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coming down the home stretch: Collaborative Marketing for Electronic Resources project

Organization Monkey — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:24:13 +0100

We’re in Week 13 of 16 of the Collaborative Marketing for Electronic Resources project, nearing the finish. This has been such a satisfying project on a personal level, training around 100 librarians in how to construct a marketing plan for their libraries’ electronic resources. I’m really looking forward to sifting all the data that results from the project. I’ll be reporting on the project – the impetus, the planning, the execution and results of the effort – at the upcoming annual conference, Electronic Resources & Libraries. Here’s a link to the brief abstract for the presentation: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/erl-2012-sessions. (Source: Organization Monkey)

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PubMed Health and Conduit Mobile

DigiCMB — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

PubMed Health was launced in september 2011, "specializes in reviews of clinical effectiveness research, with easy-to-read summaries for consumers as well as full technical reports. Clinical effectiveness research finds answers to the question “What works?” in medical and health care" (from: About PubMed Health) PubMed Health is a service provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The website is put together with a direct "meta" search in several resources, with overviews and updates. They offer two rss feeds to keep up-to-date with the Behind the Headlines & Featured reviews, but not of the new and updated stuff. PubMed Health Content For consumers DARE reviews Executive summaries Clinical guides F...

Sunday News Round-Up – Campfield and Floyd Give Me a Mad/Sad Edition

Women's Health News — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:01:57 +0100

Recently, TN state rep Richard Floyd declared he would “stomp” any transgender woman who happened to be around him and his family. This past week, he complained mightily about the reaction he’s getting, and declared, I never said anything about violence. I said what I would do personally if my family was involved, and I meant every single word of it….Do I regret saying it? No, I don’t regret saying it. Would I do it? Yes I would. No, you don’t get to threaten to “stomp” a segment of your constituency just for being around, then claim you “never said anything about violence.” You did, on the record, to a reporter. And then you immediately reiterated that you would in fact attempt violence and don’t regret saying so. I’m ...

PubMed Toolbar updated & PubMed Health

DigiCMB — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Today I added the PubMed Health link & the PubMed Health Search to the PubMed Toolbar! http://pubmed.ourtoolbar.com/ Downloads: 1532 Max simultaneous use: 149 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/I also updated the toolbar a little, with new NLM & NCBI twitter accounts. http://nlmtoolbars.blogspot.com/ Available NLM Toolbars: PubMed NLM Toolbar (all-in-one) MedlinePlus PubMedCentral DrugInfo (New) AidsInfo DailyMed HouseholdProducts ClinicalTrials See PubMed & NLM widgets and more ... Netvibes NLM In preparation: PubMed Health Toolbar PubMed Health specializes in reviews of clinical effectiveness research, with easy-to-read summaries for consumers as well as full technical reports. Clinical effectiveness ...

Alert Sounds for Library Computers

davidrothman.net — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:15:21 +0100

Note from a friend: “…[W]hen a book is returned and is to go on hold, the computers all have this quick audio clip (from star trek) that says “Something’s wrong!” We wanna change it to something funny and more lighthearted. any thoughts?” This started me thinking about sound clips that could be integrated into an ILS/LMS or into one’s own PC if one is fond of library humor. (Don’t know how to change the sounds on your Windows PC? Check this out. You’ll need the .wav version of these files.) Some ideas I had: Beastie Boys: “Hold it now, hold it now, hold it now, hit it!” [mp3] [wav] Download audio file (holditnow1.mp3) From Carly Simon’s ‘Tranquillo’: “Put it on hold! Put it on hold!”[mp3] [wa...

Attributes of a Health Literate Organization

SHR Medical Library — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:15:00 +0100

Find a discussion paper from the Health Literacy Roundtable at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies here that identifies ten attributes of a health literate organization.http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/mNAX (Source: SHR Medical Library)

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Nursing Times 2012 (Vol. 108 No. 4)

Fade Library — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:48:29 +0100

Fade Fave: Pressure ulcer risk assessment Fade Skinny: The article discusses the most common risk factors, advantages and disadvantages of risk assessment tools and challenges in prevention. Contact the Library for a copy this article. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Avoidable Pressure Ulcer, Pressure Ulcer, Risk Assessment (Source: Fade Library)

House of Commons Health Committee: Public Expenditure Thirteenth Report of Session 2010-12: Volume 1 Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence

Fade Library — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:09:26 +0100

This report is a review of progress within the health and care system towards meeting ‘The Nicholson Challenge’ to find £20bn in efficiency savings by 2014-15 against the backdrop of unprecedented healthcare reform. It identifies that the key pressures which are building in the system arise from the fact that demand is continuing to grow at a time when health and social care budgets have stopped growing. In order to achieve this it recognises the importance of developing new structures which deliver genuinely integrated services. In order to achieve these savings it suggests hospitals were resorting to short-term “salami slicing” and that “The reorganisation process continues to complicate the push for efficiency gains”. The reforms have facilitated s...

Nursing Times 2012 (Vol. 108 No. 3)

Fade Library — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:23:08 +0100

This article describes the risks involved in preparing injectable medicines in clinical areas – such as wards, theatres, clinics or patients’ homes. It also outlines the key principles to ensure that they are prepared safely in these areas. Contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: injectable Medicines, Medicine Preparation, Patient Safety (Source: Fade Library)

Nursing Times 2012 (Vol. 108 No. 1/2)

Fade Library — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:04:11 +0100

This article reports on a year-long pilot of a practice-nurse led scheme that used a holistic approach towards self-care in obesity management. The pilot was set up to reduce cardiovascular risk and to improve quality of life. This person-centred approach may offer an important tool in the management of these patients in the GP surgery. Contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals, Primary Care Tagged: Holistic Care, Obesity, Weight Management (Source: Fade Library)

Blog for Choice Day 2012 – Let’s Tackle Telemedicine in Tennessee

Women's Health News — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:45:51 +0100

The theme for this year’s Blog for Choice Day is: “What will you do to help elect pro-choice candidates in 2012?” I have to confess, I’m extremely bad about helping people get elected. I will write blog posts letters to elected officials all day long, but have not historically been very active in either donating to candidates/causes or taking actions like canvassing on their behalf. This year, taking in-person action might be even more difficult due to living car-free, but I’m alarmed enough by the apparent uptick in anti-choice legislative activity that I think I need to do better and more. I’m also going to need to focus some of that attention more specifically at the local level. It seems somewhat easier to get the word out about national threats, an...

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Over at OBOS: HHS and Contraception, a Virtual March, and an Upcoming Webinar on Breast Cancer and the Environment

Women's Health News — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:45:11 +0100

HHS Affirms Contraception as Covered Preventive Service – I’m glad I didn’t have to take back this post, although the Plan B bullshit was probably more responsible than a successful appeal to reason. Participate in the Virtual March for Trust Women Week – Think reproductive rights are an important human right? Sign on to the virtual march to send a pro-choice message. More than 9,000 people already have. Webinar: New Report on Breast Cancer and the Environment – Breast Cancer Action is holding a couple of webinars next week to talk about the IOM’s recent report on breast cancer and the environment. See also Ayesha and Judy’s Can We Choose to Move Forward on Reproductive Justice? And How? and get details from Christine on how you can help a midwi...

Zotero to Excel and Complex Searches of Zotero Database

davidrothman.net — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:50:01 +0100

Thanks to Jason Puckett, I’ve become a huge fan of Zotero. So I’d collected a cast number of citations in Zotero, but needed to export them in a custom format to a .csv if I wanted to upload them into another database. I was also a little put-off that Zotero’s search wasn’t more powerful (that’s just me being picky- Zotero is awesome and anyone who says otherwise will get an earful from me). A little Googling led me to this post by Royce Kimmons that discusses how to query Zotero’s SQLite database. (This post is largely a short summary of Mr. Kimmons’- but it is such a neat trick that I wanted to share it.) Zotero’s database is SQLite. For me, the database was located here: C:\Users\[UserID]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[random st...

BioMedLib.com (bmlsearch.com) – Successor to ReleMed

davidrothman.net — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:02:48 +0100

Some may remember how impressed I was with ReleMed (and attempted to explain it on MEDLIB-L)- largely because I thought its relevance sorting was really quite good. BioMedLib.com (found, confusingly at http://bmlsearch.com/)is a newer offering that Mir Said Siadaty made me aware of in September and that I’ve only just recently started to play with. These are, in my opinion, the major selling points of the tool: Use BioMedLib to solve common MEDLINE® search issues • Does it take a long time to screen your search results in order to locate relevant articles? • Are you sure you have found all the relevant publications for your query? • Do you need to monitor authors who are publishing on your topic? • Do you wish your search engine could sort the results by their relevance and ...

Friday Foolery #48 Brilliant Library Notices

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:05:15 +0100

Today’s Friday Foolery post is handed on a silver platter by my Australian friend Mike Cadogan @sandnsurf from Life in the Fast Lane Yes, aren’t these brilliant librarian notices from the Milwaukee Public Library?! Note: @Bitethedust, also from Australian rightly noticed: there’s no better place to stick @sandnsurf than in Friday foolery Indeed at Life at the Fast Lane [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Tennessee State Rep Richard Floyd Threatens to “Stomp” Transgender Women

Women's Health News — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:02:25 +0100

Tennessee State Representative Richard Floyd has introduced a bill that would make it a crime for people to be in a sex-specific bathroom or dressing room (i.e., one designated for men or women) that doesn’t match the sex given on their birth certificate. Tennessee does not allow transgender people to have their birth certificates changed, so if the bill were passed, there would actually be no legal bathrooms for transgender men and women to use in any state government building. (It’s unclear to me whether this might also apply to other public restrooms in non-governmental buildings) Practical people have noted other problems with this bill. It would be impossible to enforce, because there is no chance we’re going to set up checks outside of restrooms. It could hypotheti...

