Helping Patients Interpret "Medspeak"
Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Helping Patients Interpret "Medspeak"


When your patients need help to understand the specialized language of healthcare professionals, you can send them to the Medical Library Association's new Web site (www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak). The site interprets common terms and abbreviations, such as ischemia and RSV, provides links to 10 health-related Web sites the association considers the best, and offers advice on how to evaluate the quality of information found on the Internet. - Joan R. Rose Medical Economics.

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