Answering Consumer Health Questions

Author : Michele Spatz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Consumer education
ISBN : UOM:39015079255256

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Answering Consumer Health Questions by Michele Spatz Pdf

Patrons seeking medical information are often trying to gain control following an upsetting diagnosis--working with them can be rewarding and difficult. In this practical, readable guide, consumer health reference expert Michele Spatz, gives you an understanding of the psychology of those seeking medical information and the skills necessary to respond usefully and appropriately. Spatz outlines the most common inquiries and behaviors of health information searchers and the most useful go-to resources. Sample librarian-patron interactions in every chapter give you useful strategies and scripts. Dozens of templates and forms and tips on everything from setting up the reference desk to encourage confidential inquiries to using body language to signal your availability will help you create a welcoming, empowering atmosphere in your library. Chapters on ethics and potential legal issues guide you through the nitty-gritty of what constitutes practicing medicine without a license, confidentiality requirements, and more. Sections on email, virtual, and telephone reference will help you establish clear guidelines, and creative tips on marketing to healthcare providers will help you forge valuable new partnerships. A section on self-care offers strategies for dealing with job-induced stress. Every information professional who helps patrons with health inquiries will want a copy of this useful, inspiring book.

Author : L. Ohno-Machado,B. Séroussi
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 2078 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781643680033

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MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All by L. Ohno-Machado,B. Séroussi Pdf

Combining and integrating cross-institutional data remains a challenge for both researchers and those involved in patient care. Patient-generated data can contribute precious information to healthcare professionals by enabling monitoring under normal life conditions and also helping patients play a more active role in their own care. This book presents the proceedings of MEDINFO 2019, the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, held in Lyon, France, from 25 to 30 August 2019. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Health and Wellbeing: E-Networks for All’, stressing the increasing importance of networks in healthcare on the one hand, and the patient-centered perspective on the other. Over 1100 manuscripts were submitted to the conference and, after a thorough review process by at least three reviewers and assessment by a scientific program committee member, 285 papers and 296 posters were accepted, together with 47 podium abstracts, 7 demonstrations, 45 panels, 21 workshops and 9 tutorials. All accepted paper and poster contributions are included in these proceedings. The papers are grouped under four thematic tracks: interpreting health and biomedical data, supporting care delivery, enabling precision medicine and public health, and the human element in medical informatics. The posters are divided into the same four groups. The book presents an overview of state-of-the-art informatics projects from multiple regions of the world; it will be of interest to anyone working in the field of medical informatics.

Author : Deborah Lewis,Gunther Eysenbach,Rita Kukafka,P. Zoe Stavri,Holly Jimison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387276526

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Consumer Health Informatics by Deborah Lewis,Gunther Eysenbach,Rita Kukafka,P. Zoe Stavri,Holly Jimison Pdf

According to the Pew Foundation’s "Internet in American Life Study," over 60 million Americans per year use the Internet to search for health information. All those concerned with healthcare and how to obtain personally relevant medical information form a large additional target group Many Medical Informatics programs–both in the United States and abroad–include a course in Consumer Health Informatics as part of their curriculum. This book, designed for use in a classroom, will be the first textbook dedicated solely to the specific concerns of consumer health informatics Consumer Health Informatics is an interactive text; filled with case studies and discussion questions With international authorship and edited by five leaders in the field, Consumer Health Informatics has tapped some of the best resources in informatics today

Author : Jonathan Leff,Consumer reports
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0890436363

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Consumer Reports Health Answer Book by Jonathan Leff,Consumer reports Pdf

A handy, straightforward compilation of questions and answers, arranged by subject. No bibliography. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Juan Antonio Lossio-Ventura,Denisse Muñante,Hugo Alatrista-Salas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030116804

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Information Management and Big Data by Juan Antonio Lossio-Ventura,Denisse Muñante,Hugo Alatrista-Salas Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Management and Big Data, SIMBig 2018, held in Lima, Peru, in September 2018. The 34 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions. The papers address issues such as data mining, artificial intelligence, Natural Language Processing, information retrieval, machine learning, web mining.

