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Patient Education & Consumer Health Information
Brochures and Handouts
- CareNotes and DrugNotes from MICROMEDEX are available in
two forms:
- Customized CareNotes
has special headings for Jefferson use, Jefferson-specific instructions,
and are the documents of choice for use with patients in TJU Hospital.
Contact Janet Paul (Janet.Paul@mail.tju.edu)
for information about access, content or training.
- Standard
CareNotes has no custom features, but is accessible from
any computer that has access to the Internet. Off-campus use requires
a Jefferson Campus Key.
- MD Consult patient education materials are available in both English and Spanish, for diseases, conditions, medications, and alternative therapies. Special instructions may be included in a printout made for the patient.
Clinical Trials
- Cancer
Clinical Trials at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center.
- ClinicalTrials.gov
provides over 4,000 current clinical trials sponsored by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) in searchable form. Jefferson trials sponsored
by NIH are included. Information includes trial name and ID, sponsors,
purpose, current status, who may be eligible, where trials are being
held, whom to contact, and references to published papers that describe
findings.
Web-Based Resources
- TJUH
Health Information and Risk Assessment online brochures provide
consumer-oriented information from HealthGate Data, Inc.
- MEDLINEplus
Health Information is a free service of the National Library
of Medicine for healthcare consumers, including health topics, directories
of healthcare providers, interactive health tutorials, drug information
from the U.S. Pharmacopeia, and a medical dictionary. Links to MEDLINE
generate automatic searches of the professional literature for specific
health topics. The ADAM medical
encyclopedia is also available.
- Health
Finder (DHHS)
The Department of Health and Human Services' gateway to consumer health
information resources produced by the federal government and its partners.
- Merck
Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
A lay version of the authoritative Merck Manual is available in full
text. Text of the professional edition (Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th Edition) and the Merck Manual
of Geriatrics are also available.
- NIH
Consumer Health Information
Includes free full-text patient education and consumer-oriented materials
produced by the member institutes of the NIH.
- Outreach
and Special Populations (NLM)
Compiled by the National Library of Medicine, these Include material
in multiple languages about smoking as well as other health issues.
- Twenty-Four
Languages Project (Univ. of Utah)
Electronic access to consumer health brochures in multiple languages,
as downloadable PDFs, or sound files in a variety of formats.
- Health
and Medical Organizations
Lists government agencies, professional associations, and health organizations.
Most provide consumer health information.
Cancer
- American Cancer
Society
- Cancer.gov
(National Cancer Institute)
NCI's home page provides both basic and advanced information, including
fact sheets, PDQ data, cancer literature, support groups, and other
consumer concerns.
- Kimmel Cancer
Center at Jefferson
Information about the Jefferson Cancer Network, clinical trials, the
tumor bank, PhD programs, staff, and news stories.
- OncoLink
(University of Pennsylvania)
A multimedia resource designed to disseminate information, educate
both professionals and consumers, and provide for collection of information
relating to oncology. Containing FAQs, clinical trials information,
conference notices and more; the site is naviagable via either a disease
or specialty oriented menu.
Diabetes
Pediatrics
- KidsHealth
(AIDI)
Sponsored by our affiliate, the Alfred I. duPont Institute and the
duPont Hospital for Children.
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