RML Rendezvous - Health Information Literacy

Health Information Literacy Pilot Project April-June 2008 Complete report: J Med Libr Assoc. 2009 October; 97(4) 293–301

Purpose of the project
Gather data on “administrators’ and hospital-based health care providers’ perceived value of consumer health information resources and of librarians’ roles in promoting health information literacy in their institutions.” (J Med Libr Assoc. 2009 October; 97(4): 293–301 )
9 sites selected in the United States and Canada to participate
Institutions chosen DO NOT currently offer consumer health information services

How we implemented the project
3 training sessions at the Billings Clinic, one booth at the annual Employee Health and Safety Fair at Billings Clinic
Made contact with approximately 150 health care providers
Distributed literature from both the National Library of Medicine and handouts and flyers developed by the Billings Clinic Library
We also developed our own version of the InfoRx pad and included those in our packets as well

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Examples of our handouts

Original InformationRx form and our modified version

Outcomes
As a whole
Positive, measureable outcomes in raising awareness about the role librarians can play in patient education
At the Billings Clinic Medical Library
Increased awareness of the Library’s resources and services as consumer health information providers
Increased awareness of the costs to both patients and healthcare institutions of health information literacy-and the measureable positive impact consumer health education has financially and in individuals’ personal lives

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RML Rendezvous - Health Information Literacy

by National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region on Apr 22, 2010

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