Ontario's health-information service: a province-wide resource for patients.

An innovative service based in Toronto provides consumers with specialized yet understandable information about health care and health promotion. The Consumer Health Information Service gathers articles from medical journals, periodicals, health agencies, support groups, books and medical databases to provide people with better access to readily understandable health information. Much health-related information is available, says the chief librarian, but often people have trouble determining where it is.