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 Welcome to Patient Education Resources

For Saint Francis Medical Center produced handouts, choose one of the specific subject headings listed in the menu on the left.  To search for online resources, choose one of the links below.
View a comparison chart of these resources.

If you need help with using these online resources, or locating information within this site, please call Tom Dennis, Medical Librarian, at 655-3405, to set up a training session. 
View our Patient Education online Tutorial.

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 Patient Education Institute Tutorials & Handouts

The Patient Education Institute’s catalog of online tutorials and print handouts is available only to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center users.  The link above will take you to the SFMC Library Portal, on that site, look for the Patient Education Institute in the Patient Education section at the bottom of the page.

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 Lexi-Comp Online - includes PediPals & Health-PALS

Use this resource to provide both Adult PALS and Pediatric PALS.  PALS is an acronym for the Patient Advisory Leaflet System.  Handouts may be customized.  This resource is especially valuable for providing handouts in a variety of languages, including Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and many more. 

Health-PALS - Patient Advisory Leaflets covering over 900 condition cases and hospital procedures and tests available in English and Spanish. Health-PALS also includes an additional 1700 topics that go beyond the fact sheets and discuss more in-depth strategies for dealing with conditions and procedures

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 McKesson Handouts through Clin-eguide

These are Clinical Reference System handouts in the following specialty areas: Adults, Pediatrics, Seniors, and Women's Health. 

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 MDConsult Patient Education

MD Consult licenses its handouts from these vendors in patient education: American Academy of Family Physicians, DynoMed.com, McKesson Clinical Reference, and Well-Connected.  Spanish handouts are included.  Handouts range from the very basic to the very comprehensive, and are customizable.
 

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 Micromedex Care Notes & Drug Notes

MicroMedex provides handouts in English and Spanish that are customizable and also include our OSF logo.  MicroMedex also includes Lab Tests handouts for patients.  Be sure to choose your OSF location, and click "GO" before searching so that your specific logo will be printed on handouts.
 

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 Mosby’s NursingConsult

Roughly 8,000 patient education handouts are included in Mosby’s Nursing Consult with key topics available in Spanish as well as English. Also included is a set of roughly 240 Emergency Department Discharge Instructions. A Print Manager tool allows users to customize handouts for each patient and control how handouts print.
 

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 MedlinePlus

Features health topics, drug information, surgery videos, a medical dictionary, health news, and so much more!!  Produced by the National Library of Medicine.

 

 

 

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Online Resources

 -Patient Ed.Tutorials
  (SFMC access only)

 -Lexi-comp Online

 -McKesson Handouts

    -MDConsult Patient Ed

 -Micromedex

 -MEDLINEplus

 -OSF Healthsteps

   -Natural Standard
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Hot Lists
If your unit has a hot list of frequently used medications; click here, then search for it by changing to your appropriate location and then clicking “Go”.  Then select Hot Lists.”
Library Catalog

Search the Library Catalog to find patient education and consumer health resources.

All OSF Saint Francis Medical Center educational material is provided for information only and is neither advice nor a substitute for proper medical care. Consult a qualified healthcare professional who understands your particular history for individual concerns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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