Subject Guides: Diagnostic Radiology: Patient Education

Cleveland Clinic Radiology Institute Patient Education

RadiologyInfo.org RadiologyInfo.org tells you how various x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, radiation therapy, and other procedures are performed. It also addresses what you may experience and how to prepare for the exams. The website contains more than 200 procedure, exam and disease descriptions covering diagnostic and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, and radiation safety. All material on the RadiologyInfo.org website is reviewed and approved by experts in the field of radiology and is updated frequently with new information.
Image Gently The Image Gently Alliance is a coalition of health care organizations dedicated to providing safe, high-quality pediatric imaging worldwide. The primary objective of the Alliance is to raise awareness in the imaging community of the need to adjust radiation dose when imaging children. The ultimate goal of the Alliance is to change practice. The American Board of Radiology has been an Alliance Organization since July 2009.
Image Wisely The objective of the Image Wisely campaign is to lower the amount of radiation used in medically necessary imaging studies and to eliminate unnecessary procedures. Image Wisely offers resources and information to radiologists, medical physicists, other imaging practitioners, and patients.

Cleveland Clinic Drugs, Devices & Supplements
Cleveland Clinic Health Library About this website: Cleveland Clinic's Health Library is a collection of articles to help patients and their families find answers to common health questions, not an academic (peer-reviewed) medical journal. How to cite: list the URL and access date according to the style guide/reference formats you need. Guidelines can be found here: https://my.clevelandclinic.libguides.com/writing
Cleveland Clinic Treatments & Procedures
DailyMed | National Library of Medicine DailyMed provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States. DailyMed is the official provider of FDA label information (package inserts). This Web site provides a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling found in medication package inserts.
Evaluating Health Information | MedlinePlus
Genetics | MedlinePlus The Genetics Home Reference pages included in MedlinePlus cover more than 1,300 genetic conditions and 1,400 genes, all of the human chromosomes, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
Health Information in Many Languages | MedlinePlus Browse health information in multiple languages, arranged by language.
Lexidrug and UpToDate Drug Handouts | Lipincott Advisor
Lexidrug and UpToDate Patient Handouts | Lippincott Advisor

MedlinePlus Extensive guide to consumer health information resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health. Patient education information is available in multiple languages

Patient Education | ClinicalKey Every patient is different, but most patient education handouts are one size fits all. Choose any of ClinicalKey’s handouts, and you can automatically tailor it to your patient. Choose the patient’s preferred language and text size, add special instructions and include your institution’s branding. Then press print. It’s that easy.
Pill Identifier | Drugs.com Use the pill finder to identify medications by visual appearance or medicine name. All fields are optional.

UpToDate for Patients Patient education resources in two levels: "The Basics" are short overviews. "Beyond the Basics" are longer, more detailed reviews.

CC-TV Closed-circuit television available for hospital patients at the Cleveland Clinic. CC-TV offers educational videos on a variety of health and wellness topics. Complete list found on Ch. 40 (Video on Demand Information Channel). To request a video, patients call x.51616 and follow the instructions on the TV.