Author : E. Cummings,A. Ryan,L.K. Schaper
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781614998907

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Connecting the System to Enhance the Practitioner and Consumer Experience in Healthcare by E. Cummings,A. Ryan,L.K. Schaper Pdf

Health informatics plays a central role in the digital transformation of the healthcare sector. The integration and connection of health services, practitioners and consumers is critical to the realisation of the improvements promised by digital health, and the secondary use of health data has led to ground-breaking research discoveries. Increased reliance upon all types of digital media has also established health informatics as a viable specialisation in healthcare. This book presents the proceedings of the 26th national Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2018), Australia’s premier health informatics event, held in Sydney, Australia, in July/August 2018. The conference provides an environment for clinicians, researchers, health IT professionals, industry and consumers to integrate, educate and share the knowledge which drives innovative thinking, and this year’s theme, ‘Today’s best practice, innovation today and preparing for tomorrow’, focuses on the important issues of connecting the system, being smart with data, and enhancing the practitioner and consumer experience in healthcare interactions. The papers presented here reflect this theme, highlighting cutting-edge research evidence, technology updates and innovations from the digital transformation of the healthcare sector. Covering a wide spectrum of work, and encompassing major theoretical concepts, examples of key applications of new technologies and important new developments in the field of health informatics, the book will be of interest to all those working in the healthcare sector.

Author : Denise Beaubien Bennett,Christa Modscheidler
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838919835

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Guide to Reference in Medicine and Health by Denise Beaubien Bennett,Christa Modscheidler Pdf

Drawn from the extensive database of Guide to Reference, this up-to-date resource provides an annotated list of print and electronic biomedical and health-related reference sources, including internet resources and digital image collections.

Author : Michele Spatz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781442225718

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The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information by Michele Spatz Pdf

Comprised of fifteen chapters written by experienced consumer health librarians, The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information is designed for library and information science graduate students as well as librarians new to health and medical librarianship, regardless of library setting. It is comprehensive in scope, covering all aspects of consumer and patient health and medical information from their humble, grassroots beginnings to the ever-evolving applications of new technology and social media. In between, the mundane aspects of health and medical librarianship, such as needs assessment, costs, budgeting and funding, and staffing are discussed. Adding richness to this discussion are the coverage of more sensitive topics such as patient-friendly technology, ethical issues in providing consumer and patient health information, meeting the needs of diverse populations, and responding to individuals from various cultural backgrounds. No comprehensive picture of consumer and patient health librarianship would be complete without addressing the critical importance of marketing and strategic partnerships; such discussions round out this invaluable guide.. Patients today must be knowledgeable enough to participate in their health and well-being. Shorter hospital stays, changing reimbursement patterns and the gradual shift towards focusing on proactively maintaining health and managing disease require patients to be informed and actively engaged. Education, information and understanding are important components of actively-engaged patients. Correspondingly, in today’s e-world, there is a glut of information resources available through the Internet – from YouTube videos to Googling to blogs and Twitter feeds. What is lacking in these information-rich times is the relevance of meaning and context for those who ask, “Does this health and medical information apply to me and my unique clinical picture?” or “How do I use this information?” As knowledge navigators, information technology wizards and content experts, librarians offer focused responses to individuals’ specific and highly personal health and medical information queries. In a new healthcare world order of optimizing health and minimizing hospitalizations, such a service is invaluable. Sadly, there still exists in our highly networked and technological age an information gap for those who struggle in obtaining meaningful health or medical information. These individuals may be foreign-born, non-English speaking, poor, rural, aged or semi-literate. Whatever their status, librarians must have the wherewith-all to find germane resources and also help create responsive mechanisms to bridge that health information gap for vulnerable citizens. The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information will guide you on the road to providing that response.

Author : A.V. Gundlapalli,M.-C. Jaulent,D. Zhao
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 1440 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781614998303

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MEDINFO 2017: Precision Healthcare Through Informatics by A.V. Gundlapalli,M.-C. Jaulent,D. Zhao Pdf

Medical informatics is a field which continues to evolve with developments and improvements in foundational methods, applications, and technology, constantly offering opportunities for supporting the customization of healthcare to individual patients. This book presents the proceedings of the 16th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics (MedInfo2017), held in Hangzhou, China, in August 2017, which also marked the 50th anniversary of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA). The central theme of MedInfo2017 was "Precision Healthcare through Informatics", and the scientific program was divided into five tracks: connected and digital health; human data science; human, organizational, and social aspects; knowledge management and quality; and safety and patient outcomes. The 249 accepted papers and 168 posters included here span the breadth and depth of sub-disciplines in biomedical and health informatics, such as clinical informatics; nursing informatics; consumer health informatics; public health informatics; human factors in healthcare; bioinformatics; translational informatics; quality and safety; research at the intersection of biomedical and health informatics; and precision medicine. The book will be of interest to all those who wish to keep pace with advances in the science, education, and practice of biomedical and health informatics worldwide.

