All Health is Local: Go Local Massachusetts Helps Consumers Locate Health Care Services Close to Home
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Accepted ManuscriptPublication Date
2006-10-01Keywords
Patient Education; Massachusetts; Internet;Go Local Massachusetts
consumer health information
health care providers
health care services
information and referral
Web-based directories
MedlinePlus
Massachusetts
Library and Information Science
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Go Local Massachusetts (GLM) is a Web-based resource designed to help the residents of Massachusetts identify health services, health care providers, and health-related programs available in their local area. Go Local is an extension of MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine's Web site for consumer health information. The goals of GLM are to (1) identify local health care service resources, (2) link the resources to subjects within the MedlinePlus database, and (3) increase collaboration between entities in Massachusetts with health information technology, making these services available to all residents of the state. This article describes the process of developing GLM, including establishing state-wide partnerships, building the database, and promoting the resource to librarians, health care providers, and the general public.Source
Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2006, 10(4), p. 1-14, DOI: 10.1300/J381v10n04_01.
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10.1300/J381v10n04_01Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/36242Rights
This is the author's final, peer-reviewed version of the article as prepared for publication in the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2006, 10(4), p. 1-14. View the publisher's version at http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J381v10n04_01.Scopus Count
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