Information for patients

• Assessing quality of Information for patients.
  • Good summary from Medline Plus
• Making information understandable
  • Readability
  • Numeracy
• Examples of Federal and not for profit websites
  • General
    • www.MedlinePlus.gov
    • patients.uptodate.com
    • FamilyDoctor.org
    • Others
      • Medline - Hint: search for "patient education handout"[ptyp]
      • NGC - Hint: search for Intended users = patients
      • AHRQ
      • NHLBI
  • Specialty
    • CancerNet
    • CDC
    • FDA
  • Portals
    • MedlinePlus
      Includes CancerNet, CDC, FDA
    • HealthFinder
      Includes CancerNet, CDC, FDA, MedlinePlus

Shared decision making

• Prevention
  • YourDiseaseRisk
  • USPSTF
• Breast cancer risk
• Lung cancer risk
• Coronary risk
  • Version 1
  • Version 2

Finding a doctor, hospital, health plan

• Google local
  • Find an Alzheimer's support group
• Medlineplus (click Go Local)
  • Find an Alzheimer's support group
• Http://clinical.uthscsa.edu (click 'Patient Information')

Preparing for a visit

• Questions to ask

Summary

• Give your patients a handout with links to
  • Health surfing
  • Questions to ask
  • Selected sites
    • www.MedlinePlus.gov
    • patients.uptodate.com