Poster Presentation
Friday, 21 July 2006
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Friday, 21 July 2006
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This presentation is part of : Poster Presentations III
Health Promotion to the Under-Served: Mobile Health Units and Wireless Technology
Susan M. Finn, MSN, APN, CPNP1, Mary J. Klatt, MLIS2, and Eric Nygren, MLIS2. (1) Mobile Health Unit of the Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital, Loyola University of Chicago Health System, Maywood, IL, USA, (2) Health Sciences Library, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
Learning Objective #1: The learner will be albe to identify how wireless information can be used in health promotion/patient education in a mobile health care setting
Learning Objective #2: The learner will be able to identify appropriate web resources for a specific population based on cultural background, language ability and literacy skills.
Loyola University of Chicago’s Health Sciences Library received a grant from the National Library of Medicine to providing “on demand” health information to patients and families served by Loyola University Health System Mobile Health Unit (MHU). The MHU, which is part of the Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center, is a children’s clinic on wheels. The clinic is staffed by pediatric nurse specialists and is driven to Chicago-area communities to provide vital health care services including routine physicals, immunizations, asthma care, childhood disease prevention & education to medically under-served children ages 0-18. Through the NLM grant, the MHU was equipped with a new laptop computer, wireless technology, and printer. The grant also provided a two-year subscription to a wireless service. This poster will illustrate how wireless access helps the nursing staff provide health information and works to enhance the MHU’s mission of health promotion and prevention.

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