Health information can feel overwhelming. It’s everywhere, but is not always easy to navigate. This is why Health Information Week matters. It’s a reminder to staff and patients that good health information should be accessible, accurate, evidence-based, and human. Health Read More …
Category: Health Literacy
ICLC – International Clinical Librarians Conference
June saw two Clinical Librarians, and one Librarian visiting Leicester to present at the International Clinical Librarians Conference. Take two hot summer days, a large roomful of medical librarians, a wealth of information, e-posters, long talks and lightning talks, and Read More …
Health Information Week – spotlight on Children’s Health
Last week was Health Information Week, and one of this year’s themes is Children’s Health. In this post we’ve partnered with Warwickshire Libraries Librarian, Phil, to highlight sources of trustworthy information about children’s health, their safety and wellbeing. Also with Read More …
Women’s Health – March Health Chat
Being International Women’s Day on Wednesday 8th March 2023 and Ovarian Cancer Month it felt appropriate for us to focus our March #HealthChat with Warwickshire Libraries on women’s health. It’s a huge subject area so we concentrated on signposting reliable Read More …
Getting back on track for the New Year. January’s Health Chat
This month our Twitter #HealthChat focussed on getting back on track for the New Year. If, like us, you’re not a big fan of new year’s resolutions, but want to make some positive changes in 2023, read on for some Read More …
Health Information Week 2022- a review
Health Information Week (HIW) is an annual national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for patients and the public. High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a Read More …
How BMJ Best Practice can help the changing workload of clinicians
We are blogging about other blog posts for a change – this time about a series of blog posts about BMJ Best Practice. The award winning BMJ Best Practice clinical decision-making tool is available to all NHS healthcare staff in Read More …
A very different Health Information Week
A very different Health Information Week The idea Back in January (which now feels like an eternity ago) we were happily planning Health Information Week (HIW) (#HIW2020) activities for the 6-12th July with our Warwickshire Libraries and Coventry & Warwickshire Read More …