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Pesky Publishers

Barnett-Briggs Unfiltered — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:05:00 +0100

They're at it again, those pesky publishers, specifically those belonging to the Association of American Publishers (AAP). They're trying to preserve their profits at the expense of the public who has already paid for the government-funded research they're publishing. They're currently behind a legislative effort to overturn the NIH Public Access Policy, the federal requirement that authors of government-funded research deposit their manuscripts in PubMed Central where they will be made public after a 12-month embargo period.Shouldn't government-funded research be freely accessible by the public in open-access journals, rather than sequestered in expensive subscription-based journals? Of course...a no-brainer. And by the way, I think the 12-month embargo period is way too long. But this is...

From HealthInfo Island to Second Life Medical Library 2.0

DigiCMB — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Today I handed over several HealthInfo Island social media accounts and tools over to Virtual Ability, Inc, in person to Gentle Heron and Eme Capalini.This includes the HealthInfo Island Blog, but also the twitter account: https://twitter.com/#!/healthinfoislan The HealthInfo Island Facebook group old-style: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=268820866383&ref=ts The Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/healthinfoisland?ref=ts The Linkedin Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=2711505&trk=anet_ug_grppro. HealthInfo Island is now owned by Virtual Ability, Inc All data, posts, photo's and videos from HealthInfo Island's history will be transferred to this blog: Second Life Medical Library 2.0 Vi...

“Pharmacological Action” in PubMed has no True Equivalent in OVID MEDLINE

Laika's MedLibLog — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:09:28 +0100

Searching for EMBASE Subject Headings (the EMBASE index terms) for drugs is relatively straight forward in EMBASE. When you want to search for aromatase inhibitors you first search for the Subject Heading mapping to aromatase inhibitors (aromatase inhibitor). Next you explode aromatase inhibitor/ if you are interested in all its narrower terms. If not, you search [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

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User Education Resources for Librarians — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:55:00 +0100

Post from the Annoyed Librarian on the Research Works Act:http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/01/09/publishers-against-the-dissemination-of-research/Anyone interested in open access issues needs to keep up with this, in my opinion. (Source: User Education Resources for Librarians)

Grand Rounds: Evolving from Link-♥♥ to ♬♫-Links?

Laika's MedLibLog — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:03:22 +0100

Grand Rounds is “the weekly summary of the best healthcare writing online”. I’ve hosted this medical blog carnival twice and considered it a great honor to do so. I have submitted a lot of posts to the Grand Rounds. Often I even wrote a special blog post to fit the theme if there was one. [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

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Contact Your Representative in Opposition to the Research Works Act

Women's Health News — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:03:35 +0100

HR 3699, the Research Works Act, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to undo progress made in increasing taxpayer access to research funded by our tax dollars. Introduced by California’s Darrell Issa and New York’s Carolyn Maloney, the bill would prevent the government from requiring that papers resulting from taxpayer-funded research be deposited online for free access to those taxpayers. In other words, it’s meant to protect the income streams of publishers, even when that income is derived from publishing the results of research studies funded by the government, works that should logically belong in part to the U.S. people who paid for them. Practically, if passed, this bill would reverse the huge strides made in recent years for taxpayer access t...

An Irish monkey blessing for you in 2012

Organization Monkey — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:25:11 +0100

need more monkey comics? head on over to stripgenerator: http://orgmonkey.stripgenerator.com/ (Source: Organization Monkey)

Friday Foolery # 47 WTF, the True Spirit of Christmas

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:35:42 +0100

The true spirit of Christmas is in “loving” and to “do good for others”, “ thinking of” and “helping the less fortunate”. However, many of today’s children, weaned on luxury goods and gadgets, consider themselves as the “less fortunates” and thus are on the ”receiving” rather than the “giving” site. And are easily disappointed… and crossed if they don’t get the [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

State of the Blog, 2011

Women's Health News — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:55:23 +0100

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I want to work on this blog going forward – and obviously I’ve been thinking about that more than I’ve actually been posting here. Women’s Health News has been around since May 2005, and has always focused on women’s health – but tending to focus on reproductive health and rights, and always with my own kind of feminist take on the politics. The last several years have provided plenty of fodder in that area – the constant churn of anti-woman, anti-choice attacks is a source of material, but it’s also somewhat tiring. Just when you think you’re getting somewhere, things get Sebeliused. The question is, what do I want to get out of it, and am I getting that out of it now, more than 5 years ...

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Friday Foolery #46 Bad Science: The Psychology Behind Exaggerated & False Results

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:21:32 +0100

Very up-to-date infographic about Bad Science: it includes (or was inspired by?) the recent fraud by Diederik Stapel, a well-known psychologist in the Netherlands.(e.g. see NY Times.com (2011/11/03/). I am not sure though, that I agree with the 3rd solution to make research more honest: anonymous publication. Created by: Clinical Psychology Hattip: @nutrigenomics, @Vansteenwinckel, @kitteybeth & @rawarrior via Twitter Related articles [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

’tis the season (for platform and interface changes!)

Organization Monkey — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:21:12 +0100

If you’re an academic e-resources librarian you know that during the school year you are in a holding pattern, continually looping to the right, with fingers crossed that e-resource platforms and interfaces remain stable and accessible. The goal of the academic e-resource librarian during the school year is “no change.” We want our patrons to have seamless access in exactly the same way, all semester long. This maximizes their productivity because they know what to expect when they go to a vendor platform; changes mid-semester are awful for researchers because they have to stop their research to learn how to use a new platform. The minute the semester ends and grades are in we give ourselves the okay to land the plane. The ends of semesters are our busy times, when we mig...

Education for Primary Care 2011 (Vol. 22 No. 6)

Fade Library — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:22:56 +0100

Fade Fave: What do GP educators perceive to be the opportunities and challenges of introducing validation? Fade Skinny: This research was commissioned as part of a larger study to explore the context of revalidation and a consideration of the possibilities for the process. The researchers sought to capture the perceptions of the GP educators on the key opportunities and potential challenges of implementing a revalidation system. Contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals, Primary Care, Quality Tagged: Appraisal, Performance, Revalidation (Source: Fade Library)

Nursing Times 2011 ( Vol. 107 No. 49-50)

Fade Library — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:25:19 +0100

Fade Fave: Developing evidence-based practice among students Fade Skinny: Student nurses should be introduced to the principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) as part of their pre-registration education. EBP within nursing is achieved by developing and supporting patient-centred approaches to care using the most current evidence. Contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Evidence Based Practice, Nurse Education, Pre-Registration Nursing (Source: Fade Library)

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Jeffrey Beall’s List of Predatory, Open-Access Publishers, 2012 Edition

Laika's MedLibLog — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:20:36 +0100

Perhaps you remember that I previously wrote [1] about non-existing and/or low quality scammy open access journals. I specifically wrote about Medical Science Journals of the http://www.sciencejournals.cc/ series, which comprises 45 titles, none of which having published any article yet. Another blogger, David M [2] also had negative experiences with fake peer review invitations from sciencejournals. He even noticed plagiarism. Later I occasionally found [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Living In This Moment

T. Scott — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

She says, "Can I have one of my pens, like yours?" (Source: T. Scott)

“Libraries should get specific in our promotions”

Organization Monkey — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:44:56 +0100

I started reading this article for the usability testing content but ended up loving it because of this little marketing nugget of information. BGSU students were most successful navigating the library’s database web pages when they were looking for the names of specific resources, not when they were browsing by subject. Therefore, if we want students to use a wider range of our resources, it is crucial that we teach them to recognize the resources that will be useful for them. … One way to do this might be to connect lesser-known databases to the most popular ones (for example, Project MUSE and JSTOR, Factiva and LexisNexis, or the ISI Web of Science and EBSCO) in instruction sessions, campus communications, and web guides. Ideally, students familiar with one resource would be...

Monkey Day

Organization Monkey — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:54:06 +0100

http://www.monkeyday.com/faq/ (Source: Organization Monkey)

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Happy Anniversary Highlight HEALTH, ScienceRoll & Sterile Eye!

Laika's MedLibLog — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:49:15 +0100

Starting a blog is easy. But maintaining a blog costs time and effort. Especially when having a job/while studying (and having a private life as well). This blog almost celebrates its 4th year (February 2012). I’m happy to notice that many established (bio)medical & library blogs, that inspired me to start blogging, are still around. [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

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User Education Resources for Librarians — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:27:00 +0100

Experiencing trouble getting larger publication files to your affiliated users? Try this free service:wikisendhttp://wikisend.com/No registration required for either sender or receiver. Links to uploaded files are live for only 7 days. (Source: User Education Resources for Librarians)

Evidence Trampled By Politics: Sebelius Overrides FDA Decision on OTC Emergency Contraception

Women's Health News — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:29:10 +0100

[Originally posted at Our Bodies Our Blog. Speaking of, did you know the OBOS 40th anniversary edition book is one of Library Journal's Best Books for 2011 in the consumer health category?] This week, Health and Human Services head Kathleen Sebelius interfered with the FDA’s decision that emergency contraception could safely be made available over the counter (OTC) without a prescription to women and girls of all ages. The drug is already available without a prescription for women 17 and older, after years of political wrangling. Advocates have worked to ensure OTC access because emergency contraception is most effective when used as soon as possible, and time, distance, money, and privacy can be serious barriers to getting a prescription and obtaining the drug in time to prevent pre...

