<\/p>\n
PATIENT EDUCATION RESOURCES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n MedlinePlus<\/span><\/a> – a – collates information from lots of websites. From the NIH and UpToDate<\/span><\/a> – search by disease or condition – search by disease \nFamilyDoctor.org<\/a><\/span> – a free site put together by – searchable by topic
\nfree service
\nof the National Library of Medicine and NIH. www.medlineplus.gov<\/p>\n
\nits divisions, private foundations like Mayo, and from disease interest groups
\nlike the American Diabetes Associaion.
– contains disease specific on-line patient tutorials
– special “easy to read” level brochures and printouts
\n
\nwww.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/easytoread\/all_easytoread.html<\/a>
– health encyclopedia and dictionary
\n– links to many organizations
\n– some Spanish<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Patient Information – free site published by UpToDate
\nwww.patients.uptodate.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\n– fairly high level of intelligence and reading skill required
\n– good pictures of exercises & such
\n– links to relevant NIH pages and other disease specific organizatons<\/p>\n
\nMicromedex Care Notes<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\n– a subscription service available at Jacobi or by paid subscription<\/p>\n
\n– basic reading level, fill-in-the-blanks feature to customize for particular
\npatients
\n– everything available in English or Spanish<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Academy of Family Physicians<\/p>\n
\n– good pictures
\n– English and Spanish for most topics
\n– usually included in Medlineplus results<\/p>\n