Info.Rx Cases: Topic: Medical videos

Monday, November 3, 2008

Topic: Medical videos

Not too long ago David Rothman published a post on where to find embeddable medical videos. I thought I would expand on that list and provide a few more good resources that let you watch videos for free, no download and no subscription necessary (Some offer an optional free subscription that lets you access added features).

Centres for Disease Control: CDC TV

In their own words: CDC-TV is a new online video delivery resource available through CDC.gov. Web visitors can now view or download videos on a variety of health, safety and preparedness topics. Most videos are short and all include closed-captioning (some videos are also open-captioned), so they are accessible to all interested viewers. The library of videos will expand to include single-topic presentations as well as different video series focused on children, parents, and public health professionals.

eMedTV

In their own words: We employ a multi-step process to create and review all information on eMedTV. Content is created by healthcare professionals on staff at Clinaero. These professionals use a variety of medical references to create this content, including medical reference textbooks, specialty medical journals, and drug-prescribing information approved by the FDA. This information is then reviewed by full-time professional editors for clarity. These writers and editors work closely with the Clinaero medical team, which includes on-staff physicians and pharmacists. We will often use specialists in various branches of medicine and research to review the content. Many of these specialists are considered key opinion leaders in their respective fields.

Insidermedicine

In their own words: The Insidermedicine Project is a physician-led news and knowledge-translation initiative that allows patients, doctors and medical students to keep up on the latest medical information by watching our unique videos that are created each and every weekday by our team of medical experts. Our goal is to reach patients, medical doctors and students around the world to ensure that each is receiving a daily "evidence based" health and medical update.

MD Kiosk

MD Kiosk can also be visited in Second Life on Virtual Health Island.

In their own words: The information provided by MD Kiosk is written and edited by board-certified physicians from a variety of different specialties. The aim of the MD Kiosk TOUCHSCREEN, WEB and other products is to improve the quality of patient health education by offering a multimedia alternative to traditional brochures or handouts that are (sometimes) given in the clinical setting. Physicians write and review transcripts of the videos.

Virtual Medical Centre

In their own words: Virtual Medical Centre is Australia's leading medical information website, which delivers the "latest medical information" written by medical professionals.
The Virtual Medical Centre website reaches medical patients their families and friends searching for medical treatment information and also medical specialists involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and support of patients with a disease, illness or medical condition.

MedlinePlus: Videos of Surgical Procedures

In their own words: This page provides links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual operations performed at medical centers in the United States since January 2004. The videos last an hour.

University of Maryland Medical Center On-line Videos

In their own words: The videos... include interviews with University of Maryland Medical Center and School of Medicine experts -- most of which initially aired on the TV show Maryland Health Today -- patient success stories, surgical Webcasts, overviews of our programs and services and much more.

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Update:

In the fall of 2008 a Clinical Medical Librarianship component was added to the service. The librarian now acts as a resident supervisor in the teaching rooms at the clinic one half-day per week, providing support for clinical decision-making in addition to continued support for patient education.

The service is based on an innovative InformationRx model first implemented in the UK (see: Early experience of the
contribution of an information specialist within a primary
healthcare team: a partnership venture between
library and healthcare services, doi: 10.1177/0961000604048915].

This model sees the information professional acting as a member of the health care team by providing informational/instructional support for patients/families and health professionals at point of care. Support for the service is provided by the main hospital library and is vital for ensuring long term sustainability.

The information professional is available 7 hrs per week to consult with patients/families that are in need of health information.

Health staff are encouraged to write InformationRx for patients which can then be filled by the information professional. Consultations with patients are treated as clinical encounters and are documented in the charts. The service has a clinic in the Centre's appointment scheduling software.

Patients and family members are welcome to drop in, or to submit questions by phone or email at their convenience. They can schedule appointments by contacting the information professional directly or by calling their team coordinator.

The library provides support by welcoming questions from patients and their families when the coordinator is not available. Herzl patients and families are able to borrow books from the Patient and Family Resource Centre's (PFRC) print collection, and a family medicine section has been created on the PFRC website which provides links to reliable and up-to-date consumer health resources.

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The Patient health Information Service at Herzl (H-PHIS) opened its doors in early July of this year (2007) and is in the early developmental stages. The challenges faced by myself (the service's coordinator), the staff, and the health care team at the HFPC are many and varied, as is to be expected when implementing a new and innovative service.

Perhaps the most unique aspect of the InfoRx model is the presence and participation of the information professional/librarian at point of care. This new and multidisciplinary approach presents a distinctive challenge. Health and support staff are not always clear on what knowledge and skills a librarian brings to the team. Conversely, I must be able to recognize and adapt to the needs and character of the community and of the setting itself.

This blog was created in response to some very astute and constructive criticism. After presenting to the residents at their weekly rounds, I was approached by one of the partners at the clinic who suggested that rather than introducing myself and the service and then explaining how to use it, it would have been more effective to present some cases illustrating what the service has to offer to the residents and to their patients. I see this as a perfect example of the kind of disconnect that can happen when two very different professions come together. In essence I had presented the way I would have to my own professional colleagues, but this was not the most appropriate approach given my audience.

After giving it some thought it occurred to me that it could be useful, both for myself and the rest of the team, for me to present a weekly case here, and talk about some of the challenges we are faced with and how these might best be resolved. Hopefully this will introduce some transparency to the InfoRx process.

This is meant to serve as a record of, and forum for discussion about, our challenges and successes. It is hopefully also an opportunity for other information professionals to be inspired by one example of what can be accomplished outside of the library setting.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Topic: Medical videos

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