Author : William Hersh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030476861

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Information Retrieval: A Biomedical and Health Perspective by William Hersh Pdf

This extensively revised 4th edition comprehensively covers information retrieval from a biomedical and health perspective, providing an understanding of the theory, implementation, and evaluation of information retrieval systems in the biomedical and health domain. It features revised chapters covering the theory, practical applications, evaluation and research directions of biomedical and health information retrieval systems. Emphasis is placed on defining where current applications and research systems are heading in a range of areas, including their use by clinicians, consumers, researchers, and others. Information Retrieval: A Biomedical and Health Perspective provides a practically applicable guide to range of techniques for information retrieval and is ideal for use by both the trainee and experienced biomedical informatician seeking an up-to-date resource on the topic.

Author : Beth St. Jean,Gagan Jindal,Yuting Liao,Paul T. Jaeger
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781839093401

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Roles and Responsibilities of Libraries in Increasing Consumer Health Literacy and Reducing Health Disparities by Beth St. Jean,Gagan Jindal,Yuting Liao,Paul T. Jaeger Pdf

This volume brings together librarians, LIS students, educators, and researchers, to discuss the many ways that information professionals and libraries serve as agents of securing health information justice.

Author : Claire B. Joseph
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781442281714

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The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections by Claire B. Joseph Pdf

The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections guides both library graduate school students and seasoned librarians from academic, health sciences, and public libraries, to develop, maintain, nurture, and advertise consumer health collections. This authoritative guide from the respected Medical Library Association covers all that is involved in developing a new consumer health library including: Conducting community needs assessments and forging community partnerships Concerns about physical space, computers, and materials Funding, budgeting, and staffing Privacy and confidentiality concerns Publicity and advertising This book guides both graduate library school students and seasoned librarians from all types of libraries—academic, health center, hospital, public, and school--to develop, maintain and nurture not only consumer health collections, but also community partnerships and outreach programs. Examples of librarians’ innovative and creative consumer health initiatives are included. Chapters include all that is involved in developing a consumer health collection including conducting community needs assessments; concerns about physical space, computers, and materials; budgeting, licensing, and staffing; privacy and confidentiality concerns; and community partnership and outreach.

Author : Donald A. Barclay,Deborah D. Halsted,Medical Library Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015055186970

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The Medical Library Association Consumer Health Reference Service Handbook by Donald A. Barclay,Deborah D. Halsted,Medical Library Association Pdf

Guide for librarian to help patrons find answers to health questions.

Author : Jaap Kamps,Lorraine Goeuriot,Fabio Crestani,Maria Maistro,Hideo Joho,Brian Davis,Cathal Gurrin,Udo Kruschwitz,Annalina Caputo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031282386

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Advances in Information Retrieval by Jaap Kamps,Lorraine Goeuriot,Fabio Crestani,Maria Maistro,Hideo Joho,Brian Davis,Cathal Gurrin,Udo Kruschwitz,Annalina Caputo Pdf

The three-volume set LNCS 13980, 13981 and 13982 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 45th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2023, held in Dublin, Ireland, during April 2-6, 2023. The 65 full papers, 41 short papers, 19 demonstration papers, 12 reproducibility papers consortium papers, 7 tutorial papers, and 10 doctorial consortium papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 489 submissions. The book also contains, 8 workshop summaries and 13 CLEF Lab descriptions. The accepted papers cover the state of the art in information retrieval focusing on user aspects, system and foundational aspects, machine learning, applications, evaluation, new social and technical challenges, and other topics of direct or indirect relevance to search.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Health insurance
ISBN : OCLC:316806188

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Questions and Answers about Health Insurance by Anonim Pdf