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"INFORMATION PRESCRIPTION" LAUNCHED IN VIRGINIA

Project Overview

Selected members of the American College of Physicians (ACP) in Virginia have teamed with the National Library of Medicine in a project to "prescribe" health care information to their patients. The Virginia project is an outgrowth of 2003 a pilot project in Iowa and Georgia that enabled physicians to provide their patients with health information from MedlinePlus.

Read the letter about the project from Becky J. Lyon, Deputy Associate Director of Library Operations at NLM.

The project will be featured in an upcoming issue of Virginia Libraries. For more information about Virginia's participation in the project contact Linda Watson - law6z@virginia.edu, Jean Shipman - jpshipma@vcu.edu, Judith Robinson - robinsjg@evms.edu or the following links:

"Health Information Referral" Project Launched in Virginia at
http://www.cbil.vcu.edu/mac/vacohsl/informationrx.htm

Virginia Pilot Project, Final Report
Word | PDF

The 'Health Information Rx' - NLM, Partners Launch Patient Information Program at
http://www.nih.gov/news/NIH-Record/05_13_2003/story07.htm

Sign up with Healthinforxproject, a discussion list for the NLM/ACP project in Virginia, at
https://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/healthinforxproject

Health Information Referral Project - A Joint Project of the ACP Foundation and the National Library of Medicine, Project Justification at
http://foundation.acponline.org/healthcom/hirp.htm

Update on Georgia/Iowa ACP Pilot Project at
http://www.cbil.vcu.edu/mac/vacohsl/acpupdatedec2003.ppt

American College of Physicians - MEDLINEplus project: premium information for patients at
http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/dec03/medlineplus.htm

Iowa Kickoff April 7, 2003 at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/press_releases/IAhealthRX03.html


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The Virginia Council of Health Sciences Librarians (VaCOHSL)
http://www.cbil.vcu.edu/mac/vacohsl/informationprescription.htm
Comments to: Karen Dillon, VaCOHSL Past President
Last Updated: 08/25/2004