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A Pilot Partnership To Provide Health Information To Cancer Patients And Families, Christian I.J. Minter, Roxanne Cox, Mary Winter, Benjamin Simon, Rebecca Jackson
A Pilot Partnership To Provide Health Information To Cancer Patients And Families, Christian I.J. Minter, Roxanne Cox, Mary Winter, Benjamin Simon, Rebecca Jackson
Posters and Presentations: Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
Objectives: McGoogan Library of Medicine at University of Nebraska Medical Center launched a pilot partnership with the new Resource and Wellness Center at Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, NE. The goals of this pilot were to provide patients and families with easy access to quality health information, assess the health information needs of cancer patients and their families, and explore the demand for library services in the resource center.
Methods: From June 2017 through March 2018, library faculty and staff worked daily shifts at the Resource and Wellness Center and answered consumer health questions. Statistics were compiled …