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The Librarian's Role in Linking Patients to Their Personal Health Data and Contextual Information

2013; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 32; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/02763869.2013.837730

1540-9597

Talicia Tarver, Dixie A. Jones, Mararia Adams, A. Fernández García,

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

Abstract The objective of this project was to make an institution's patients aware of a new patient portal with contextual links to MedlinePlus. Through partnerships with information technology personnel and LSU Health Shreveport clinics, the Health Sciences Library created and distributed promotional and educational materials and instructed patients on how to use MyChart and access reliable consumer health information via MedlinePlus Connect. Although most patients were not interested in coming to the library for demonstrations, many of them expressed interest in using MyChart. The contextual information in MedlinePlus Connect worked well for most topics. The institutional team leader for MyChart expressed gratitude for librarian involvement. KEYWORDS: Consumer health informationelectronic health recordMedlinePlus connectpersonal health record Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the following for their extensive contributions to the project: Ivy Latin-Woodard and Chris Kirkley, Shreve Memorial Library; Heather McEntee and Ellendell Harbour, Bossier Parish Public Library; Amelia Brister, LSU School of Library and Information Science graduate student; Barbara Reilly, John Cyrus, Jenipher Thomas, David Duggar, and Betty Tucker, the LSU Health Shreveport Health Sciences Library faculty and staff members who assisted with the project. This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under contract no. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. This column is based on the contributed paper “The Librarian's Role in Linking Patient to Their Personal Health Data and Contextual Information,” presented at a meeting of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA) in Lubbock, TX, October 16, 2012, and on the poster “One Integrated Health Record: The Librarian's Role in Linking Patients to Their Personal Data and Contextual Information,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association, Boston, MA, May 5, 2013. Comments and suggestions should be sent to the Column Editors: Toni Hoberecht (toni-hoberecht@ouhsc.edu) and Kimberly Pullen (kpulle@lsuhsc.edu). Additional informationNotes on contributorsTalicia Tarver Talicia Tarver, MLIS (ttarve@lsuhsc.edu) is Digital and Information Services Librarian, Health Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71103-3932. Dixie A. Jones Dixie A. Jones, MLS, AHIP (djon17@lsuhsc.edu) is Library Director, Health Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71103-3932. Mararia Adams Mararia Adams, MLIS (Madams@lsuhsc.edu) is Assistant Director and Head Systems Librarian, Health Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71103-3932. Alejandro Garcia Alejandro Garcia, MBA (AGarc1@lsuhsc.edu) is PELICAN Project Manager, LSU Health PELICAN Project, Attn: PELICAN Project, Hutchinson Building, 2021 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112.