Patient education: designing a state-of-the-art consumer health information library.
Many patients believe that the education they receive about their health and their illnesses is inadequate or lacking. Nurse executives are in a key position to influence their patients' abilities to become more informed and to take greater responsibility for their healthcare decisions. In the article, the authors discuss Massachusetts General Hospital's state-of-the-art consumer health information library, including how the project was planned, organized, and implemented.
Pittman
T J
TJ
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. tpittman@partners.org
O'Connor
M D
MD
Millar
S
S
Erickson
J I
JI
D001900:Boston; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007256:Information Systems; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007992:Libraries, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D012985:Software Design