Patient Education for Healthcare Providers: Online Resources
Information resources for healthcare providers to aid communication and better educate patients
Available via Carilion Clinic Health Sciences Libraries
- AccessMedicine - Patient EdInformation provided courtesy of McGraw-Hill's Postgraduate Medicine: The Practical Peer-Reviewed Journal for Primary Care Physicians.
Other Useful Library How-to Guides:
Communicate Effectively
- HRSA Health LiteracyEffective Communication Tools for Healthcare Professionals: Free, online course on methods to improve patient-provider communication.
- NN/LM Health LiteracyResources from National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Websites for Patients & Caregivers
- healthfinder.govFrom US Department of Health & Human Services. Resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet.
- KidsHealth.org: ParentsKidsHealths Parents section has doctor-approved, accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information about children from before birth through adolescence.
- Mayo Clinic Patient Care and Health InformationSearchable (by diseases, symptoms, tests and drugs) interface provided by Mayo Clinic.
- MedlinePlusConsumer health information from National Library of Medicine. Access to health topics, medical dictionaries, directories, publications, videos and illustrations.
- UpToDate: Patient InformationLearn more about medical conditions and explore treatment options.
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