Patient resources
Patient education
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Health Topics (CareNotes) on Allina.com
These documents from Thompson Micromedex are quite handy to print out and hand to your patients since they contain all the basic information the patient needs. Many also appear in Spanish.
Conditions & Treatments on Allina.com
Allina.com's Conditions & Treatments section contains links to pages that focus on specific diseases and conditions. Documents within this resource are hyper-linked, giving patients more opportunity to explore on their own. You may find it useful to print out a relevant index page for your patient so that they can use it as a starting point.
MEDLINEplus Health Topics
Maintained by the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus.
Documents within this resource are also hyper-linked, making them ideal for patients
to explore on their own. You may find it useful to print out a relevant index
page so your patient can use it as a starting point.
healthfinder®
This compendium of consumer health and human services information is maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Patient information resources maintained by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Medem
Medem's Medical Library represents the full range of patient education
information from participating medical societies
and other trusted sources.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry's Resources for Families
Patient information resources maintained by the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs), sometimes called Vaccine Information Materials or fact sheets, are developed and updated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to inform parents and recipients of immunizations about the benefits and risks of the vaccine prior to administration. Available in 22 languages, these documents can be printed out and given to the patient.
Minnesota Health Care Directives
This Web site maintained by Minnesota Board on Aging will give your patient information and help in completing advanced directives.
Evaluating Online Info
This compendium of documents and Web sites assembled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services can help the patient learn how to evaluate online health
information.
Available on Allina Knowledge Network (AKN - Intranet)
Allina Patient Education
Allina Patient Education (formerly Allina Press) creates written patient education materials for health care providers throughout Allina Hospitals & Clinics. Links to Allina Press brochures, fact sheets and manuals appear in many Excellian patient education titles.
Medication information for patients
Drug Information on Allina.com
Patient information about medications from Micromedex allows you to search by drug name. It is very similiar to the information that appears in CareNotes but broader. Some of the medications will have a more detailed description and some will also include images. Browse either by searching (faster and gives you a broader range of medication specific results) or by clicking on a letter of the alphabet.
Drugs, Supplements and Herbal Information on MEDLINEplus
Documents within this resource are provided by the United States Pharmacopeia and are maintained by the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus.
CDER Human Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) may offer information about medications that you can find nowhere else.
Available only on Allina Intranet
Micromedex CareNotes
This patient information about medications from Micromedex Care Notes(TM) system appears to have the same information as the short versions available on Allina.com. Searching from this location will give narrower results.
Patient labs
Medical Tests
Information about medical tests from Thompson Micromedex is available from within Allina.com.
Lab Tests Online
This excellent Web site is intended to inform patients about their labs and what they mean. Created by a collaboration of several
professional societies representing the lab community. May require a higher
reading level than some other patient information resources but nontheless excellent.
Available only on Allina Intranet
Physician Linkage
Provides integrated and secure access to computerized clinical data and information from Allina Hospitals and Clinics' Information Systems. Requires user ID and password. See answers to common questions about Physician Linkage.
Horizon
Allows access to patient labs done at Allina Labs. Requires user ID/password. This product used to be called Abaton.
Patient services
Allina Home Oxygen & Medical Equipment
This full service, Joint Commission accredited provider, provides oxygen and respiratory equipment, rehabilitation and mobility equipment, specialty beds as well as other equipment, supplies and services for pediatric to geriatric clients.
Allina Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care
For over 20 years, Allina Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care has provided comfort, support, and compassionate care for people with advanced illness or at the end of life and the loved ones caring for them. The care team's focus is to enhance the quality of life wherever the person calls home, through expert pain and symptom care along with emotional, social and spiritual support. Services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in a home setting or other care facility.
Allina Medical Transportation
Allina Medical Transportation is one of the region's largest ambulance and medical transport services reaching 75 Minnesota communities.
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