Patient Education: Micromedex CareNotes
Access quality, easy-to-read patient education handouts for over 1,000 conditions and drugs in the CareNotes system, part of the Micromedex Health Care Series. CareNotes provides a one or two-page handout, with images when appropriate, formatted to indicate the most important information. Handouts are available in English and Spanish. Most topics are covered from a variety of perspectives, and provide separate handouts for each area of care: general information, pre-care, inpatient care, discharge care, and drug information. There is even a special section of handouts covering post-emergency room visit care. To access CareNotes, click on the CareNotes icon on the Thomson Healthcare Products page, or click on the tab labeled “Patient Ed.” at the top of any Micromedex page.
Clinicians can personalize handouts before printing: change text sizes, add the clinician’s name and contact information and the patient’s name, or type special instructions to be printed on the handout. When a handout is printed, a second copy of the handout can also be printed, making it easier to keep records up-to-date.
UCLA affiliates who have questions about using CareNotes, or want a personalized introduction to this resource, can contact the Biomedical Library reference desk staff at biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu. CareNotes is one of several resources that UCLA clinicians can use to retrieve quality patient education information; continue reading the Biomedical Library Blog over the next few weeks to learn about others.
