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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) maintains a database of patient education materials used in our health system. The database is available for free on the Internet and requires no registration or
login. The URL is: <a href="http://careguides.med.umich.edu/" target="_blank">http://careguides.med.umich.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The site includes materials that have been created by U-M Health System experts on many difficult-to-find topics, rare conditions and state-of-the-art therapies. It also includes materials from other organizations
that have been reviewed and approved by U-M experts. Print materials, videos, websites and apps are included.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Feel free to link <a href="http://careguides.med.umich.edu/" target="_blank">http://careguides.med.umich.edu/</a> to your library’s website and help your patrons access clinician-vetted, current and accurate patient-education
materials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Here is a link to a flyer you can print and distribute at your library, health fairs or other events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/careguidesflyer.pdf">https://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/careguidesflyer.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Ruti<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ruti Volk, M.S.I., A.H.I.P.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Michigan Health System<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patient Education Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Coordinator, <a href="http://careguides.med.umich.edu/"><span style="color:blue">Careguides from Your UMHS Clinician</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2101 Commonwealth Suite A. Ann Arbor Mi 48105<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: (734) 232-3980 Fax: 734-615-4849<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Looking for answers? @sk your Medical Librarian...Your key to quality information!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All email is considered confidential unless otherwise noted<o:p></o:p></p>
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