{"id":9490,"date":"2013-11-19T16:24:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T00:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nnlm.gov\/pnr\/dragonfly\/?p=9490"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:42:36","slug":"why-use-medlineplus-connect-what-key-informants-say","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/why-use-medlineplus-connect-what-key-informants-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Use MedlinePlus Connect? What Key Informants Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN\/LM) is assisting the NLM with promoting MedlinePlus Connect. An NN\/LM task force conducted interviews with 17 key informants representing the broad spectrum of organizations that are involved with EHR implementation. \u00a0Following on\u00a0last week&#8217;s post\u00a0about NLM&#8217;s recent MedlinePlus Connect enhancement, I thought some might be interested in the advantages of this service as identified by the informants. \u00a0<\/span>The interviews included discussion with some innovative hospital librarians who are taking advantage of the dynamic EHR environment and finding ways to be involved with meaningful use at their organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Key informants provided insight into the aspects of MedlinePlus Connect that are the major advantages of the service from their perspective:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The material is evidence-based and updated regularly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 MedlinePlus links to primary literature, which is becoming increasingly popular among patients as they become more sophisticated in locating health information.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Patient information is provided in varying reading levels, multi-media formats, and different languages, with an extensive database of Spanish-language materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Health IT professionals will find easy instructions for integrating MedlinePlus Connect into EHRs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 MedlinePlus Connect allows health organizations to maintain their identifying information when MedlinePlus information is sought.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that MedlinePlus Connect can be added to EHRs at no cost to users was\u00a0a definite advantage, but key informants cautioned against calling it a \u201cfree resource,\u201d a term that has a negative connotation among health professionals. It would be more effective to call it a \u201cnon-commercial service paid for by the National Library of Medicine with no cost to users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthit.gov\/providers-professionals\/achieve-meaningful-use\/core-measures-2\/patient-specific-education-resources\">Meaningful Use measure\u00a0<\/a>for\u00a0providing\u00a0patient-specific education materials was optional for Stage 1 and becomes a core requirement in Stage 2. \u00a0Key informants said that patient portals were the emerging issue of the year as organizations focus on Stage 2 criteria. \u00a0The time to promote MedlinePlus Connect is now as we move towards 2014 when Stage 2 implementation begins.<\/p>\n<p>Have you tried implementing MedlinePlus Connect? \u00a0Do these advantages ring true to you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN\/LM) is assisting the NLM with promoting MedlinePlus Connect. An NN\/LM task force conducted interviews with 17 key informants representing the broad spectrum of organizations that are involved with EHR implementation. \u00a0Following on\u00a0last week&#8217;s post\u00a0about NLM&#8217;s recent MedlinePlus Connect enhancement, I thought some might be interested in the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/why-use-medlineplus-connect-what-key-informants-say\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9490","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-regional-news","category-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17753,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions\/17753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}