Quality in Primary Care 2011 (Vol.19 No.5)

Fade Library — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:41:27 +0100

Quality in Primary Care 2011 v.19(5) Contents Fade fave: Health promotion and ill-health prevention: the role of the general practice Fade skinny: This paper reports on the research undertaken by King’s Fund into quality in general practice and examines the role of health promotion and the general practitioner. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online. Follow this link to register for Athens. Alternatively, contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals, Primary Care, Quality Tagged: General Practice, Health Promotion, Public Health (Source: Fade Library)

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Nursing Times 2011 (Vol. 107 No. 46)

Fade Library — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:20:21 +0100

This article sets out key knowledge and resources to help nurses provide compassionate and person-centred care in dementia. Contact the Library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Delirium, Dementia, Ombudsman, Person-centred Care (Source: Fade Library)

Friday Foolery #45. What have you got in your head?

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:12:03 +0100

What have you got in your head? I hope it is not Barley, Chilli, Hemp seeds, Candies, Black Rice, Food for canaries, Brain sandwich, Sugar or Hay. (No, are you nuts?) But these foods do make beautiful, sometimes even tasty-looking “brains”. The composition below is from the project “What have you got in your head?” (series 2, 2010) by the Italian [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Nursing Times 2010 (Vol. 107 No. 48)

Fade Library — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:44:03 +0100

This article discusses some of the consequences of poor sexual health and gives advice on how nurses can introduce the topic with patients. Contact the Library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Holistic Care, Nursing, Sexual Health, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Infections (Source: Fade Library)

a quick note on giving and receiving thanks

Organization Monkey — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:42:38 +0100

i recently asked the participants in our collaborative marketing project to e-mail me to let me know which e-resource they are planning to market. in many of the e-mails they included notes of thanks for creating the project. it happened enough that it made me kind of teary. (tears in the office! scandal!) i don’t know why it made me so emotional exactly, but i really appreciated seeing those notes. it’s a good reminder that a simple word of appreciation can really make someone’s day. (Source: Organization Monkey)

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Nursing Times 2011 (Vol.107 No. 47)

Fade Library — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:36:32 +0100

This article examines the role of the nurse in an evolving healthcare climate. Contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Healthcare Assistant, Registered Nurse, Skill Mix, Staff to Patient Ratio (Source: Fade Library)

Experience versus Evidence [1]. Opioid Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain.

Laika's MedLibLog — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:53:35 +0100

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic auto-immune disease, which causes inflammation of the joints that eventually leads to progressive joint destruction and deformity. Patients have swollen, stiff and painful joints. The main aim of treatment is to reduce swelling and inflammation, to alleviate pain and stiffness and to maintain normal joint function. While there is no cure, it [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Friday Foolery #44. The Shortest Abstract Ever.

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:13:25 +0100

This is the shortest abstract I’ve ever seen: “probably not” With many thanks to Michelynn McKnight, PhD, AHIP, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, who put it on the MEDLIB-L listserv, saying : “Not exactly structured …. but a great laugh!” According to Zemanta (articles related to this post) Future Twit also blogged about it. Related articles Friday [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

trust in e-resources

Organization Monkey — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:42:57 +0100

lately i’ve been thinking a lot about trust related to e-resources, and that whether an e-resource “just works” or “is broken” affects our patrons’ perceptions of the library. we know from e-commerce that if a buyer has a poor experience with an online user interface she is likely not to shop on that site again. that concept should easily translate to how a patron interacts with a library website — if it doesn’t work the way she expects, she’ll find her information somewhere else. ask any librarian if this is acceptable and they’d say, “no,” but it happens all the time. look at the proquest rollout of their new platform. we saw it demonstrated in april of 2010, migrated to the new platform in december of that year, and...

Contract implementation guidance: Choice of named consultant-led team

Fade Library — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:10:26 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Contract implementation guidance: Choice of named consultant-led team' Title: Contract implementation guidance: Choice of named consultant-led team The Skinny: Following on from the consultation ‘Liberating the NHS: Greater choice and control’, this document provides guidance to providers and commissioners on implementation of the Government commitment to introduce choice of named consultant-led team for a first outpatient appointment for elective care where clinically appropriate. Publisher: DH Published: October 2011 Size: 17p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Choice, Commissioning, Consumer choice, Grey Literature, Management control (Source: Fade Library)

Love is more than just a kiss

DigiCMB — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

: A neurobiological perspective of love & affection. Neuroscience. #UMCG publication http://atumcg.cmb.med.rug.nl/ atUMCG | Keeping you up to date on new UMCG Publications! Read more at ABOUT! Keep uptodate with all scientific articles and publications from PubMed, BiomedCentral, Plos, all UMCG Repositories, Phd Thesis for Medicine, Dentistry and all related topics by staff of the Universit... This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

Drug enforcement in an age of austerity: Key findings from a survey of police forces in England

Fade Library — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:55:57 +0100

'Drug enforcement in an age of austerity: Key findings from a survey of police forces in England' Title: Drug enforcement in an age of austerity: Key findings from a survey of police forces in England The Skinny: Reports on a survey which finds that as a result of austerity measures: Drug-related policing expenditure and activity is expected to decrease and there is a perception that it is faring worse than other police activities. Proactive work related to the detection of drug supply is expected to decrease. Activities such as covert surveillance, test purchasing and other intelligence gathering work were most often mentioned as likely to decrease. This may have an impact on the police’s ability to monitor the drug problem in their area and to contribute to broader initiati...

Sunday News Round-Up, Back to the Grind Edition

Women's Health News — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:00:14 +0100

A few things that have caught my attention over the last couple of weeks: Over at Nature, which is *supposed* to be a respectable publication, Ed Rybicki wrote some utter unfunny bullshit in Parallel Processing, in which men hunt, women gather, and HA HA, WOMEN are so good at SHOPPING because they can ACCESS A PARALLEL UNIVERSE. Because of how women and men are just so inherently different in a binary, unknowable-to-men way. LOLLERSKATES. Christie Wilcox over at Scientific American’s Science Sushi has the more mature response. At another Scientific American blog, Kate Clancy talks about menstrual synchrony and why women might not really synchronize their cycles. Rock Center has a segment on involuntary sterilization in North Carolina that disproportionately targeted women of color....

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In Which I’m an Irrepressible Optimist About Obama, Birth Control, and Those Bishops

Women's Health News — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:48:34 +0100

Discussion. I’ve removed reference numbers, added some breaks for ease of reading, and bolded some key points (see the original): According to the most recent national estimates, nearly one fifth of all pregnancies in the United States end in abortion. Multiple social, cultural, economic, and political factors are known to influence the incidence of abortion: the availability of abortion providers; the adoption of state regulations, such as mandatory waiting periods and parental involvement laws; increasing acceptance of nonmarital childbearing; shifts in the racial/ethnic composition of the U.S. population; and changes in the economy and the resulting impact on fertility preferences and access to health-care services, including contraception. However, in spite of these multiple inf...

Things to Keep in Mind when Searching OVID MEDLINE instead of PubMed

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:44:25 +0100

When I search extensively for systematic reviews I prefer OVID MEDLINE to PubMed for several reasons. Among them, it is easier to build a systematic search in OVID, the search history has a more structured format that is easy to edit, the search features are more advanced giving you more control over the search and translation of the a [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Essential functionality of computerised support systems for medical appraisal and revalidation – v0.9 Draft

Fade Library — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:47:13 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Essential functionality of computerised support systems for medical appraisal and revalidation - v0.9 Draft' Title: Essential functionality of computerised support systems for medical appraisal and revalidation – v0.9 Draft The Skinny: Draft document that the minimum requirements for computerised support systems for medical appraisal and revalidation that will allow these processes to fulfil their objectives and be managed effectively. Publisher: Revalidation Support Team Published: October 2011 Size: 16p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Computerised information systems, Grey Literature, Information Systems, Management control, Performance appraisal, Performance Measurement, Revalidation (Source: Fade Library)

Information flows for medical appraisal and revalidation in England – v0.12 Draft

Fade Library — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:33:24 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Information flows for medical appraisal and revalidation in England - v0.12 Draft' Title: Information flows for medical appraisal and revalidation in England – v0.12 Draft The Skinny: Draft document that describes the essential information flows that will be required to ensure revalidation is effective in its primary aims. It is targeted at responsible officers and those who will be designing organisational information systems to support revalidation. Publisher: Revalidation Support Team Published: October 2011 Size: 11p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Grey Literature, Information Systems, Management control, Performance appraisal, Performance Measurement, Revalidation (Source: Fade Library)

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Management and quality assurance information – v0.5 Draft

Fade Library — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:22:18 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Management and quality assurance information - v0.5 Draft' Title: Management and quality assurance information – v0.5 Draft The Skinny: This draft describes the management information which designated bodies in England can use to provide the GMC and, where appropriate, the national healthcare system regulators (the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Monitor) with assurance that they have effective systems in place to support responsible officer (RO) recommendations about individual doctors. Publisher: Revalidation Support Team Published: October 2011 Size: 13p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Grey Literature, Management control, Performance appraisal, Performance Measurement, Revalidation (Source: Fade Library)

Product pricing project

Fade Library — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:45:52 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Product pricing project' Title: Product pricing project The Skinny: NHS providers face a significant challenge to deliver the efficiency savings that the current economic environment demands.The National QIPP Procurement Workstream, aims to support trusts in achieving £1.2bn savings through improved procurement. To improve procurement efficiency trusts need to overcome considerable barriers such as a lack of transparent and comparative information on prices. This pilot benchmarking exercise was conducted to examine the prices paid by individual trusts for the same goods, and promote the greater transparency between trusts that is needed to deliver greater efficiency. Publisher: DH Published: October 2011 Size: 8p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! T...

