Reaching Out to All: Medical Informatics as Service to Diverse Populations in an Academic Medical Center

Authors

Patricia Wilson, George Washington UniversityFollow
Richard Billingsley, George Washington University

Document Type

Presentation

Keywords

Medical Informatics; Cultural Diversity; Diverse Populations; Academic Medical Centers; Outreach

Publication Date

5-2005

Abstract

As an academic health sciences library in an urban area, the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library is challenged to provide outreach services to a diverse user population and to the surrounding community. To respond to this challenge the librarians provide outreach services and programs to accomplish the following goals: Provide additional education to user groups within the medical center; Provide focused services at the point of need within the curricula and the hospital; Reach out to the surrounding health care community, offering medical information and consumer education; Promote consumer resources to underserved populations.

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Comments

Delivered at: Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, May 2005.