MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'davidrothman.net' source. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:28:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5658246&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FFi0Nc-xrw0o%2F My wife pointed out Grammarly to me, so I took a look at it. Among other things, Grammarly checks for commonly misused words. “The Grammarly editing tool not only helps you locate misspelled words in your writing, but also helps you to identify the correctly spelled words that you have used incorrectly.” Grammarly requires credit card information in order to start the free trial, so I stopped my registration. I don’t like those sorts of trials- the ones that rely on the user to forget the trial was in progress. Not long after, I got an email from Valerie Bass at Grammarly (see annotated screen capture below): So I replied. Hi Valerie- Two things: 1. I don’t like “free” trials that depend on credit card info. They tend to rely on the user forgetting th... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5658246 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:37:54 +0100 5658246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5637101&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdavidrothman.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2FCirculation.wav 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... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5637101 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:15:21 +0100 5637101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5606382&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FLdFhS3uLy8E%2F 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... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5606382 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:50:01 +0100 5606382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5606383&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F0ir6NYAyli0%2F 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 ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5606383 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:02:48 +0100 5606383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5398694&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FjJ8OEMVYm1A%2F 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... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5398694 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:17:38 +0100 5398694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5283329&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fm3iZ0MCGHK0%2F I’ve been doing a lot of Web development since I started a new job in June. This has been (pleasantly) challenging for a number of reasons. The environment is brand-new to me and, in comparison to other places I’ve worked, large and complex. For instance, I’ve never developed in ColdFusion before and one of my Web applications needs to have the front end (a public-facing side on the public-facing server for users) on a ColdFusion8 server and the back-end of (used by members of my own department) lives behind the firewall, in our intranet, and runs ColdFusion9…so I’m learning two version of ColdFusion at the same time. And I’ve worked with Sybase and MySQL databases, but Oracle is new to me. The Database Administrator I work with is a friendly, immensely... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5283329 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:24:14 +0100 5283329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5283330&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FlSudebCy1xE%2F Just realized that I have not yet mentioned here that I don’t work in a medical library any longer. A few months ago, I took a job as the geek (technologist-generalist?) for the Department of Emergency Medicine at SUNY Upstate. I love the job. Love it. The people are great and the work is both challenging and interesting. While I have really enjoyed shifting more to the mechanics of health information than the content, I’ve found certain librarianish habits and interests haven’t faded. For instance, TheNNT.com fascinates me. http://www.thennt.com/ “There is a way of understanding how much modern medicine has to offer individual patients. It is a simple statistical concept called the “Number-Needed-to-Treat”, or for short the ‘NNT’. The NNT offers a measureme... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5283330 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:17:21 +0100 5283330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028058&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F0WkffJxJd0Y%2F I once worked with a CIO who, on my first day, told me that his philosophy was: “never let ‘perfect’ get in the way of ‘good enough’” I thought this was a curious philosophy and something about it seemed familiar, so I dug around a bit and found many versions of this line. “Perfect is the worst enemy of Good Enough” “Perfection is the enemy of Good Enough” “Better Than Is the Enemy of Good Enough” “Better Is the Enemy of Good Enough” It didn’t take long to figure out that these were all misquotations of Voltaire: “The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good.” I guess I took that point reasonably well (as I understood it). In the context of this talk with the CIO, it meant that it was often not ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028058 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:28:30 +0100 5028058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693242&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FaV63dLLmfFM%2F This Google Maps mashup lets you search pharmacies by location and by pricing for particular prescriptions. It isn’t clear from the site, though, where the price data is from. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693242 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:00:05 +0100 4693242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684207&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FSx2LGZr5hTM%2F [Thanks, Emily!] _______________ Feed-only Footer: [This space for rent] Want to reach about 3,500 RSS subscribers to this feed? Please get in touch. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684207 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:00:22 +0100 4684207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684208&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fl2GdVlqseuU%2F New(ish) or upcoming books that I would really like to read and review here The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood By James Gleick Okay, I admit I’m already reading this one- and LOVING it.  Gleick (who also wrote a great biography of Richard Feynman), writes in a fascinating, engaging way about the history of information and of information technology.  