Stretched to the limit: An audit of physiotherapy services in England

Fade Library — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:25:50 +0100

' Title: Stretched to the limit: An audit of physiotherapy services in England The Skinny: Results of an audit by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists that finds that two thirds of managers (65.7%) surveyed by the CSP have said they do not expect to have sufficient resources to meet demand for physiotherapy services in this financial year. This results from the drive to deliver short term financial savings and will result in increased numbers of patient readmissions and increased costs to the NHS and social care services in the longer term. Publisher: Chartered Society of Physiotherapists Published: October 2011 Size: 12p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Budgetary control, Clinical Effectiveness, Clinical Governance, Cost control, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Financial...

The NHS as a driver for growth: A report by the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology

Fade Library — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:09:04 +0100

Scan or click to download 'The NHS as a driver for growth: A report by the Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology' Title: The NHS as a driver for growth: A report by the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology The Skinny: Report that focus’ on the practical changes that will help unleash the potential of innovation in the NHS to exploit the opportunities created by developments in science and technology. It is the government’s belief that this will depend on a fundamental cultural change within the NHS, supporting innovation in ways that increase health benefits while driving out costs across the system. Consequently the NHS must be open to earlier and fuller engagement with innovative businesses of all sizes, and to engagement with...

Access all areas: Linking people to jobs

Fade Library — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:18:33 +0100

This report examines how transport can improve access to work in four case study areas: the wider Milton Keynes area; South Hampshire; Greater Manchester and the Sheffield City Region. Transport has a key role to play in helping overcome spatial mismatches between the places where lower skilled people live and where the jobs they seek are located. Connecting people to employment sites has been a key aim of past travel-to-work initiatives from which three main lessons have emerged. Transport initiatives tend to be most effective in linking people to jobs when: they are designed with the needs of different individuals and places in mind; they integrate and assist individuals in the use of existing transport provision; and when they work alongside initiatives in other policy areas. Publishe...

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The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012-13

Fade Library — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:02:58 +0100

Scan or click to download 'The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012-13' Title: The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012-13 The Skinny: Document that describes the national priorities, and requirements for NHS organisations to maintain and improve the quality of services provided, while delivering transformational change and maintaining financial stability. Sets out practical steps that need to be taken to ensure the NHS is financially viable, maintaining high quality standards and financial grip, as the NHS undertakes the reforms envisaged in Liberating the NHS. Key issues covered are: Quality Reform Finance and Business Rules Planning and Accountability National Performance Measures Publisher: DH Published: November 2011 Filed under: Ooops Missed Category...

University of Groningen Library Toolbar : grouped Toolbar 6 in 1

DigiCMB — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

The Central Medical Library (CMB) of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) is using Conduit Toolbars for years now with its QuickSearch & CMBStudent Toolbar. We now have launched in collaboration of the other libraries locations of the University of Groningen Library the overall general Library Toolbar http://bibliotheekrug.ourtoolbar.com/. More info It is available for download and install on all Staff computers via the NAL menu. It is pre-installed on several Student UWPs in many faculties and libraries It offers the general Library Toolbar, but users can toggle between 5 other Librar Toolbars (Arts Library, Economics, Businesses and Spacial Sciences, FWN, QuickSearchCMB, CMBStudent) The networked installation is unfortunately messing up the Conduit users s...

Nursing Times 2011(Vol. 107 No. 45)

Fade Library — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:46:33 +0100

Fade fave: Where does mental health nursing fit in primary care? Fade skinny: The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies model raises many questions for mental health nurses, including whether nursing continues to have a place with primary mental health care. Contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals, Primary Care Tagged: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Mental Health, Nursing, Primary Care (Source: Fade Library)

Silly Sunday #43 Know Your Numbers

Laika's MedLibLog — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:45:07 +0100

As I touched upon in Grand Rounds 8.5 the Mayo Clinic Center held the 3rd Social Media’s Health Care Social Media Summit a few weeks ago. Lots of good information and resources were shared, including the video below. The video has already gone viral (it has been viewed appr. 24,000 times), but most important is that its message gets viral. [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2011

Women's Health News — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:49:37 +0100

Today marks Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is “set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.” Transgender people face increased risks of violence and other adverse effects of discrimination. According to a recent report [PDF]: The report’s sample was nearly four times more likely to have a household income of less than $10,000/year compared to the general population. “Over one-quarter (26%) reported that they had lost a job due to being transgender or gender non-conforming and 50% were harassed.” “41%…reported attempting suicide compared to 1.6% of the general population, with rates rising for those who lost a job due to bias (55%), were harassed/bullied in school (51%), had low household incom...

New Lexicomp interface

SHR Medical Library — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:46:00 +0100

Lexicomp has released its new interface and is offering training sessions to those interested in learning more about using the new interface before the old interface is retired. You can sign up for sessions at the following times:Tuesday, November 22, 2011 @ 10:00 AM ESTTuesday, November 29, 2011 @ 10:00 AM ESTThursday, December 1, 2011 @ 4:00 PM ESTTuesday, December 6, 2011 @ 10:00 AM ESTThursday, December 8, 2011 @ 4:00 PM ESTTuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 10:00 AM ESTThursday, December 15, 2011 @ 4:00 PM ESTTuesday, December 20, 2011 @ 10:00 AM ESTThursday, December 22, 2011 @ 4:00 PM ESTTuesday, December 27, 2011 @ 10:00 AM ESTThursday, December 29, 2011 @ 4:00 PM EST Or contact the library at library at saskatoonhealthregion dot ca about arranging alternatives.You can download a quick r...

Achievement of foundation status by NHS hospital trusts

Fade Library — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:47:32 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Achievement of foundation status by NHS hospital trusts' Title: Achievement of foundation status by NHS hospital trusts The Skinny: Report looking at the processes the Department of Health has put in place to help NHS trusts achieve foundation status which highlight the challenges many trusts face in proving their long term viability. It identifies that many NHS trusts need to tackle a range of financial, quality and governance issues if they are to meet the standards required of them to become self-governing foundation trusts by 2014. At least 20 trusts face such substantial problems that they have recognised they are not financially or clinically viable in their current form. These problems are often deep-seated and long-standing. Size and location c...

Cities outlook 2011

Fade Library — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:42:02 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Cities outlook 2011' Title: Cities outlook 2011 The Skinny: Report that highlights some of the challenges confronting cities today: economic development, unemployment, changing demographics, ever-increasing resident expectations – all coupled with significantly reduced budgets. Leaders will need to act decisively and on a broader range of topics if their cities are to transition successfully into ‘Smarter Cities’. Publisher: Centre for Cities Published: 2011 Size: 68p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Cities, Deprivation, Disadvantage, Economic systems, Economics, Employment problems, Geographical areas, Housing shortages, Market forces, Population factors, Poverty, Social Capital, Social Exclusion, Social Factors, Social Inclusion...

Equality and human rights in the essential standards of quality and safety An overview: Guidance for compliance inspectors and registration assessors

Fade Library — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:24:12 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Equality and human rights in the essential standards of quality and safety: An overview: Guidance for compliance inspectors and registration assessors' Title: Equality and human rights in the essential standards of quality and safety an overview: Guidance for compliance inspectors and registration assessors The Skinny: Resource from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for inspectors who would like clarification of equality and human rights issues when monitoring compliance of health and adult social care services under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. An overview of human rights and equality legislation and how such legislation impacts upon CQC’s regulatory role. Information about CQC’s appro...

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Future health: Sustainable places for health and well-being

Fade Library — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:01:29 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Future health: Sustainable places for health and well-being' Title: Future health: Sustainable places for health and well-being The Skinny: Report that detailshow good design makes healthy places. Bringing together lessons learned about sustainable, health-promoting environments together with the latest thinking about health and well-being. The report explains the win-wins that can happen across the health, well-being and sustainability agendas, and describes why and how: Planners can have long-term positive effects on public health, for example through supporting green infrastructure and sustainable transport networks Healthcare trusts can bring down carbon footprints and reduce costs by integrating and co-locating health and community service De...

Commissioning for outcomes: A resource guide for commissioners of health and social care

Fade Library — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:53:36 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Commissioning for outcomes' Title: Commissioning for outcomes: A resource guide for commissioners of health and social care The Skinny: Resource pack from Gina Perigo and Steve Callaghan of Liverpool PCT that aims to support the commissioner to commission for outcomes effectively, efficiently and competently. This pack will also help the commissioner to provide a comprehensive approach to commissioning from a strategic overview to the writing of detailed outcome statements. In addition, it helps to generate the detail required for service specifications and provides important links to areas such as service redesign, care pathways, quality standards, outcome frameworks and performance management etc. Publisher: Liverpool PCT Published: November 2011 Size...

