{"id":63,"date":"2023-04-28T11:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T18:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:01:34","slug":"medical-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/patient-visitors\/health-resources\/medical-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block_22dd7c3a9369343df4832b4636d60a66\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-blue-light-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-samaritan-medical-library\">Samaritan Medical Library<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are looking for information about a condition, or another health topic of interest, Samaritan\u2019s medical library services are available to the public, as well as resources for health care providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are unable to locate information you need below, contact the&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:library@samhealth.org?subject=Library%20Service%20Request\">Samaritan library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_1943a4173ed1f9c98db2717babe080c0\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health Information for the Public<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Samaritan provides trusted health information through the National Library of Medicine which is part of the National Institutes of Health. Delivered through MedLinePlus, information is non-commercial and written and reviewed by healthcare professionals. MedlinePlus provides easy to understand health information in English, Spanish and many other languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go to MedlinePlus<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lOyBYCTF46s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch MedlinePlus Search Tips Video<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_aaafaa047f4fee4dc6e9434dd2a361b9\" class=\"shs-block block-slim-section grid-container has-gold-background-color\">\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips to Evaluate Health Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are looking at other health resources, here are some simple tools to help you tell the difference between good and questionable health information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/evaluatinghealthinformation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_1943a4173ed1f9c98db2717babe080c0\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medical Library Services for Clinicians<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Samaritan Health Services medical library serves the clinical, research and educational information needs of the Samaritan community in the mid-Willamette Valley and the Central Oregon Coast. Get access to online journals, textbooks and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are within the Samaritan network, please access the medical library through the <strong>Clinician Portal on the SHS Insider<\/strong>. If you are a clinician outside of Samaritan, contact the\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:library@samhealth.org?subject=Library%20Service%20Request\">Samaritan library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<aside id=\"block_2f503db34f113d9e5b285f635607a492\" class=\"shs-block callouts is-arches grid-container has-gray-warm-background-color\" >\n\n\n\t<h2 class=\"callouts-title\">Looking for Other Samaritan Services?<\/h2>\n\t<\/header>\n\t\t<ul class=\"callouts-list\">\n\t\n\t\t<li class=\"callout is-arches\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/health-services\/all-services\/diagnostic-imaging\/\" class=\"callout-link\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MRI-brain-scan-316-CO.jpg\" alt=\"MRI brain scan\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-arch-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"callout-title\">Diagnostic Imaging<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-link-text\">Visit Page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t<li class=\"callout is-arches\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/health-services\/all-services\/lab-services\/\" class=\"callout-link\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/laboratory-testing-CO.jpg\" alt=\"Vials in a laboratory setting\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-arch-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"callout-title\">Lab Services<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-link-text\">Visit Page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t<li class=\"callout is-arches\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/patient-visitors\/request-medical-records\/\" class=\"callout-link\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/electronic-health-records-CO.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful computer monitor screen with the words, &quot;Electronic Health Record,&quot; and medical file folders behind it.\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-arch-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"callout-title\">Medical Records<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-link-text\">Visit Page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search for health information available to the public or health care providers through MedlinePlus or Samaritan&#8217;s medical library services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-63","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}