Networking Consumer Health Information: Bringing the Patient into the Medical Information Loop.

Martin, Elaine Russo; Lanier, Don

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ERIC Number: EJ536259

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Publication Date: 1996

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Networking Consumer Health Information: Bringing the Patient into the Medical Information Loop.

Martin, Elaine Russo; Lanier, Don

Illinois Libraries, v78 n4 p210-16 Fall 1996

Describes a statewide demonstration project at the University of Illinois at Chicago to provide consumer health information to public libraries and clinics using InfoTrac's Health Reference Center CD-ROM database. Highlights include system specifications for the client-server network, planned enhancements, and preliminary evaluation results. (LRW)

Descriptors: Clinics, Computer Networks, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Optical Data Disks, Patients, Public Libraries, State Programs

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Illinois

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