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From: Mary Lavender Fujii <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Healthfinder Internet Site
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>Hello. Below is a DHHS press release announcing a new
>Internet site for locating health information on the World Wide Web.
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>Thank you,
>Sarah Kuester
>Public Health Nutritionist
>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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>Date: April 15, 1997
>For Release: Immediately
>Contact: Damon Thompson, (202) 205-1842
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>SHALALA LAUNCHES HEALTHFINDER WEB SITE; IMPROVES
>CONSUMER ACCESS TO HEALTH INFO
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> Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala today
>launched healthfinder, a new government gateway site on the Internet
>that will make it much easier for most Americans to find health
>information on the World Wide Web. The Internet address for
>healthfinder is <http://www.healthfinder.gov>.
>
> Shalala, joined via video by Vice President Gore, launched the
>web site at the opening session of the Partnerships For Networked
>Consumer Health Information '97 Conference in Washington.
>
> "With healthfinder, we're helping people get reliable health
>information, faster and easier, over the Internet," Shalala said.
>"We're covering a wide range of information, and we're providing
>information that people can trust."
>
> She said healthfinder can lead people to information that
>addresses not only the leading causes of death, like heart disease
>and cancer, but also the problems behind them -- like smoking,
>unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and substance abuse.
>
> "We hear a lot about how managed care is changing our health
>care system," Gore told the conference attendees. "What we don't
>hear is how the consumers themselves are changing it. More and
>more, they are turning to the Internet to get the health-related
>information they need. Healthfinder will provide the public with
>easier access to more quality federal consumer health information
>than is available now from any single source on the World Wide Web."
>
> Healthfinder brings together under one umbrella the broad range
>of consumer health information resources produced by the federal
>government and its many partners. Its current resources include:
>
> Hyperlinks to more than 550 Web sites, including more than 200
> federal sites and 350 state, local, not-for-profit, university
> and other consumer health resources;
>
> Links to nearly 500 selected online documents;
>
> Links to FAQs (frequently asked questions) on top health issues
> of concern to the American public;
>
> Links to databases and web search engines by topic and agency;
> and
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> Graphical and text versions to accommodate all users.
>
> Healthfinder combats "information overload" and endless
>searches by organizing these resources in a subject index, allowing
>consumers to quickly locate the health information they want.
>Future plans for the site include a full-text index, health risk
>appraisals, and expanded publication ordering. Collaborations with
>public and private sector organizations, such as public and medical
>libraries, will expand healthfinder's reach to those who do not have
>personal Internet access.
>
> Healthfinder was developed by HHS' Office of Disease Prevention
>and Health Promotion (ODPHP) in collaboration with many other
>agencies.
>
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>Note: HHS press releases are available on the World Wide Web at:
>http://www.dhhs.gov.
>
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