AR HealthLINK / Arkansas Go Local

History and Changing Needs

Since 2001, the National Library of Medicine has supported ARHealthLINK / Arkansas Go Local in providing information on health services from all 75 counties in Arkansas. Its goal was to connect consumers with services in their local communities. The project provided consumers with contact information for hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, support groups, health screening providers and many others.

Over the last several years, the Internet has expanded to provide relevant and useful sources of health information that fulfill the need once only met by National Library of Medicine Go Local programs. Because of the increase of alternate sources of health information providers and declining use of the Go Local program, the National Library of Medicine has decided to phase down and end its support for the project.

Alternate Sources of Consumer Health Information

• MedlinePlus: Guide to Healthy Web Surfing - What should you look for when evaluating the quality of health information on Web sites? Here are some suggestions based on our experience.
• MedlinePlus - The consumer health information (CHI) website from the National Library of Medicine. Contains dictionaries, encyclopedias, drug information etc. Also available in Spanish/Espanol.
• HealthCare.gov - Locate health insurance, learn about illness prevention, compare healthcare providers, and get information about the Affordable Care Act of March 2010.
• UAMSHealth.com - UAMS, the home of Arkansas' only teaching hospital, with clinics covering every medical specialty and a staff of more than 1,100 doctors.
• Health Information for the Public - Health information and resources compiled by UAMS librarians
• UAMS Library - The medical library of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It is open to anyone seeking health information or researching biomedical information