Consumer Health and Patient Education Video Database: a New Patient Education Resource
The Consumer Health and Patient Education Video Database, from wired.MD, is now available online through HSLS. This resource for patient education and consumer health information provides access to simple patient handouts and easy to understand videos. Topics covered include women's health, cancer, and arthritis.
The database has a user-friendly search interface that can be easily set to display the Web site navigation tools in English or one of seven other languages. Some patient handouts and videos can also be viewed in these other languages (Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Polish, Spanish, and Japanese).
Most handout content is presented in sections:
• Overview
• Living with Your Diagnosis
• Treatment
• The DOs
• The DON'Ts
• When to Call Your Doctor
• For More Information
The videos in the database are short, usually under five minutes. Viewers can use the "paint tool" to write or draw on a paused video, useful for physicians trying to tailor information to their patient. Other features include the ability to increase the font size for printing and viewing handouts. Reputable Web resources can also be browsed from the drop down menu "Choose Available Websites". A description and address is provided for each Website.
This resource can be accessed by typing "Consumer Health" into the search.HSLS box on the HSLS home page.
--Melissa Ratajeski