Health Impact Assessment of Liverpool City Council’s Housing Strategy Statement

Fade Library — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:49:17 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Health Impact Assessment of Liverpool City Council's Housing Strategy Statement' Title: Health Impact Assessment of Liverpool City Council’s Housing Strategy Statement The Skinny: Health Impact Assessment of Liverpool City Council’s Housing Strategy Statement, it identifies that in terms of: Human Capital Health and safety and occupational health training required for all new construction industry employees entering industry via local employment initiatives. A employee focussed pro-active occupational health service should be provided for frontline staff. Community consultation and involvement in stock clearance and redevelopment needs to be a major element of the housing market restructuring programme. All policies need to addr...

Education for Primary Care 2011 (Vol. 22 No. 5)

Fade Library — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:34:49 +0100

This article discusses the use of the World Cafe concept to enable learners to exchange information through active dialogue in a relaxed environment. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of the article. Filed under: Athens Password, E-Journals, Journals, Primary Care Tagged: Education, Primary Care Education, Teaching, World Cafe (Source: Fade Library)

Sunday News Round-Up, 40mph Winds Edition

Women's Health News — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:55:40 +0100

Some things that caught my attention this week, with bonus “this week in misogyny” content. I don’t know how many people noticed, and I assume it won’t go anywhere, but Michele Bachmann introduced a forced ultrasound for abortion bill in the House. It’s been sent to the Subcommittee on Health. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has launched a new website, Bedsider, about birth control and says it’s intended for women ages 18-29 years. I haven’t looked through it thoroughly, but it includes comparisons of different methods of preventing pregnancy by factors like cost, immediacy, STI prevention, ease of getting and using the method, ease of hiding it from a partner, and degree of mistake-proofed-ness. It is focused throug...

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Nice and Spicy – Introducing the SPICE search tool

Fade Library — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:14:30 +0100

Designed to act as a PICO or ECLIPS for the social sciences the SPICE tool will help you find qualitative materials to support either your work or study. We think it’ll be a really useful tool for Public Health too! Just like PICO and ECLIPS which we described way back in 2007 in a blog post titled Tools to Make Designing Evidence Based Search Strategies a Snip we think this tool will help you develop better search strategies and find better more relevant information so give it a go. SPICE SPICE Template click to download along with PICO and ECLIPS templates from Fade. S – Setting – This is the ‘where’. What is the setting that is relevant to the studies you want to locate. P – Population – This is the ‘who’. For this you need to think of age, sex, eth...

Nursing Times 2011 (Vol. 107 No.43)

Fade Library — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:32:23 +0100

This article looks at how to interpret test results and highlights possible reasons for abnormal results. Contact the Library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Lung Function, Obstructive and Restrictive Lung Disease, Spirometry (Source: Fade Library)

New Our Bodies Ourselves Book Available at Discount to Clinics

Women's Health News — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:15:58 +0100

For the clinical folks among you, I wanted to pass along that the new, 40th anniversary edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves is available at a 70% discount to clinics and other groups providing health counseling services. As detailed on the clinic discounts page, “The discounted price is currently $7.80 per copy plus plus applicable tax and shipping. Orders must be for 12 or more copies.” There are some additional details online about how you can pay, and what documentation is needed to get the clinic or non-profit discount. There are also discounts on some of the other books, including OBOS: Pregnancy and Birth and OBOS: Menopause. Note: I contributed to some pieces of the book and am a blogger for OBOS but do not receive any direct payment from sales of the book. Filed under:...

Mississippi Votes Today on Personhood for Fertilized Eggs

Women's Health News — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:44:08 +0100

Update: the ballot initiative was defeated, 58% to 42%. Kudos and thanks to everyone who worked in Mississippi to defeat this measure. Today and tonight, Mississippi voters will go to the polls to determine whether a fertilized egg is a “person.” Initiative 26 would: …amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the word “person” or “persons”, as those terms are used in Article III of the state constitution, to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof. There are any number of problems with this approach, among them: It would make abortion illegal. Women will have abortions anyway, so either women or doctors or both could become criminals, women will have to go out of state even more than they alrea...

Zotero and Jason Puckett

davidrothman.net — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:17:38 +0100

Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Educators Certain librarianish tendencies seem to have stuck for good, despite the fact that I don’t work in a library any more. Wanting to structure data about publishing/presenting by members of my department’s faculty, I quickly grew rustrated with RefWorks because it doesn’t do NLM citations properly and it doesn’t even have a Ref Type for Presentations. (My view, by the way, is that it is false advertising for RefWorks to claim that it supports NLM. It doesn’t. Not correctly and not thoroughly.) So I started again looking at Zotero, which I dreaded. The last time I tried it, I found it frustrating and quickly gave up. This time, though, I had a secret weapon: Jason Puckett. Jason is a friend and I knew he wa...

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Our Bodies Ourselves on NBC Nightly News, and a Nice Review in Ms.

Women's Health News — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:20:17 +0100

Recently, Our Bodies Ourselves was featured on the NBC Nightly News, and there are some great clips – like Susan Love saying, “Our Bodies, Ourselves really set the stage for my whole career.” Wow. I’ve been meaning to write a summary post of my time in Boston/Cambridge for the OBOS 40th anniversary, and how inspiring it was for me to be around so many fantastic women with so many strong things to say. I left inspired and reenergized. Susan’s commentary reminds me all over again, as does that from some of the other prominent women interviewed for the piece, including OBOS’s own Judy Norsigian. Hearing Brian Williams call it “a groundbreaker, a game changer” makes me pretty proud to be associated with OBOS in my own little way, too. I’ll...

Before Following Pill Bottle Warnings, I Want to Know Why

Women's Health News — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:14:38 +0100

Photo used under CC Some Rights Reserved license; by jypsygenWhen you have a medicine with an instruction like, “do not take with alcohol?” or “tell your doctor if…,” do you really know why, or how serious the consequences of not following the instruction could be? The drug label and insert are unlikely to offer further detail, but I always wonder just how seriously I need to take those warnings. Knowing why I’m being warned, and how likely and severe problems might be, would go a long way in convincing me to actually follow the instructions. To use a common example, a new medicine, whether over-the-counter or prescription, that instructs “do not take with alcohol.” I want to know – is it because I might feel stronger effects of the al...

book status: nearing completion

Organization Monkey — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 02:00:15 +0100

in june i started writing a book with cheryl laguardia, a how-to manual for marketing electronic resources in libraries. it’s not done yet, there’s still writing to do, but today is the first day i printed it out. i’ve worked exclusively on the computer so far and wanted to see what it felt like to actually hold all those words in my hands. it felt pretty good. (Source: Organization Monkey)

Friday Foolery #42 So You Think You Can Dance Your PhD Thesis?

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:39:56 +0100

It’s hard to explain your research to non-scientists. My PhD defense was preceded by a slide show (yes, that was once-upon-a-time that we didn’t use Powerpoint). It was the only part the public could follow a bit. But it is too long, static and detailed. That cannot be said of these videos, where PhD’s from all over the [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

There's an App for that too!

DigiCMB — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100

In the latest issue of the Dutch Journal on Digital Libraries "Digitale Bibliotheek", no. 10 october 2011 some texts of me are published in an article called "Daar is ook een App voor!", about medical libraries, mobile and apps. Unfortunately it is no Open Access journal, so you will have to wait a little for the fulltext. (And of course it is in Dutch) In a short while, I will put my pre-print version on my personal page at the University of Groningen Webportal. For now I am putting the used links in here. Links “Ipads on Loan” CMB project wiki, http://ipadscmb.pbworks.com iPads, Mobile Libraries and Medical apps http://jeahil.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/ipads-mobile-libraries-and-medical-apps/ MedicalApps : a public Netvibes page with the most impor...

Yay, LibGuides!

Barnett-Briggs Unfiltered — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:39:00 +0100

Take a look at our Consumer Health Guide (click the blue Consumer Health link in the widget below), the library's latest masterpiece. It was created by librarian Liza Ly with the assistance of the LibGuide software. Our relatively inexpensive subscription to LibGuides enables us to create these fantastic-looking sites, all without benefit of html or xhtml knowledge or whatever the heck it takes to build websites,and about which I know nothing. We think the applications are endless, and not just for libraries. Plus, LibGuides has a mobile site builder which enables you to create a mobile-enhanced site, the sine qua non of web presence these days. Let me know if you want more details about this product. (Source: Barnett-Briggs Unfiltered)

Discussion Paper: Patient-Clinician Communication: Basic Principles and Expectations

SHR Medical Library — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:09:00 +0100

In June the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies released a discussion paper outlining key principles of patient centred care impacted by communication between health care providers and patients.http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/mNAX (Source: SHR Medical Library)

Nursing Times 2011 (Vol. 107 No. 41)

Fade Library — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:56:40 +0100

This article outlines safe practice when administrating medicines through an enteral feeding tube. Considerations should include whether the patient can take the medicine orally and what interactions may occur with other drugs, the feed or the tube itself. Contact the Library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Enteral Feeding Tube, Medicine, Nutrition, Safety (Source: Fade Library)

Nursing Times 2011 (Vol. 107 No. 42)

Fade Library — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:46:21 +0100

This article discusses how oxygen service assessment and review can save money and raise the quality of care. Contact the Library for a copy of this article Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Home Oxygen Service, Oxygen Therapy (Source: Fade Library)

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My Letter to Governor Haslam on the Restriction of Free Assembly on Public Land

Women's Health News — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:59:24 +0100

Yesterday, Tennessee’s Governor instituted new rules limiting public demonstrations in Legislative Plaza (state public land) to specific hours and requiring daily approval of permits which will cost $65. After stating that the permit process would not be in place until this morning, the government sent police in in the middle of the night to remove Occupy Nashville demonstrators under the guise of a newly implemented curfew. 75 state troopers were sent to arrest 29 protesters. Below is the text of the letter I just sent to the Governor’s office in response: Governor Haslam, I am writing to express my concern about the sudden implementation of limited demonstration hours in Legislative Plaza and insistence on permits and curfews in this public space. While many areas do require ...

