Health Information Resources

R&D staff at LHNCBC are developing and enhancing large, complex information systems to meet new needs in health information, biomedical research, and historical preservation.

Projects

Consumer Health Question Answering

The consumer health question answering project was launched to support NLM customer services that receive about 90,000 requests a year from a world-wide pool of customers.

Genetics Home Reference

Genetics Home Reference (GHR) is the National Library of Medicine Web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes and chromosomes related to those conditions.

Oral history is a method for documenting history in a vivid way by recording the voices of those who have experienced it. “Memory is the core of oral history, from which meaning can be extracted and preserved.”

Open-i

The Open-i^sm (pronounced “open eye”) experimental multimedia search engine retrieves and displays structured MEDLINE citations augmented by image-related text and concepts and linked to images based on image features.

Profiles in Science

The Profiles in Science Web site showcases digital reproductions of items selected from the personal manuscript collections of prominent biomedical researchers, medical practitioners, and those fostering science and health. The Web site provides worldwide access to this unique biomedical information.

Repository for Informed Decision Making (RIDeM)

RIDeM provides access to key fact needed to support clinical decision making.

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