Client Education Page

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Associations

• Health Care Education Association  - Association of  health care and patient educators

Government Sites

• Health Finder - Portal to health information from the U.S. federal government

• MedLinePlus - Search engine from the National Library of Medicine

• VTMEDNET - The Vermont Health Information Network - Information about specific conditions, populations, and medications

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• Health Literacy Resources: Writing in Plain Language - From the Treadwell Library at the Massachusetts General Hospital

Proprietary Sites

• Ask Dr. Weil - Opportunity to ask questions; general health information

• Ask Your Surgeon - Postoperative patient instructions

• Best Health Guide - From PraxisMd

• Discovery Health - another comprehensive site; offers articles, questionnaires, and many other resources

• Dr. Koop  

• FamilyDoctor.Org - Printable materials

• Health Central - From Dr. Dean Edell

• Health resources page - Multiple sites pointing to health information

• Intelihealth -  From the Harvard Medical Schools

• iVillage Health site - Comprehensive health information
• Life Clinic - From Spacelabs Medical, for consumers
• Mayo Health Clinic - Consumer health information from the Mayo Health Clinics
• MedicineNet - Physician owned consumer site

• MSN Health

• Orthopedic Patient Education - From the Medical Multimedia Group in Montana

• RadiologyInfo - Provides educational materials for clients preparing for various x-rays; offered by the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America.

• Reader's Digest Health

• Reuters Health Information

• Spanish Patient Education Materials - From the Arkansas Children's Hospital

• Thrive Online - links to several surveys and self-care tests

• Valley Anesthesia - Patient instructions for anesthesia

• Wellness Web - General health information

University Sites

• Patient Education Page - From Department of Family Medicine and Comprehensive Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Louisiana; contains materials for specific conditions and medications

• The Ohio State Medical Center Patient Education page

• Stanford University Patient Education Research Center - Community-based interventions

• Patient Education Materials for Clinicians page - From the Oregon State Health and Science University

• The Virtual Hospital Patient Education Materials page (University of Iowa)

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