This book wonderfully illuminates how we got where we are and provides hints at where we might be going. I would like a stack of 20 copies, please, so I can give one to each of my favorite 20 technology-resistant librarians. Check out these reviews. ________________________________ An Introduction to Research for Health Librarians By Barbara Sen This looks like one I’d love to read- and it is being released in May. &#82... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684208 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:00:57 +0100 4684208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676728&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fylj70am6Mg4%2F http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/94973″>This neat GreaseMonkey user script for Firefox and Chrome users opens a PDF from Ovid in its own window instead of within the default frame. Here’s what it looks like in use: _______________ Feed-only Footer: Twitter and similar tools have no innate value. The value is in the network you use the tool to connect with. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676728 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:00:08 +0100 4676728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676729&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FoWld2jtdN0o%2F SciPlore is an interesting tool that I just started playing with. “Are you using mind mapping tools such as MindManager, FreeMind or XMind? And reference management tools such as JabRef, Endnote, or Zotero? And do you sometimes even create bookmark in PDFs? Then you should have a look at SciPlore MindMapping.” My need for PDF management tools is really pretty specific and infrequent. What about you academic folks? Is this something you could use? _______________ Feed-only Footer: Know of something I should blog about? Please let me know! If you prefer, you can leave me a voicemail here: (315) 876-9574 (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676729 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:13 +0100 4676729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4610770&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fa7-xh3dXrAY%2F My Primary Care Physician is a good guy.  His practice implemented an EMR a few years ago- each time I see him, I ask him how that’s going and he lets me see how it looks on the tablet PC he carries into the exam room. My last visit was for an annual checkup a few weeks ago and we were talking about point-of-care tools and integration with his EMR.  It turns out that their EMR has no useful functionality to help find or produce patient education handouts he can quickly sent to a printer I told him it would not be difficult to make a tool that would enable him to find authoritative handouts quickly and easily from the paid resources his practice has available, and he expressed interest in that idea. He hasn’t followed up, but I found the idea interesting, so I started thinking... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4610770 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:20:05 +0100 4610770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4544922&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F9ULskcUzsRg%2F This is my favorite thing anyone has said or done in response to the HarperCollins / Overdrive baloney. “The Virtual Library of the Pioneer Library System decided to take a look at the print editions of HarperCollins titles. We ask the question, What does wear and tear look like on a print book? Is 26 checkouts a realistic standard to apply to ebooks? Visit our Open Letter to the Publisher to know our thoughts http://bit.ly/e0SeBi Let HarperCollins know what you think.” _______________ Feed-only Footer: A few books I think are essential. What else should I add to this list? What are the books that no medlib geek should be without? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4544922 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:39:46 +0100 4544922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540533&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FEkN4saYs6X4%2F Common Sense Librarianship 1. The world of information has always been in a constant state of flux. As technology continues to changes the world of information, it is preferable for information professionals and the institutions they serve to adapt rather than perish. This is not a new idea. 2. The most important qualities an information professional can posses are adaptability, resourcefulness, a habit of looking for better/easier/more efficient ways to do things, creativity, and a love for solving problems. This is not a new idea. 3. Organizations providing information services should pay as close attention as possible to the needs of those whose information needs they serve. Where these needs can be measured, they should be measured. If you can find something that your library is rega... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540533 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:08:28 +0100 4540533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294569&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F0vakyHjVjog%2F I was bit surprised at the response to my post about Libraries and Transliteracy. As long as I’m spouting off opinions on topics that have little substance other than opinion, I may as well go whole-hog and respond to some of the reponses. Marcus Banks writes: “…David goes too far in his highly conservative defense of the English language…this idea that we need to keep a tight lid on the language, or even that this is possible, is foolhardy.” I’m not attempting to defend the English language.  A beast as powerful as the English language doesn’t need me to defend it. Besides, I happily torture the language when it suits me. I use silly semi-words like ‘geekery’ and ‘libraryfolk.’1 This comment from Marcus, though, underli... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294569 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:01:26 +0100 4294569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281274&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FHwtQ8Uo2hVA%2F Louise Alcorn and I originally came up with these for one of the LSW ‘zines, but I just remembered that I’d never posted them here. Hope they amuse. Click the thumbnails for the full-sized images. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281274 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:41:04 +0100 4281274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272263&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F6YXVIrAb6lc%2F It is entirely possible that I’m just dense, but everything I’ve read recently about libraries and “transliteracy” seems like nonsense to me. Here’s how I’ve been thinking about it. Literacy Very briefly, the term literacy1 refers to either: 1. The ability to read and write or 2. Knowledge of, skill in, or competence in an specific area or subject. The former is a very real concern if the university professors and academic librarians I know are to be believed.2 Still, I think we’re mostly concerned with the latter. Sorts of Literacies: My wife and I frequently talk about our aspirations for the cultural literacy of our children. We think that they need to hear stories from Mother Goose, the Brothers Grimm, Aesop’s Fables, and (to the surprise... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272263 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:47:30 +0100 4272263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265600&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FvJFc7Uu8vBo%2F Part 1 was posted here. Again, I laughed. _______________ Feed-only Footer: I still think it is a huge waste of resources for a library to invest any time or money in a Second Life presence. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265600 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:45:27 +0100 4265600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219696&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F5IqWKHfxF8k%2F “A guide to online professionalism for medical practitioners and medical students” http://www.ama.com.au/socialmedia The Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors-in-Training (AMACDT), the New Zealand Medical Association Doctors-in-Training Council (NZMADITC), the New Zealand Medical Students’ Association (NZMSA), and the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) are committed to upholding the principles of medical professionalism. As such, we have created some practical guidelines to assist doctors and medical students to continue to enjoy the online world, while maintaining professional standards. Download PDF Not a bad start. Not sufficient for the purposes of most, but not a bad start. Hope others will build on this. UPDATE: Ratcatcher’s comment bel... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219696 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:00:31 +0100 4219696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214024&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FfWRvJZuA-bs%2F {Posted by request] http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/services/reference/study We are looking for volunteers to participate in a study to identify trends in conducting literature searches to support systematic reviews. Results will help systematic reviewers and information professionals to better plan resources to search and allow a more accurate estimation of time and effort required for the literature search portion of a systematic review. We hope to disseminate results of this study by presentation at a meeting and/or publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The study is a survey designed to prospectively collect data and will include questions regarding participants’ background, systematic review topic, and specifics on search strategies such as names of resources utilized and time spent ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214024 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:52:16 +0100 4214024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4151682&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FQziXGWJcaew%2F I laughed. “You will live on gin and Valium…and when you run out of them, you will survive on spite.” This one cracked my wife up: So you Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities (Liz has a PhD in Art History) _______________ Feed-only Footer: You can follow me on Friendfeed or Twitter if you want to- but be aware there’s lots of stuff there that may not be related to libraries or health information. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4151682 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:32:08 +0100 4151682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139186&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FGgDf2HXL5UY%2F This is an actual transcript. Thank you for choosing Adobe. A representative will be with you shortly. Your estimated wait time is 0 minute(s) and 24 second(s) or longer as there are 1 customer(s) in line ahead of you. [5 Minutes pass] You are now chatting with Shankar. Shankar: Hello! Welcome to Adobe Customer Service. Shankar: May I please have your email address registered with Adobe while I review your request? David: david@[mpow].org David: I’m end-user support for my organization. As far as I can tell, our organization never registered this copy of RoboHelp and I don’t have the packaging, so I haven’t been able to determine the serial number. (Without the serial, I cannot register for technical support) Shankar: As I understand that you are using Robohelp 8 and you ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139186 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:27:53 +0100 4139186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4121834&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fy37cgY_hptU%2F Thanks again to the organizers and participants of NAHSL 2010 for inviting me to speak! Newport is lovely and I had a very nice time. [Slides embedded below] [Slides embedded above] As usual, my favorite thing about the event was the people I got to meet. FINALLY met Margo Coletti. I got to meet and chat with Lee Rainie (from whom I learned the word “tweckle”). I was delighted to meet Barbara Davis, who made this trip so delightfully easy and pleasant. Another memorable moment was meeting Jeanie Vander Pyl of the Cape Cod Hospital Library. We had a brief correspondence in April 2009 that gave me a lasting case of warm fuzzies and reminded me how much I like the cooperative habits of so many librarians. It was a real treat to meet her in person and thank her for that. ______... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4121834 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:18:38 +0100 4121834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118784&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F1hTlKOcwRvs%2F Awesome and new to me. