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.
Medication information for patients
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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
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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.
Allina patient services
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Care Navigation Help Desk
Care navigators are nurses or social workers who can identify and directly coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet patient needs and wishes. Call 651-635-9173 or 1-800-261-0879 any time.
Advance care planning
Advance care planning helps anyone, healthy or sick, communicate their wishes for medical treatment. This planning process clarifies what family and friends need to know if a patient becomes unable to make health care decisions for him or herself.
Palliative care
Palliative care is for anyone in any stage of a chronic or advanced illness. It treats pain and other physical symptoms, as well as emotional and spiritual concerns.
Hospice care
Hospice care is for anyone with a life-limiting illness and whose life expectancy is determined to be six months or less if the disease runs it natural course. The hospice team's focus is to enhance the quality of life wherever the person calls home.
Home Oxygen & Medical Equipment
This full service, 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.
SeniorCare Transitions
SeniorCare Transitions helps patients who need medical care in transitional care units and nursing homes. We work with patients and their families to provide routine care, manage medical problems, monitor rehabilitation and plan for discharge.
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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