{"id":3987,"date":"2011-09-06T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2011-09-05T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T04:16:00","slug":"best-bytes-medlineplus-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=3987","title":{"rendered":"Best Bytes: MedlinePlus Enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Submitted by Kathleen Shepler, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center<\/p>\n

I\u2019m guessing that many who provide reference services to patients, their families or the public have found NLM’s MedlinePlus an invaluable resource.\u00a0 Let’s take a look at some MedlinePlus enhancements that you and your colleagues may find useful and another that might prove profitable if implemented by some health care providers.<\/p>\n

TWEET!\u00a0 The MedlinePlus TWITTER<\/strong> account name has changed.\u00a0 To follow now use\u00a0 @medlineplus or you can go to the RSS page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RSS AND CONTENT SHARING<\/strong> enhancements were announced earlier this summer.\u00a0 Multiple icons for sharing and linking are now more obvious because they’re just above each topic summary.\u00a0 It\u2019s also now possible to follow every health topic using the RSS reader\/aggregator of your choice.\u00a0 Complete lists of health topics and details about this feature can be found towards the bottom of these pages, in\u00a0 English<\/a> and Spanish<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You may also subscribe to all new links added to MedlinePlus or MedlinePlus en espa\u00f1ol and all new NIH links added to MedlinePlus.\u00a0 Information on these new feeds is on the same pages linked to above.<\/p>\n

Now when you give consumer health information printed from MedlinePLUS to a patron on a specific topic, if you think it\u2019s appropriate, you can also mention that there\u2019s a way for them to receive online updates on that topic if they already use a RSS reader\/aggregator or would like to learn how.<\/p>\n

A FREE MedlinePlus service called MEDLINEPLUS CONNECT<\/strong> was enhanced this summer and is now seen as “a complete solution for EHR (electronic health record) developers and implementers who want to deliver trusted, authoritative and targeted consumer health information to their users” including information on conditions and disorders, health and wellness, prescription and over-the-counter medications and now even lab tests.\u00a0 For those unfamiliar with this service which was rolled out earlier this year, it is described as “NLM’s service for patient portals and EHR systems to link to context-relevant information from MedlinePlus.” The description on this page<\/a><\/strong> of the Clinical Informatics Wiki was the most understandable and concise that I found.\u00a0For an even more in depth explanation please read this summer’s announcement from the NLM Technical Bulletin<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

How could MedlinePlus Connect figure in the profits of health care providers?\u00a0 According to the Clinical Informatics Wiki, “using MedlinePlus Connect may benefit some health care providers by achieving one of the criteria for Meaningful Use<\/a><\/strong> of Health Information Technology.”\u00a0 For those of you that work in\u00a0 medical centers and hospitals, the people in your administrations, IT and finance departments are definitely already familiar with the term “Meaningful Use” of Health Information Technology.\u00a0 However, do they know about the capabilities of\u00a0 MedlinePlus Connect ?<\/p>\n

Links to even more information:<\/p>\n

MedlinePlus Connect overview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Web Service Demonstration <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Technical Information<\/a><\/strong> for Developers<\/p>\n


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