Child and working age poverty and inequality in UK 2010

Fade Library — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:35:04 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Child and working age poverty and inequality in UK 2010' Title: Child and working age poverty and inequality in UK 2010 The Skinny: Presents forecasts of relative and absolute income poverty in the UK among children and working-age adults for each year between 2010– -11 and 2015—16, and for 2020– - 21, using a static microsimulation model augmented with forecasts of key economic and demographic characteristics. Publisher: Institute for Fiscal Studies Published: October 2011 Size: 69p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Children, Deprivation, Grey Literature, Poverty, Social Exclusion, Social Factors, Social Inclusion, Social Inequality, Social Problems, Socioeconomic Factors, Young People (Source: Fade Library)

A Quick Guide to Identifying Patients for Supportive and Palliative Care V10

Fade Library — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:12:41 +0100

Scan or click to download 'A Quick Guide to Identifying Patients for Supportive and Palliative Care V10' Title: A Quick Guide to Identifying Patients for Supportive and Palliative Care V10 The Skinny: Brief two page guide for identifying patients to recieve supportive and palliative care and for inclusion on registers. Publisher: NHS Camden Published: October 2011 Size: 2p Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: End of Life Care, Grey Literature, Palliative Care (Source: Fade Library)

Impact of the Economic Downturn on Health in Wales A Review and Case Study

Fade Library — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:49:04 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Working Paper 134: The Impact of the Economic Downturn on Health in Wales A Review and Case Study' Title: Impact of the Economic Downturn on Health in Wales A Review and Case Study The Skinny: Literature review of what is known about the health impact of past recessions and their aftermaths, a qualitative case study of perceived current and potential health impacts on relevant statutory and voluntary services in two contrasting local authority areas, and a policy dialogue to discuss the findings with a small group of policy makers and service leads with national and local responsibilities. The report concludes with a number of broad recommendations to support and guide decisions at national and local government levels. Publisher: Cardiff School of Socia...

Back in work – Back Pack

Fade Library — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:28:54 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Back in work: Introduction and key messages' Title: Back in work: Introduction and key messages The Skinny: The back pack offers practical advice about working safely in the healthcare setting, helping staff avoid Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) and injury wherever possible. It offers guidance on the importance of training, lifting correctly, line management, and legal issues, and is aimed at both staff and their managers. The back pack looks at fitness to work issues, rehabilitation, re-deployment and sickness absence. It addresses the legal requirements for both the employer and employee, referencing not only the law but good practice and the value of being an employer of excellence. It reinforces the business case for early treatment of MSDs and t...

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Change4Life three year social marketing strategy

Fade Library — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:07:11 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Change4Life three year social marketing strategy' Title: Change4Life three year social marketing strategy The Skinny: Three-year marketing strategy (2011–14) for the Change4Life programme. It is published as a companion to Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A call to action on obesity in England and describes how the Change4Life social marketing programme will support the achievement of the new national obesity ambitions, as well as promoting other, broader, lifestyle changes Publisher: DH Published: October 2011 Size: 49p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Grey Literature, Marketing, Marketing campaigns, Marketing strategy, Obesity, Product promotion, Strategic marketing, Strategy (Source: Fade Library)

Alternate kinds of “use” of electronic journal articles

Organization Monkey — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:18:25 +0100

Libraries typically use the COUNTER standard to count the “use” of e-content, but we know there are other ways to describe a use. This comic shows three alternatives. (Source: Organization Monkey)

Canadian Patient Safety Week

SHR Medical Library — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:52:00 +0100

October 31 to November 4, 2011 is Canadian Patient Safety Week; at the Canadian Patient Safety Institute's website you can register, find tools and resources, answers to FAQs, find out what's happening across the country, and read the stories of patients and families. CPSW is an annual campaign to inspire improvement in patient safety and promote good communication in healthcare. This year there is a Virtual Forum, free of charge, with speakers and participants from all over Canada. You can read the program, register and find out more herehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/mNAX (Source: SHR Medical Library)

Dietary recommendations for energy

Fade Library — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:27:52 +0100

This report sets the new requirements for a level of energy intake required to maintain a healthy body weight. They have provided new recommendations for average dietary energy requirements for infants, children, adolescents and adults. The recommendations on energy intake will remain the same, but detailed advice to health professionals and those planning menus for specific groups will change in line with SACN’s recommendations. Publisher: DH Published: October 2011 Size: 220p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Balanced diet, Diet, Grey Literature, Overeating (Source: Fade Library)

Dignity and nutrition inspection programme: National overview

Fade Library — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:54:53 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Dignity and nutrition inspection programme: National overview' Title: Dignity and nutrition inspection programme: National overview The Skinny: Reports on 100 inspections of NHS acute hospitals with regard to dignity and nutrition, it found that: 45 hospitals met both standards (they were ‘fully compliant’). 35 met both standards but needed to improve in one or both (they were ‘fully compliant, with improvements suggested’). 20 hospitals did not meet one or both standards (they were ‘non-compliant, with improvements required’). Publisher: Care Quality Commission Published: October 2011 Size: 30p Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Catering, Client satisfaction, Clinical Governance, Consumer satisfaction, Grey Literature, Hospital ...

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Grand Rounds Vol 8 nr 5: Data, Information & Communication

Laika's MedLibLog — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:40:35 +0100

Welcome to the Grand Rounds, the weekly summary of the best health blog posts on the Internet. I am pleased to host the Grand Rounds for the second time. The first time, 2 years ago, was theme-less, but during the round we took a trip around the library. Because, for those who don’t know me, after [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Draft mental health PbR guidance for 2012-13 and update on other PbR issues

Fade Library — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:53:58 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Draft mental health PbR guidance for 2012-13 and update on other PbR issues' Title: Draft mental health PbR guidance for 2012-13 and update on other PbR issues The Skinny: Dear Colleague letter consisting of publication of an early draft of the PbR guidance for 2012-13 for working age adults and older people. This is a result of the large scale change that is likely to take place next year. A final version of the guidance will be issued at the end of the year. Publisher: DH Published: 18 October 2011 Size: 2p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Adults, finance, Grey Literature, Health expenditure, Health service finance, NHS Circulars, Older People, Payment by Results (Source: Fade Library)

Healthy lives, healthy people: A call to action on obesity

Fade Library — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:45:50 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Healthy lives, healthy people: A call to action on obesity' Title: Healthy lives, healthy people: A call to action on obesity The Skinny: Delivering a reported new approach to tackling obesity from a focus on children to a focus on obesity towards a life course approach to tackling obesity. The paper calls for a use of nudge techniques to encourage healthier choices on the part of individuals and via the active participation of the food and drink industries. There is also a recognition that one size does not fit all in tackling obesity so there is an emphasis on local solutions and partnership working. Publisher: DH Published: October 2011 Size: 51p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Balanced diet, Behaviour adaptation, Behaviour adjustment, ...

Open Access Newsletter of the University of Groningen Library

DigiCMB — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Open Access Newsletter (in Dutch, sorry) of the University of Groningen Library, The Netherlands. A new initiative to publish this newsletter 3 times in a year. The first one is focussed on Open Access Week 2011 http://ning.it/mY3Klq Use the following link to read the content via Google Translate:http://ning.it/oZrkuj The digital version in pdf is containing just the headlines, click the links to get the online content! http://www.rug.nl/bibliotheek/informatie/beleid/openaccess/oa-nieuw... Related Links: atUMCG : see all new publications of the University Medical Center Groningen. Contains a selection on Open Access Publications, plus the Top 25% Lists of relevant JCR Categories with Open Access indications.http://atUMCG.cmb.med.rug.nl Searching Open Access Publications : ...

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Silly Sunday #42 Open Access Week around the Globe

Laika's MedLibLog — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:43:16 +0100

Open Access Week, a global event now entering its 5th year, “is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access (OA) a new norm in scholarship [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

It’s a Zoo in Here

Women's Health News — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:37:44 +0100

There are a lot of mammals in this house. Filed under: Miscellaneous (Source: Women's Health News)

Sunday News Round-Up, Finally Well Edition

Women's Health News — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:32:00 +0100

First up, links on the Memphis/family planning situation I wrote about last week. As a brief reminder, Title X family planning funds have been assigned to a Christian religious organization that has expressed an intent to deny services, information, and referrals to women based on the organization’s religious beliefs. LeftWingCracker points out that three Democrats voted for this nonsense. Also: CCHC is going to need more than prayers; CCHC is talking out of both sides of their mouth. Aunt B, in Early November is in Two Weeks, looks at Christ Community *complaining* because patients are being sent to them and they don’t have the capacity to deal with them yet. At the DowntownMemphisBlog, Planned Parenthood Responds to the CCHS Debacle – includes suggestions for action....

