” on each topic Listed under “Health Check Tools” on each topic Entire list also available from Health Topics tab Entire list also available from Health Topics tab Also in Spanish Also in Spanish

Organizations by topic List and links to organizations producing consumer health information List and links to organizations producing consumer health information Link on “Other Resources” Link on “Other Resources” Organizations by alphabet or topic

Surgical Webcast Pilot Pre-recorded webcasts of surgical procedures by slp3D Inc. (OR-Live) Pre-recorded webcasts of surgical procedures by slp3D Inc. (OR-Live) Operations performed at US medical centers since January 2004 Operations performed at US medical centers since January 2004 One-hour programs One-hour programs Customized MedlinePlus RealPlayer Customized MedlinePlus RealPlayer Printable transcripts Printable transcripts

Links to videos

Customized player

PDF transcript

Collaboration: AARP AARP launched health portal August AARP launched health portal August Licensed Healthwise, Medicare Interactive Licensed Healthwise, Medicare Interactive Customized links in Healthwise to MedlinePlus health topics Customized links in Healthwise to MedlinePlus health topics Home page links to tutorials, directories, clinical trials, NCCAM Home page links to tutorials, directories, clinical trials, NCCAM Reference/Web staff trained volunteers Reference/Web staff trained volunteers

AARP Health Guide Links to: M+ Tutorials ClinicalTrials.gov M+ Directories NCCAM health info

MedlinePlus and My HealtheVet

Go Local Concept – Breast Cancer Example Health info - MedlinePlus NIH consumer literature NIH consumer literature News News Symptoms, Treatment, Coping Symptoms, Treatment, Coping MEDLINE search MEDLINE search ClinicalTrials.gov search ClinicalTrials.gov search Genetics Home Reference links Genetics Home Reference links Services – Go Local Health screening services Health screening services Cancer care facilities Cancer care facilities Support groups Support groups Exercise and yoga classes Exercise and yoga classes Providers of wigs and prostheses Providers of wigs and prostheses Oncologists Oncologists

From MedlinePlus From a health topic page, choose a location to find services for that condition.

Navigation in Go Local

Go Local Status NLM Hosted Linked today Linked today –Indiana –Massachusetts In progress In progress –Alabama –Arizona –Delaware –Maryland –Michigan –Nevada –Ohio—Southeast –Texas—East Texas –Texas—Gulf Coast –Tribal Four Corners –Utah –Wyoming In approval In approval –Alaska Locally hosted Linked today Linked today –North Carolina –Missouri –Texas—So Texas In progress In progress –California—LA County –South Carolina

Go Local – Learn more Information Session – Wed, May 18, 12:30 pm Information Session – Wed, May 18, 12:30 pm Resources page Resources page –Frequently Asked Questions –Presentations by project participants –Participation Guidelines –System Training –Vocabulary golocalresources.html

NIHSeniorHealth New topics, more NIH Institutes New topics, more NIH Institutes Exercise Stories Exercise Stories Award from Int’l Congress on Active Aging Award from Int’l Congress on Active Aging New features New features –printer-friendly - print full topic or selected chapters –updated accessibility buttons provide more text sizes and clearly show contrast and speech on / off –new message reminds users to turn off pop-up blockers

New Topics Three new topics (16 total): Three new topics (16 total):  Shingles (NIAID)  Sleep and Aging (NIA)  Low Vision (NEI)  Age-related Macular Degeneration (NEI)

 Diabetic Retinopathy (NEI)  Glaucoma (NEI)  Cataract (NEI) Topics (by late-June) Topics (by late-June) Next topics  Problems with Taste (NIDCD)  Problems with Smell (NIDCD) July release July release

 Clinical Trials (NLM)  Congestive Heart Failure (NHLBI)  COPD (NHLBI)  Dry Mouth (NIDCR)  Falls and Fractures (NIA)  Heart Attack (NHLBI)  High Blood Pressure (NHLBI)  High Cholesterol (NHLBI)  Medicare (NIA)  Older Adults and Alcoholism (NIAAA)  Osteoporosis (NIAMS)  Paget's Disease of Bone (NIAMS)  Stroke (NINDS) Future Topics (NIH Institute)

Exercise Stories  Narrative & photos from seniors  Starting out – 13 stories  Planning for national coverage with a variety of exercises and of ages  The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) is assisting with recruitment  Form for Exercise Stories is linked from the Exercise Stories homepage

Stats – 1.6 M pages/quarter

Thanks for:  Responding to our surveys  Telling NLM what you really think  Supporting our web sites to your patrons  Training on consumer health sites  Keeping those suggestions coming