Critical Access Hospitals: Patient Education
Free resources available to the Critical Access Hospitals.
State Library Links
PubMed & Loansome Doc
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PubMedPubMed, provided by the National Library of Medicine, contains over 22 million citations covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
Patient Education Resources
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MedlinePlusConsumer health information provided by the National Library of Medicine. MedlinePlus includes information on hundreds of health topics, drug and supplement information, a medical encyclopedia, dictionary, directories, genetics information, healthy recipes, and links to other resources.
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Consumer Product Information DatabaseLinks to over 23,000 consumer brands to health effects and has been designed to educate consumers about chemical ingredients of household products.
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Haz-MapAn occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the adverse effects of workplace exposures to chemical and biological agents.
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HIVinfoHIVinfo is an online resource offering up-to-date HIV/AIDS information to the general consumer, people with HIV/AIDS, people recently diagnosed and those who care for them. The Understanding HIV/AIDS module has easy-to-read factsheets and infographics about a wide range of HIV-related topics, all of which may be copied and distributed. This includes educational materials on HIV prevention, treatment, side effects, pregnancy, screening, testing, and research.
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Women's Health ResourcesThis website was created in a partnership between the National Library of Medicine Outreach and Special Populations Branch and the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health. The purpose of this website is to present topics pertaining to women’s health collected to support the mission of the Office of Research on Women’s Health to promote research in the field.
University of Iowa's Consumer Health Resource Guide
Use this FREE resource guide to find health topic and prescription drug information for your clinic's patients or library's patrons.