Google Me : Feedflare to search authors in Google

DigiCMB — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

A small thing, but nice! Today i added a Feedflare unit to the feeds of the atUMCG, our blog that is publishing all the NEW scientific publications of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) http://atUMCG.cmb.med.rug.nl Every post now has extra features added like sharing or bookmarking, but also a button called "GOOGLE ME" When clicked it will search for the authors and their publications in Google, with rather nice results I must say. If you click the Google Me button for the article called " A tool for the morphological analysis of mixtures of lipids and water in computer simulations." Posted on October 20, 2011 by Fuhrmans M, Marrink SJ You would get the following results Clearly those are helpful hits in finding more information on the publicati...

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Memphis, TN Gives Family Planning Funds to Religious Organization Which Plans to Deny Services

Women's Health News — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:20:40 +0100

In Memphis, TN, Title X family planning funds have been awarded to Christ Community Health Services, a religious health provider which has indicated that it may refuse to provide information, referrals, and some kinds of health care to Shelby County’s women. Title X funds have historically gone to Planned Parenthood in Memphis; the move to give the funds to an anti-choice organization is part of nationwide efforts to defund Planned Parenthood because PP provides abortions. Existing laws already clearly prohibit Title X or other federal funds from being used for abortion services – the money goes to provide necessary services like contraception and cancer screenings. Reports indicate that Christ Community has no intention of providing referrals to women who choose to have abor...

NHS Blood and Transplant Commercial Review

Fade Library — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:29:39 +0100

Scan or click to download 'NHS Blood and Transplant Commercial Review' Title: NHS Blood and Transplant Commercial Review The Skinny: DH has approved the NHSBT strategy for 2011-14.1 As indicated in the published strategy, NHSBT, like many public bodies, already engages with the private sector for some services and the NHSBT Board is clear that it will continue to look at appropriate opportunities to do so in the future in order to deliver NHSBT’s objectives, providing there is no compromise on safety and quality. As part of its continuing drive for efficiency, NHSBT has plans to generate additional income, eg from maximising its use of assets, and further developing activities, such as its tissues services, where there are a number of alternative NHS trust and third party ...

Improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma: Evidence Update October 2011

Fade Library — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:21:48 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma: Evidence Update October 2011' Title: Improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma: Evidence Update October 2011 The Skinny: Identifies new evidence that might generate future change to the practice laid out in the following reference guidance: Improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma. NICE cancer service guidance (2006; partially updated 2010). Available from www.nice.org.uk/CSGSTIM This update considered almost 3000 pieces of evidence were identified and assessed of which 20 were selected for the Evidence Update. Publisher: NHS Evidence Published: October 2011 Size: 23p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Cancer, Evidence Based...

Mental health and the economic downturn: National priorities and NHS solutions

Fade Library — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:03:55 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Mental health and the economic downturn: National priorities and NHS solutions' Title: Mental health and the economic downturn: National priorities and NHS solutions The Skinny: Report that identifies priorities for the Government, NHS, commissioners and providers and identifies areas of potential efficiency against a backdrop where it is apparent that: Mental health problems have not only a human and social cost, but also an economic one, costing £110 billion a year Demand for mental health services is likely to increase as a result of unemployment, personal debt, home repossession and other fallout from the recession. At the same time, UK government and the devolved administrations are under pressure to reduce levels of spending on public services. ...

PCT Cluster Governance

Fade Library — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:51:42 +0100

Scan or click to download 'PCT Cluster Governance ' Title: PCT Cluster Governance The Skinny: Guidance on PCT Cluster Governance detailing the requirements for: a single board meeting transacting, as far as is practicable, the board business of all of the constituent PCTs; a single executive team with single chief executive; a single individual as chair of the cluster, therefore excluding shared or rotating arrangements. Publisher: Published: October 2011 Size: 2p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Corporate Governance, Corporate management, Family health services, Governance, Grey Literature, Leadership, NHS Circulars, Primary care organisations (Source: Fade Library)

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Respectful Management of Serious Clinical Adverse Events, 2nd ed.

Fade Library — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:44:31 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Respectful Management of Serious Clinical Adverse Events, 2nd ed.' Title: Respectful Management of Serious Clinical Adverse Events, 2nd ed. The Skinny: Document that aims to: Encourage and help every organization to develop a clinical crisis management plan before they need to use it; Provide an approach to integrating this plan into the organizational culture of quality and safety, with a particular focus on patient- and family-centered care and fair and just treatment for staff; Provide organizations with a concise, practical resource to inform their efforts when a serious adverse event occurs in the absence of a clinical crisis management plan and/or culture of quality and safety. To support this it provides a Checklist, a Work Plan, and an Assess...

When a person dies guidance for professionals on developing bereavement services

Fade Library — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:14:08 +0100

Scan or click to download 'When a person dies guidance for professionals on developing bereavement services' Title: When a person dies guidance for professionals on developing bereavement services The Skinny: Report that covers the principles of bereavement services, along with bereavement care in the days preceding death, at the time of death and in the days following death. It also includes guidance on workforce and education and the commissioning and quality outcomes of bereavement care. Publisher: National End of Life Care Programme Published: October 2011 Size: 40p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Bereavement counselling, Counselling, Grey, literatureBereavement, Palliative Care (Source: Fade Library)

Community pharmacy supply of gluten-free foods – a toolkit for commissioners

Fade Library — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:40:36 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Gluten free supply toolkit' Title:Community pharmacy supply of gluten-free foods – a toolkit for commissioners The Skinny:Toolkit aimed at commissioners. At its baseline a cost comparison of GP prescribing versus the pharmacy supply schemes in Northamptonshire and Cumbria shows savings of 20% to 40% of costs when gluten-free foods are supplied direct from community pharmacies. If this approach was applied nationally, there is the potential to save between £5 and £11 million per year in England alone. Publisher: Published: Coeliac UK Size: 21p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Budgetary control, Coeliac Disease, Commissioning, Cost control, Digestive system diseases, Economic efficiency, Efficiency, Financial Management, Gastrointestina...

Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey, England – Provisional 2010-11

Fade Library — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:38:41 +0100

Title:Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey, England – Provisional 2010-11 The Skinny: Provisional report from The Information Centre on a survey of all service users aged 18 and over receiving services funded wholly or in part by Social Services, and aims to learn more about whether or not the services are helping them to live safely and independently in their own home and the impact on their quality of life. Publisher:The Information Centre Published: 29th September 2011 Size:34p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Audit, Grey Literature, Home care of patient, Local Authorities, Local authorities in England and Wales, Monitoring, Monitoring of standards, Performance monitoring, Personal care, Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality control, Quality Improvement, Qua...

Seasonal flu immunisation programme 2011-12 – Viroflu® vaccine and risk of fever in children under 5 years

Fade Library — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:37:00 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Seasonal flu immunisation programme 2011-12 – Viroflu® vaccine and risk of fever in children under 5 years' Title: Seasonal flu immunisation programme 2011-12 – Viroflu® vaccine and risk of fever in children under 5 years The Skinny: Dear Colleague Letter advising avoidance of the use of Viroflu vaccine in children aged under five years because of an increased risk of fever. Publisher:DH Published: 26th September 2011 Size: 2p Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Children, Communicable disease control, Disease control, Grey Literature, Immunisation, Influenza, Myxovirus infections, NHS Circulars (Source: Fade Library)

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Preparations for winter planning and reporting 2011-12

Fade Library — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:35:29 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Preparations for winter planning and reporting 2011-12' Title: Preparations for winter planning and reporting 2011-12 The Skinny: Dear Colleague letter demanding a whole system approach to managing winter, seasonal flu and other pressures across each SHA cluster as well as the NHS and social care system that emphasises the following priorities for winter planning: Handover of patient care from ambulance to acute trust Operational readiness (bed management, capacity, staffing and New Year, elective ‘re-start’ etc) Out of hours arrangements NHS/Social Care joint arrangements including work with local authorities Ambulance Service/Primary Care/A&E links Critical care services Preventative measures, including flu campaigns and pneumococcal im...

The Higher Risk General Surgical Patient towards improved care for a forgotten group

Fade Library — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:32:15 +0100

Scan or click to download 'The Higher Risk General Surgical Patient towards improved care for a forgotten group' Title: The Higher Risk General Surgical Patient towards improved care for a forgotten group The Skinny: Report that describes key issues and standards relating to higher risk non-cardiac general surgery that is undertaken in every acute hospital. By way of comparison, the mortality for this group, which includes most major gastro-intestinal and vascular procedures, exceeds that for cardiac surgery by two to three fold and complication rates of 50% are not uncommon. There may be a lack of awareness of the level of risk. Among these patients, emergency surgery and unscheduled management of complications is common and this group of patients are one of the largest consume...

Health Impact Assessment of the International Astronomy And Space Exploration Centre, Twelve Quays, Wirral

Fade Library — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:29:39 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Health Impact Assessment of the International Astronomy And Space Exploration Centre, Twelve Quays, Wirral' Title: Health Impact Assessment of the International Astronomy And Space Exploration Centre, Twelve Quays, Wirral The Skinny: Health Impact Assessment on the proposed International Astronomy and Space Exploration Centre (IASEC): Telescope Technologies Ltd, (TTL) the Liverpool John Moores University (JMU) Astrophysics Research Institute and the Visitor Centre. This is part of a revitalisation programme for the Dock Estate included in the New Wallasey regeneration strategy supported by the single regeneration budget (SRB). Negative Impact: The main potential negative impacts identified were the probable increases in traffic on the roads. If the sit...

