National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: People Science Health - Health Information Network (HIN) e-Newsletter

Manage Your Membership Profile  |  Invite a Colleague to Join the HIN  |  Unsubscribe

September 10, 2009

Enhanced NHLBI HIN Membership Benefits

e-newsletters, images of Health Information e-newsletterDear NHLBI HIN Member,

As you've heard, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) conducted a survey of Health Information Network (HIN) members in fall 2008 to better understand member expectations, improve health information services, and improve content development and message effectiveness. Several of the NHLBI HIN enhancements you can expect to see are:

  • Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed to allow Web sites and social network members to display and share the latest NHLBI HIN news
  • New topics and media channels, including podcasts, videos, and interactive quizzes
  • Health information and education e-mails targeted to patients and the public on taking action to prevent heart disease and lower risk factors; screening and diagnostic tests; nutrition, physical activity, and other aspects of a healthy lifestyle; and common diseases and conditions
  • Articles of interest to health professionals focused on research and clinical information, including guidelines

Content Specifically Designed To Meet Your Areas of Interest

All NHLBI HIN members can identify their occupations and areas of interest in their HIN member profiles. Although providing this information is optional, the NHLBI wants to offer targeted messages and information designed to meet your interests.

For example, if you indicate that you are interested in overweight and obesity information, you can expect to receive updates from the NHLBI on the Aim for a Healthy Weight and We Can!™ campaigns. If you also tell us that you are a health professional, you will receive announcements of the latest clinical practice guidelines. Patients, family members, friends of patients, and the general public will receive HIN e-mails on a variety of health information topics as well as information about NHLBI health education materials. Likewise, by completing your member profile, you won't receive extra e-mails on topics that don't interest you.

The HIN member profile asks you to select one of the following occupations (with space to fill in "Other" if needed):

  • Physician
  • Nurse or nurse practitioner
  • Other health care provider
  • Health educator/communicator
  • Dietitian
  • Patient, family, or friend of a patient
  • General public interested in NHLBI topics
  • Other (specify)

Available areas of interest are:

  • African Americans
  • American Indians and Alaska Natives
  • Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
  • Asthma
  • Blood diseases
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Children/youth
  • Cholesterol
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Healthy eating/nutrition
  • Heart attack
  • High blood pressure
  • Latinos/Hispanics
  • Lung diseases
  • Older Americans
  • Overweight and obesity
  • Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
  • Physical activity
  • Sleep disorders
  • Women and heart disease
  • Research
  • Clinical guidelines
  • Health information articles for patients, families, and the public

Preferred alternative formats are:

  • Podcasts
  • Videos
  • RSS feeds
  • Interactive quizzes

If you have not yet responded to our last e-mail about updating your membership profile, I encourage you to take a few minutes today to log in to the NHLBI HIN member profile page at http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/joinhin/update.asp and make sure that you are receiving HIN e-mails on what interests you most.

Sincerely yours,

Ann Taubenheim, Ph.D., M.S.N.

Ann M. Taubenheim, Ph.D., M.S.N.
Branch Chief, Health Campaigns & Consumer Services
Office of Communications and Legislative Activities

HIN0909

We would greatly appreciate a quick note at NHLBIHIC@air.org to let us know how you use this information.

You are receiving this e-mail notification because you joined the Health Information Network of the National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, or gave permission to NHLBI to send you e-mails. These notifications are limited to the subject areas in which you expressed interest. If you do not wish to receive additional notifications, please enter your e-mail address as it appears on messages from us, at http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/joinhin/unsubscribe.asp. If you experience any difficulty or have questions, please contact us at nhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov or call (301) 592-8573 TTY: (240) 629–3255.

Office of Communications and Legislative Activities
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Building 31, Room 4A31
31 Center Drive, MSC 2480
Bethesda, MD 20892-2480
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute