Excellence in tobacco control: 10 High Impact Changes
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aims to achieve a sustainable and integrated approach to tobacco control at a local level. It clearly sets out the required actions for those charged with delivering tobacco control locally, and clearly identifies to senior stakeholders the need for high-level strategic support to achieve this.
Source: Fade Library - May 16, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Grey Literature Smoking Smoking Cessation Public Health
PCT Procurement Guide
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The PCT Procurement Guide supports NHS commissioners in deciding whether and how to procure health services through formal tendering and market-testing exercises. The Guide sets out the policy and regulatory context for procurement, and issues to consider when developing a procurement strategy. The Guide should be read in conjunction with the Principles and rules for Cooperation and Competition, published as Annex D of the 2008/9 Operating Framework, and the Framework for Managing Choice Cooperation and Competition
Source: Fade Library - May 16, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Commissioning Grey Literature NHS Practice Based Commissioning Primary Care Governance Internal Market
Framework for Managing Choice Cooperation and Competition
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The Framework for Managing Choice Cooperation and Competition supports SHAs and PCTs in understanding the roles, responsibilities, values and behaviours required for the effective management of choice and competition within the NHS. The Framework is the outcome of a series of workshops and seminars with senior SHA and PCT leaders. The Framework should be read in conjunction with the
Principles and rules for Cooperation and Competition (Annex D of the 2008/9 Operating Framework) and the PCT Procurement Guide (published 16 May 2008). Additionally, the Framework signals a further series of tools and guidance for system manage...
Source: Fade Library - May 16, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Code of Practice Commissioning Corporate Governance Ethics Grey Literature NHS Practice Based Commissioning Primary Care Choice Co-operation Competition
The National Programme for IT in the NHS: Progress since 2006: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General: HC 484-I Session 2007-2008
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Delivering the National Programme for IT in the NHS is proving to be an enormous challenge. All elements of the Programme are advancing and some are complete, but the original timescales for the electronic Care Records Service, one of the central elements of the Programme, turned out to be unachievable, raised unrealistic expectations and put confidence in the Programme at risk.
Executive Summary
The National Programme for IT in the NHS: Progress since 2006: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General: HC 484-I Session 2007-2008: Volume 1
The National Programme for IT in the NHS: Progress since 2006: Report by the C...
Source: Fade Library - May 16, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Grey Literature Information Technology NHS
Friends of the Suriname Medical Library
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Justus Krabshuis brings this to my attention - a website to gather donations for textbooks for the Medische Bibliotheek Suriname at the Anton de Kom University Library in Surinam. You can pledge to sponsor a particular book (there is a wishlist) or to contribute generally.The website is at http://www.mbsuriname.org/index.html
Source: Browsing - May 16, 2008 Authors: Keith Nockels
Lurching Toward Transparency
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At yesterday's MLA Board of Director's meeting, Mark presented his update on his presidential priorities. The essence of his presidential theme ("Only Connect") has been to encourage the association to make more use of the new communication technologies to create a more vibrant, more transparent organization that more effectively embraces all of the association's members. We're not close to where we'd like to be yet, but we've made substantial progress in the past year. Blogs & wikis are proliferating throughout the association's units. The plenary session on Wednesday will...
Source: T. Scott - May 16, 2008 Authors: T Scott
Twittering at MLA 2008
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There are a number of medical libraryfolk using Twitter, so I thought it might be fun if we were able to conveniently send each other short messages during MLA 2008. All I had to do was set up the MLA2008 account and register it with GroupTweet.
Here’s how you can join in:
1. Go to http://twitter.com/ and sign up for a free acount
2. Go to http://twitter.com/mla2008 and click “Follow.” Shortly thereafter, you’ll receive notifcation that the MLA2008 account is also following you.
3. When you want to send a message to ALL the medical libraryfolk who follow the MLA2008 Twitter account, type: D MLA2008 ...
Source: davidrothman.net - May 15, 2008 Authors: David Rothman Tags: Technology For Medical Libraryfolk Social Software MLA2008
w00t!
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California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage
[Hat tip to Christine over at the OBOS blog.]
Source: Women's Health News - May 15, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Uncategorized
Chicago Bound
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I’ll be in Chicago for the next few days,* so posting will be sparse to nonexistent. Don’t worry, I have no plans to ask you all to suffer through medical library conference-related posts here!
Aside from which, our hotel is one of those annoying places that actively tries to attract business travelers and conferences yet still treats internet access as a luxury rather than as another utility, and charges for it daily.
*Note to creepy freaks: the house will be occupied and guarded by attack kitties. Stay away.
Source: Women's Health News - May 15, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Miscellaneous
The year 2007/2008 - NHS Chief Executive’s annual report
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The year 2007/2008 - NHS Chief Executive’s annual report is NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson’s second annual report looks at the progress made across the NHS in the last 12 months, and the challenges for the year ahead. In addition to his annual report, David Nicholson has published a Framework for choice, cooperation and competition and a PCT procurement guide for health services.
Source: Fade Library - May 15, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Grey Literature NHS Annual Reports
OBOS Post: Expanded Discussion of Nitrous Oxide for Labor Pain Relief
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Today at Our Bodies Our Blog, we have additional discussion of a topic raised last week, nitrous oxide for pain relief in labor, including a lengthy commentary from midwife/epidemiologist Judith Rooks in reply to a comment left on the original post.
The original post linked above also has a bit of background on nitrous oxide and its popularity in other nations, and citations for additional reading.
Big thanks to Web Manager Extraordinaire Kiki Zeldes for coordination and editing on this one.
Source: Women's Health News - May 14, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Birth Drugs
London Calling
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Project: London is a clinic of Medecins Du Monde (UK) which aims to support migrants that need help accessing healthcare. It has just published its second annual report the Project: London report and recommendations 2007: Improving access to healthcare for the community’s most vulnerable.
The report finds no evidence of health tourism, with patients had been in the UK for an average of 3 years before accessing care from Project: London. Migrants are no more likely to have expensive, complicated medical needs than anyone else. It also identifies difficulties for pregnant women in accessing proper care. Although th...
Source: Fade Library - May 14, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Demand Grey Literature Health Economics Health Needs Primary Care Social Exclusion Voluntary Sector Eligibility Criteria Immigration NHS
A Walk To Beautiful - Obstetric Fistula Documentary
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I watched “A Walk to Beautiful” on PBS last night, and it was an extraordinarily powerful documentary on the impact of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia. Set primarily at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, the piece profiles three women who seek medical assistance and hope after years of uncontrollably leaking urine and/or feces, living in huts, and being shunned by their communities and families. You really just have to watch this for yourself.
The NOVA website indicates that what aired last night is “a 50-minute version of an original feature-length film of the same name, two of whose ‘characters̵...
Source: Women's Health News - May 14, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Global Issues Women's Health
Heatwave Plan for England 2008
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The Heatwave Plan for England 2008 is published today on a day of blazing sunshine, so that should put paid to a summer in the UK. Its purpose is to enhance resilience in the event of a heatwave. It is an important component of overall emergency planning; and will become increasingly relevant in adapting to the impact of climate change.
Related documents:
Advice for health and social care professionals offers advice for individuals, or teams, engaged in primary care or social services, or for home care providers both on caring for people most at risk during a heatwave, and on organising others who provide care.
Heatwave: ...
Source: Fade Library - May 14, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Grey Literature Disaster Planning NHS Residential Care Social Services Weather
gopubmed
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playing around with gopubmed for the first time (i know, i know!) today. i put in my favorite search term, “gastroesophageal reflux,” and waited to see what happened. a lot of resulting information was displayed, looking not like any search result screen i’ve ever seen. on the screen are the top authors on the topic, top journals, publications on the topic over time, author collaboration network and a world map. it’s metadata heaven! the best part for me is the mesh root paths, showing all the trees in which my search term shows up, and at what level. if i were just beginning a search and wasn’...
Source: Organization Monkey - May 14, 2008 Authors: MK Tags: library medicine metadata
Bavarian State University in Second Life is OPEN for public!
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See already 4 quick&dirty movies at Healthinfo Island TV
Opening and introOpening Presentation & MovieTour of the site and spectacular fireworks (New!)Read more about the service and plans at: http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/Virtuelle_Services_in_Second_L.2264.0.html (in German)
(creation of the movies : recorded screencast with SMART board software, edited -and combined with mp3 songs, with Windows Movie Maker
Tags: secondlife, sl, virtual worlds, bavarian, bavarian state university, library
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Source: DigiCMB - May 14, 2008 Tags: newtag
Support for those affected by earthquake in China
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This is support available to members of the University of Leicester - a reminder of that support is at http://www2.le.ac.uk/ebulletin/bulletin-board/2000-2009/2008/05/nparticle.2008-05-13.1111858097
Source: Browsing - May 14, 2008
Consumer Guide To Virtual Worlds : free full text
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A Guidebook to Virtual Worlds
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2008/a-guidebook-to-virtual-worlds/
"free, downloadable book"
The Association of Virtual Worlds has published The Blue Book: A Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds. This free, downloadable book provides a guide, with links, to over 250 virtual worlds along with a glossary. Included are virtual environments for every age group ranging from Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow, Creebies, and Frenzoo, to one of my faves - Neopets, Planet Cazmo, and Scions of Fate.
Coming soon: The Green Book: A Business Guide to Virtual Worlds.
Tags: virtual worlds, secondlife, sl, blue book
T...
Source: DigiCMB - May 14, 2008 Tags: newtag
Public perceptions of privacy and dignity in hospitals
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is research, conducted by Ipsos MORI, involved 2,000 interviews with members of the public across the country. It was designed to explore perceptions towards privacy and dignity in hospitals, with particular emphasis on the importance of single-sex accommodation. Key findings are that cleanliness and staff attitudes are the most important factors for patients to feel they are treated with privacy and dignity in hospital.
Source: Fade Library - May 13, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Acute Services Grey Literature Hospitals NHS Quality Dignity Patient Attitudes Privacy Public Opinion Surveys
today is Virtual Library Legislative Day
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I’m the chair of the Government Relations & Bylaws committee for the Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona and am on a few e-mail lists as a result, keeping me informed of what’s going on in our government related to libraries. When I see something relevant for medical librarians I direct our Group to take action. Most of the actions we take are at a grass roots level and are mainly about having our voice heard as librarians. It’s all good stuff. If you too want to stay informed in a non-in-your-face way, consider adding ALA’s District Dispatch blog to your feed re...
Source: Organization Monkey - May 13, 2008 Authors: MK Tags: gov't relations library
Fox News’s “Sexpert” - Not My Kind of Advice
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Today is the first time I’ve checked out the FOXSexpert column, so every other piece Yvonne Fulbright has ever written may be utter brilliance. However, I was less than enthused about some of the messaging in her current piece, “10 Sex Mistakes Women Make.”
The advice isn’t all bad (in my not-so-humble opinion), but I have trouble reconciling women being advised to “Strive to stay trim and look your best, and apparently effortlessly at that” while being told in another bullet point, “Big or small, short or tall, what men find a turn-on more than anything is how a woman carries hers...
Source: Women's Health News - May 13, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Uncategorized
National Knowledge Week for Rhinitis
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Is this week, 12-16 May, with resources available via http://www.library.nhs.uk/ent/ - click Contents under National Knowledge Week for Rhinitis.
Source: Browsing - May 13, 2008 Tags: rhinitis
Could Emergency Department Care of Sexual Assault Victims Be Improved?
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This study demonstrates that, in spite of the Illinois law, counseling on EC occurs only 70% of the time. Counseling with on-site provision of EC occurs in only 39% of EDs.”
Source: Women's Health News - May 13, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Contraception Women's Health
to read: Text mining and ontologies in biomedicine: making sense of raw text
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http://kathrin.dagstuhl.de/files/Materials/08/08131/08131.SpasicIrena.Other.pdf
Abstract:
The volume of biomedical literature is increasing at such a rate that it is becoming difficult to locate, retrieve and manage the reported information without text mining, which aims to automatically distill information, extract facts, discover implicit links and generate hypotheses relevant to user needs. Ontologies, as conceptual models, provide the necessary framework for semantic representation of textual information. The principal link between text and an ontology is terminology, which maps terms to domain-specific concepts. This...
Source: Organization Monkey - May 13, 2008 Authors: MK Tags: medicine metadata
25 years since discovery of HIV as cause of AIDS
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When I was working in my first library job, a one year post between University and library diploma, there was much talk of AIDS, not all of it terribly enlightening. There had recently been the two research groups that had isolated HIV - HTLV-3, I think was a name that was given to it by one group - and I had work colleagues who could stop themselves thinking about it seriously by viewing it only as a "gay disease" (straight colleagues, presumably - perhaps there still are such people). Anyway, I am made to ramble like this by an editorial in Science, looking at where HIV and AIDS research has got to in those 25 years.Th...
Source: Browsing - May 13, 2008 Tags: AIDS HIV
Scalpel injuries in the operating theatre
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Hitch with subscription prevents me from seeing full text, but an editorial in the BMJ discusses this:Watt AM et al. Scalpel injuries in the operating theatre. BMJ 2008; 336:1031. Available from http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7652/1031?etoc
Source: Browsing - May 13, 2008 Tags: operating department practice
Opening Bavarian State Library in Second Life Today!
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Today a new German SIM called "Insel der Information" (Island of Information) of the Bavarian State Library, will be opened by the Avatar of the RL Deputy Director General at
5pm CET, (8:00 AM SLT). They will have Music, Fireworks etc.
The event was announced earlier (in German) at the website of the Library
The Bavarian State Library in München wants to be innovative, explorative and possibly even leading on 3d-media and new Internet-developments in connection to library services.
Tags: Second Life, SL, Virtual Library, SIM, Bavarian State Library, Bayerische StaatsBibliothek, München
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Source: DigiCMB - May 13, 2008 Tags: newtag
Silver
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When I leave for Chicago tomorrow, it'll be to attend my 25th annual meeting of the Medical Library Association. It'll be the third I've been to in Chicago, and the previous ones were memorable. In '93 the meeting was at the Palmer House. I remember seeing Jackie McLean at the Jazz Showcase and sitting up late talking with the guys in his band. I remember sitting in the lobby of the Palmer House at dawn, with a companion, watching the hotel come alive for the day's meetings. Most significantly I remember accepting Lynn's late invitation to join a group that she was taking to the Partheno...
Source: T. Scott - May 13, 2008 Authors: T Scott
When to share information
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has been developed as a cross-governmental initiative on behalf of Department of Health, Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Youth Justice Board and the Prison Service. It is set out in a pathway approach, with best practice case studies used to identify when, what, where and how information needs to be shared to ensure improved outcomes for children and young people, as outlined in Every Child Matters: Change for Children.
Source: Fade Library - May 12, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Children Communication Grey Literature Information Governance Young People Best Practice Data Protection Information Sharing
Five years on - are we half way there?
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from Diabetes UK suggests that half way through the ten-year plan, the NHS’s progress in achieving person-centred, co-ordinated care that aims to ensure fewer people develop diabetes and better care for those who have the condition will fail to deliver on the standards it set itself five years ago if it doesn’t refocus NHS efforts.
It finds that while some people with diabetes in some parts of the country receive excellent care, many are still not benefiting from the effective delivery of diabetes services that the NSF set out to achieve. This puts almost 1.9 million people with diabetes in England at increa...
Source: Fade Library - May 12, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Diabetes Endocrinology Grey Literature National Service Framework Quality Standards
I Might as Well Contribute to the Politicization of Mother’s Day - Planned Parenthood and Abortion
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The blogosphere (certain portions of it) has been all atwitter this week about Planned Parenthood’s Mother’s Day fundraising campaign, in which the organization asks that you “make your gift in honor of someone you love for Mother’s Day.”
A representative of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign stated, “The irony of Planned Parenthood asking for Mother’s Day donations in honor of mothers and daughters hardly needs pointing out.” I suppose if you assume that the women who have abortions are not mothers, will never be mothers, then you might not need the irony pointed out. So...
Source: Women's Health News - May 11, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Events & Observances
History of Medicine Division : Turning The Pages
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I keep getting amazed about the great resources, exhibitions, games and other interactive information that is available of the websites of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
This week I did look at the wonderful exhibitions and projects of the History of Medicine Division.
The current exhibition in the NLM Rotunda is called Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health.
And I also found a project called Turning the Pages (TTP) .
"At the Turning the Pages kiosk in the History of Medicine Reading Room cloak room, visitors can "turn the pages" of Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal, a beautifully illustrated ...
Source: DigiCMB - May 10, 2008
Public Citizen Petitions FDA to Take Contraceptive Patch off the Market
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Now for something completely different, an organization is petitioning the FDA to take a contraceptive off the market, and it seemingly has nothing to do with religious/political ideology. Public Citizen is advocating for a phased withdrawal of the patch from the market, noting in their petition to the agency the increased estrogen exposure and risk of blood clots as compared with the pill. Earlier this year, the FDA revised the patch’s labeling to note these same issues. The organization argues that these increased risks come with no real improvement in pregnancy prevention.
I almost don’t know how to respond ...
Source: Women's Health News - May 10, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Contraception Drugs Uncategorized Women's Health
think about the images you’ll use in your presentations
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many of my colleagues are getting ready for the upcoming conference of medical librarians, preparing their posters for display and powerpoint files for paper presentations. many of them will use charts to visually display their ideas, with the hope that a single, effective image will stick with their audience. the best charts are the ones that convey one idea (easy to view) rather than many ideas (confusing for the audience). of course, they’ll also stick with you if they’re hilarious, like these song-related charts at boyshapedbox on flickr.
i would like to direct your attention to the clinical cases and imag...
Source: Organization Monkey - May 10, 2008 Authors: MK Tags: MLA 2008 images metadata titter
Saturday News Round-Up:
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MADRE is working with the Women’s Human Rights Defenders Network and Burmese women’s organizations to provide assistance following the devastation in Myanmar/Burma - you can donate online to this effort.
The Office of Women’s Health is kicking off the WOMAN Challenge on Sunday to coincide with National Women’s Health Week - it’s an 8-week physical activity challenge, and participants can register online to track their progress.
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health is talking about how immigration is a reproductive justice issue.
I haven’t read the studies yet, but rese...
Source: Women's Health News - May 10, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Uncategorized
The Commissioner Volume 3 Issue 5 is Out Now
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Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Commissioning Toolkit
CSIP Better Commissioning programme
New NICE Commissioning guides: Cognitive behavioural therapy and Faecal continence service
West Kent PCT: World Class Commissioning strategy and delivering a commissioning model
National Cancer Intelligence Network
Commissioning Specialist Library: Have you say
A resource to help primary care pharmacists in England involved in PBC
Revised guidance: primary care dental contracts Advice on managing end of year issues
Other documents, websites and conferences
RSS Feed
Listen to the Commissioner Volume 3 Issue 5
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Source: Fade Library - May 9, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Commissioning Current Awareness Currently Watching Practice Based Commissioning Primary Care Staying Up-to-Date
found in mentalfloss store
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med school in a box
Source: Organization Monkey - May 9, 2008 Authors: MK Tags: medicine titter
Don’t Go, Sue!
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Damn. Sue Johanson of Oxygen’s “Talk Sex” is retiring, and the last episode will air on Sunday night (and will count down the year’s top 10 sex toys).
Sue’s call-in sex advice show was one of the most awesome things on television, if you find a “septugenarian” Canadian talking frankly about sex as awesome as I do.
If you’re not at work, check out some clips of Sue on YouTube. I’ll leave you with one of Sue’s famous quotes: “If you can’t laugh about sex, you shouldn’t be doing it.”
Source: Women's Health News - May 9, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Uncategorized
NHS Next Stage Review Leading Local Change
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The NHS Next Stage Review has been led locally by clinicians in each NHS region. Seventy-four local clinical working groups, made up of some 2000 clinicians, have been looking at the clinical evidence and engaging with their local communities. They have developed improved models of care for their regions to ensure that the NHS is up to date with the latest clinical developments and is able to meet changing needs and expectations.
NHS Next Stage Review Leading Local Change sets the context for these local visions and the principles which will guide their implementation.
Source: Fade Library - May 9, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Acute Services Grey Literature Hospitals NHS Primary Care Next Stage Review Organisational Design
Changing for the Better
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provides best practice guidance on provide clear guidance for patients, the public and NHS staff on the processes underpinning changes to acute NHS services arising from the NHS Next Stage Review.
Source: Fade Library - May 9, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Acute Services Communication Grey Literature NHS Stakeholder Engagement Change Next Stage Review Organisational Design
Final Project Report for HealthInfo Island Project in Second Life Now Available!
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A final project report from the Alliance Library System marks the latest chapter in an exciting experiment funded by the Greater Midwest Region of the National Library of Medicine (GMR/NNLM).
The project, entitled “Providing Consumer Health Outreach and Library Programs to Virtual World Residents in Second Life” provided outreach to virtual medical communities, health training and information for residents of Second Life, links to consumer health resources, one-on-one support to residents, and part-time staffing for HealthInfo Island.
Carol Perryman, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel H...
Source: DigiCMB - May 9, 2008 Tags: newtag
MediGo : widget for Netvibes, Widgetbox & Facebook
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I mentioned MediGo, a new Dutch Medical & Health Care Search engine, before.
Now MediGo is also available (besides the searchbox in javascript they offer on the website):
as Netvibes UWA widget
Add to Netvibes Also available for: iGoogle Apple Dashboard Opera Windows Vista beta Windows Live beta as Widgetbox widget
...
Source: DigiCMB - May 9, 2008 Tags: newtag
Balance
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I forgot to tell my mother I was going to Scotland. Things have been a little hectic lately. (And now I'm wondering if we remembered to tell Marian!!)
The Scotland trip feels as if it's a long way off, but in fact, we leave just three weeks from tomorrow. But MLA in Chicago is between now and then, and that looms much larger.
My ostensible purpose in going to the CILIPS conference in Peebles is to deliver a talk on how librarians are delivering health information to their communities. There's been a tremendous shift over the past quarter century in the focus that medical librarians have had and it...
Source: T. Scott - May 9, 2008 Authors: T Scott
Blogging MLA 2008
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Looks like I *will* be blogging in the month of May, but only from Chicago.
To my surprise, I was approved as an “official conference blogger” for MLA 2008.
All MLA 2008 conference bloggers:
Stewart Brower - Professional Notes
A’Lyn Ettien - The Creature from the Health Informatics Class
Marie Kennedy - Organization Monkey
Maureen ‘Molly’ Knapp - LSUHC New Orleans Health Sciences Center
Michelle Kraft - The Krafty Librarian
Leigh Mihlrad - Leigh’s Little Corner of the Web
Emily Molanphy (Emily has 2 blogs!) - Emily’s Journal - and - Eponymous Blog about Libraries
Bryan Nugent - T...
Source: davidrothman.net - May 8, 2008 Authors: David Rothman Tags: For Medical Libraryfolk Medical Librarianship Blogs Shameless Self-Promotion MLA2008
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The Internet Archive won their fight against a National Security letter from the FBI, and can now talk about it: http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=192021 .
Source: User Education Resources for Librarians - May 8, 2008
i’m an omnivore without a dilemma
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the pew internet & american life project quiz says i’m an omnivore. i believe the report. take the quiz yourself to see how you fit into the techno-world.
brief description of an omnivore:
Omnivores embrace all this connectivity, feeling confident in how they manage information and their many devices. This puts information technology at the center of how they express themselves, do their jobs, and connect to their friends.
only 8% of the american public are omnivores. if you take the quiz and find that you are an omnivore, please leave a comment on this blog. we should friend each other on facebook, follow each o...
Source: Organization Monkey - May 8, 2008 Authors: MK Tags: social networking
Additional Musings on the Oklahoma Abortion Ultrasound Law
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Demarcationville wins the internet today, with this piece inspired by Oklahoma’s new law requiring ultrasounds prior to abortion.
As someone who was raised Conservative and Southern Baptist, she explains that although she is “still innately Pro-Life:”
…I reject the idea that any state, government, leader, court, man or woman has authority over the area beyond my bloomers.
You know, as a woman, there are few things I control in this world, but I’d damn well consider my reproductive “parts” among them - so you’re out of your jurisdiction. Seriously, ya’ll don’t know me like that.
“Y...
Source: Women's Health News - May 8, 2008 Authors: Rachel Tags: Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Ethics Laws, Legislation, & Courts Women's Health
Government response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights: a life like any other? human rights of adults with learning disabilities
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The Joint Committee on Human Rights (the Committee) published its report ‘A life like any other? human rights of adults with learning disabilities’ on 6 March 2008. This memorandum sets out the government response response to the conclusions and recommendations in that report.
Source: Fade Library - May 8, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Grey Literature Human Rights Learning Disabilities Legislation
Evaluation of Early Medical Abortion (EMA) Pilot Sites - final report
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Conclusions
Subject to the fairly considerable limitations of the current study, and from a range of
sources, including medical records, and staff and client views, there are no discernible
differences between the pilot sites and their matched comparator sites in terms of the safety,
effectiveness or acceptability of non-traditional sites for the administration of early medical
abortions.
Detailed protocols and guidelines should be developed to cover staffing requirements as well
as clinical aspects of care.
Given the importance of reassurance and support throughout the process, the centrality of
suitably motivated a...
Source: Fade Library - May 8, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Abortion Grey Literature Primary Care
Code of Practice Mental Health Act
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The revised Code of Practice Mental Health Act has been prepared in accordance with section 118 of the Mental Health Act 1983 by the Secretary of State for Health after consulting such bodies as appeared to him to be concerned, and laid before Parliament. The Code will come into force in November 2008.
Source: Fade Library - May 8, 2008 Authors: western4uk Tags: Grey Literature Mental Health Codes of Practice Legislation
