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Philly Health Info: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia's Regional Community Health Information Project

Kenyon, Andrea

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/1739

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Title
Philly Health Info: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia's Regional Community Health Information Project
Author(s)
Kenyon, Andrea
Issue Date
2005
Keyword(s)
  • Consumer health information
  • Health information
  • Public services (Libraries)
Abstract
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia has created Philly Health Info (PHI), a regional community health information model. PHI objectives are, first, to provide as many citizens of greater Philadelphia as possible with accurate, current, and understandable health information they can use to their benefit; and second, to test the feasibility of reaching a substantial proportion of people who are underserved through community sites such as library branches, community health centers, physician offices, and other convenient locations. The centerpiece of PHI is its Internet portal. This consumer-oriented portal focuses on regional health issues and offers a virtual directory of regional health resources and services. A pilot project was launched in the spring of 2004 to test the feasibility of bridging the digital divide by placing trained volunteers at Internet access sites in community locations. The first PHI site is located at the Northeast Branch of the Free Library.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1739
Copyright and License Information
Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2005.

Owning Collections

Library Trends 53 (3) Winter 2005: Consumer Health Issues, Trends, and Research, Part 2: Applicable Research in the 21st Century PRIMARY
Library Trends 53 (3) Winter 2005: Consumer Health Issues, Trends, and Research, Part 2: Applicable Research in the 21st Century. Edited by Tammy L. Mays.