Achieving Efficiency Lessons from Four Top-Performing Hospitals

Fade Library — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:27:38 +0100

This report looks at the improvements implemented by for of the Leapfrog Group identifying commonalities in practice. Publisher: The Commonwealth Fund Published: July 2011 Size: 22p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Acute care, Acute Services, Business management, Clinical Governance, Corporate management, Costs, Economic efficiency, Efficiency, Grey Literature, Health care, Hospital costs, Hospital Services, Hospitals, Monitoring, Monitoring of standards, Performance monitoring, Productivity, Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality assurance in health services, Quality control, Quality Improvement, Quality management, Service monitoring, Treatment costs (Source: Fade Library)

Guidance for commissioning integrated urgent and emergency care – a whole system approach

Fade Library — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:26:07 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Guidance for commissioning integrated urgent and emergency care – a whole system approach' Title: Guidance for commissioning integrated urgent and emergency care – a whole system approach The Skinny: Commissioning guide that identifies that new clinical commissioners need to have an overview of the commissioning processes as a “whole system” and what this means in practice so that they can develop strategies which ensure: a coherent 24 hour seven day urgent care service with greater consistency, improved quality and safety, improved patient experience, greater integration and better value for the taxpayer. This commissioning guidance draws on many discussions with pathfinder Clinical Commissioning Groups, current commissioners and experts to bui...

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Consent and confidentiality in clinical genetic practice: Guidance on genetic testing and sharing genetic information

Fade Library — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:24:41 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Consent and confidentiality in clinical genetic practice: Guidance on genetic testing and sharing genetic information' Title: Consent and confidentiality in clinical genetic practice: Guidance on genetic testing and sharing genetic information The Skinny: Report from the Joint Committee on Medical Genetics that considers distinctive nature of consent in genetic practice and identifies that as the scope of genetic testing increases, the management of that information may generate new challenges for both the patient and the healthcare professional. Publisher: Royal College of Physicians Published: September 2011 Edition: 2nd Size: 49p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Biology, Ethics, Genetics, Grey Literature, Human biology, Medical Ethics, ...

Evidence Based Point of Care Summaries [2] More Uptodate with Dynamed.

Laika's MedLibLog — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:45:55 +0100

This post is part of a short series about Evidence Based Point of Care Summaries or POCs. In this series I will review 3 recent papers that objectively compare a selection of POCs. In the previous post I reviewed a paper from Rita Banzi and colleagues from the Italian Cochrane Centre [1]. They analyzed 18 POCs with respect to their [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Call for Submissions: Medical Grand Rounds at Laika’s MedLibLog

Laika's MedLibLog — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:25:51 +0100

Grand Rounds is a weekly round up of the best health blog posts on the Internet. Each week a different blogger takes turns hosting and summarizing the best submissions of the week. October 25th I will be your host. Again…. for I have hosted Grand Rounds once before. Then we made a trip around the library. This [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Final Report Sexual Violence Needs Assessment for Merseyside

Fade Library — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:33:13 +0100

Scan or click to download 'Final Report Sexual Violence Needs Assessment for Merseyside' Title: Final Report Sexual Violence Needs Assessment for Merseyside The Skinny: Needs assessment that reviews current activity in sexual violence services in Merseyside, utilising data from Police, third sector and health and social care agencies for those aged 13 years and above. Intelligence on need is supplemented from the British Crime Survey. The review also summarises the factors associated with sexual violence. Publisher: Liverpool Public Health Observatory Published: August 2011 Size: 79p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Alcohol Abuse, Anti-Social Behaviour, Assessment, Crime, Cruelty, Deprivation, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Grey Literature, Health Needs Assessment, Of...

How to: manage VAT refunds for temporary staff in the NHS

Fade Library — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:35:54 +0100

Scan or click to download 'How to manage VAT refunds for temporary staff in the NHS' Title: How to: manage VAT refunds for temporary staff in the NHS The Skinny: How to guide from NHS Employers that aims to answer some of the most commonly asked questions relating to the issue of VAT and temporary staff. It identifies two different ways to recover all or some of the VAT paid. Publisher: NHS Employers Published: September 2011 Size: 7p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: finance, Grey Literature, Health service finance, Human Resources, Labour, Staff, Temporary staff, Workers, Workforce (Source: Fade Library)

How to: meet your responsibilities under the new Agency Worker Regulations

Fade Library — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:51:55 +0100

Scan or click to download 'How to meet your responsibilities under the new Agency Worker Regulations' Title: How to: meet your responsibilities under the new Agency Worker Regulations The Skinny: Guidance from NHS Employers that clarifies the responsibilities of the employer, the agency and the agency worker under the new Agency Worker Regulations to enable successful implementation of the regulations in the NHS. The new Agency Workers Regulations come into force on 1 October 2011, placing certain responsibilities on employers, agency workers and agencies. The new regulations give agency workers equal terms and conditions to permanent staff after they have been employed for 12 weeks. Publisher: NHS Employers Published: September 2011 Size: 7p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! ...

IHI Global Trigger Tool White Paper 2009

Fade Library — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:49:14 +0100

Scan or click to download 'IHI Global Trigger Tool White Paper 2009' Title: IHI Global Trigger Tool White Paper 2009 The Skinny: Provides an easy-to-use method for accurately identifying adverse events (harm) and measuring the rate of adverse events over time. Tracking adverse events over time is a useful way to tell if changes being made are improving the safety of the care processes. The Trigger Tool methodology is a retrospective review of a random sample of inpatient hospital records using “triggers” (or clues) to identify possible adverse events. It is important to note, however, that the IHI Global Trigger Tool is not meant to identify every single adverse event in an inpatient record. The methodology, recommended time limit for review, and random selection of records a...

OpenAccess Toolbar & Mobile (web) App Trial

DigiCMB — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Here is a short demo video about the OpenAccess Toolbar ánd the Mobile (web) App. The video is created in one take via Screen.com straight from my laptop browser window. It still can be useful to have some info very close at hand. Of course it depends on how often you need info about OpenAccess, but with this browser Toolbar, you will have the latest news on OpenAccess right in your browser. A second strong feature of the Toolbar is the DIRECT SEARCH in major OpenAccess Resources, like the new CORE fulltext search engine, OAIster, DOAJ, PLoS, SpringerOpen (incl BioMedCentral) OpenAccess Toolbar download: http://openaccess.ourtoolbar.com Can't or won't install a Toolbar? Try this page with all DIRECT SEARCH from the OpenAccess Toolbar:http://search.conduit.com/?ctid=CT3105537&nb...

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Friday Foolery #41. A Special Offer for the Major [#4square]

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:13:32 +0100

Foursquare (4square) is a web and mobile application that allows registered users to connect with friends and update their location. Points are awarded for “checking in” at venues. The user with the most number of *days* with check-ins at a specific place within the past 60 days qualifies to become the mayor of that place. To foster [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

The Economics of Open Access

T. Scott — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Librarians have supported the open access movement for a variety of reasons, some of them more rational than others. The emotional motivators come from the frustration of feeling economically powerless in the face of ever escalating subscription and licensing prices and the feeling that "the publishers" are mercenary bastards who have a dual mission of gouging library budgets and attempting to prevent people from ever getting to scientific content. (Source: T. Scott)

Nursing Times 2011 (Vol. 107 No. 36)

Fade Library — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:17:55 +0100

This article describes a study carried out monitoring the rates of C difficile when an acute trust switched from using chlorine-based cleaning products to sporicidal wipes. The article concludes that rates of C difficile significantly dropped with the introduction of sporicidal wipes. Contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: C Difficile, Cleaning, Environmental, Sporicidal Wipes (Source: Fade Library)

College Students, Libraries, Technology, Crunch Time: The Latest PIL Report

Organization Monkey — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:31:34 +0100

what a rich study this is! i’m still digesting it myself. i’m pasting below a quote that is leading me to wonder about services the library can provide while the students stay put in the library to study. Head, Alison J., and Michael B. Eisenberg. 2011. “Balancing Act: How College Students Manage Technology While in the Library during Crunch Time.” Project Information Literacy Research Report. Accessed October 12, 2011 http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_techstudy_Fall2011_noappendices1.1.pdf. found via cheryl’s blog: http://blog.libraryjournal.com/eviews/2011/10/13/college-students-libraries-technology-crunch-time-the-latest-pil-report/ “Moreover, students told us they stayed online and in close proximity to their work. They did not get up from their sea...

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Evidence Based Point of Care Summaries [1] No “Best” Among the Bests?

Laika's MedLibLog — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:19:11 +0100

For many of today’s busy practicing clinicians, keeping up with the enormous and ever growing amount of medical information, poses substantial challenges [6]. Its impractical to do a PubMed search to answer each clinical question and then synthesize and appraise the evidence. Simply, because busy health care providers have limited time and many questions per day. As [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Quality in Primary Care 2011 (Vol. 19 No. 4)

Fade Library — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:01:13 +0100

This article investigates the feasibility of comparing diagnostic delays in 3 European countries – Sweden, The Netherlands and Scotland. The article compares and contrasts the cancer diagnostic pathway within the 3 countries. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals, Primary Care, Quality Tagged: Cancer, Diagnosis, Primary Care (Source: Fade Library)

Nursing Times 2011 (Vol. 107 No. 38)

Fade Library — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:43:40 +0100

This article looks at the potential shape of education for community nurses in the future. Contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Community Nurses, Education, Specialist Practitioner (Source: Fade Library)