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118784 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:53:54 +0100 4118784 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118785&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FU8owsVCIEzs%2F Crispian Jago writes: “Believe it or not, I don’t really have a particular interest in alternative therapies, I just can’t help picking at the scabs of alt-med credulity. However, if perchance you are a little disillusioned with allopathy, here’s a handy little flowchart to help you find the ideal alternative therapy to meet your needs.” (Click for full-size image) (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118785 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:50:45 +0100 4118785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097849&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fjm0P47aFf8Y%2F I’d have given anything to see this presentation given. It may not interest you if you’re not a medlib person interested in publishing (or if you don’t know me or Melissa), but I grinned my way through the slides as they show the path to the creation of the book. Saga of Internet Cool Tools for Physicians, or a Librarian's Social Journey to Publishing View more presentations from mlrethlefsen. Then there’s this recent presentation of Melissa’s on mobile health tech for the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association in Madison, WI in September that contains lots of consumer applications I know nothing about: Mcmla 2010 tech trends View more presentations from mlrethlefsen. That’s especially timely, given Pew’s recent report. Melissa is... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097849 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:07:03 +0100 4097849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097850&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FuzHVh6QT6Xk%2F Skip up to about 0:29 for Haley’s line about the public library: “I thought that was a bathroom for homeless people.” _______________ Feed-only Footer: [This space for rent] Want to reach about 3,500 RSS subscribers to this feed? Please get in touch. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097850 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:51:01 +0100 4097850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4077200&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fc2_fBS7bckw%2F Fair warning: Some lyrics NSFW in many workplaces. Lyrics and mp3 available here. Baba has to be the most pro-Darwin MC who ever dropped a rhyme. Check out some of his other stuff. More Baba here. _______________ Feed-only Footer: I still think it is a huge waste of resources for a library to invest any time or money in a Second Life presence. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4077200 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:30:42 +0100 4077200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060540&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fm7d5Y7-RVWM%2F Thanks so very, very much to MCMLA for inviting me to speak at their annual meeting last week- it was loads of fun. Attendees: If you would like more information on the topics covered that are not addressed in the slides below, please email me- my email address is in the sidebar of this blog. MCMLA 2010 slides (edited) It was especially great to meet fun people like Cam Gentry, Kristin Sen, and Lynne Fox- and I got to pester T. Scott Plutchak with questions about his views on publishing until I finally think I understand where he’s coming from. I think I understand now why he says: “Open access week is coming up. Here’s what I wish librarians would do — if you really care about advancing the openness of scholarship, make a commitment to go to at least one publishers... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060540 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:52:41 +0100 4060540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4055676&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FlfRBGF4riCw%2F Things that mock pseudo-science, bad science, and snake oil make me grin. Today’s example is about homeopathy. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Know of something I should blog about? Please let me know! If you prefer, you can leave me a voicemail here: (315) 876-9574 (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4055676 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:30:45 +0100 4055676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4053278&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F19Kz697Gsnw%2F You may remember this post in which I complained about excessive spam from Cision (and it worked), or this post about Ashley Julian at Trent and Company. Got an email from Ashley today (23 days after my post went up and months after I sent her multiple polite emails asking her to stop spamming me): From: Ashley Julian [ashleynjulian@gmail.com] Date: Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:19 PM Subject: Emails To: David Rothman Dear Mr. Rothman - I am writing from my personal email to let you know that I have removed you from all of my contact lists. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience I have caused you and I assure you that you will never hear from me again. I would like to ask if it would be possible for you to remove your entry about me from your blog. As I am sure you can understand, I do not ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4053278 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:00:50 +0100 4053278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036589&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F_K5nN-SPSyk%2F I’m speaking at MCMLA 2010 this weekend and just now realizing that I’m not sure I’ll know a soul there. So that I don’t feel like the new kid at school who has nowhere to sit in the cafeteria at lunch, drop me an email if you’re going to be there? I’d also like to pick your brain a bit as I finish polishing my presentation. My email address is shown in the sidebar of this blog. Thanks! _______________ Feed-only Footer: Hey! You’re reading this in an aggregator of some kind! [sarcasm]Haven’t you heard that RSS is dead?[/sarcasm] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036589 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:01:57 +0100 4036589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4027142&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F2ZQLBSIuqYs%2F (This may be seen as off-topic for some readers, but I’m writing about it as an example of technology simplifying my life.) I’ve been slowing realizing over the last several months that neither Liz nor I religiously check our home answering machine. This is bad, because there may be important messages. We both, however, check our email religiously. I was convinced there was a better way for us to manage the calls to our home that we missed. Eventually, I realized that Google Voice would work quite nicely. Here’s what I did: In Google services: 1. Set up a new Gmail account. 2. Signed up for Google Voice and chose a number that is local for us. 3. In Settings > Phones, I turned OFF all phones (DEselected the check boxes)…so that none of the phones associated with the... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4027142 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:15:42 +0100 4027142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4001682&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fpv62aUb9q3Q%2F This shows how far behind I am in my blogging: My friend (and LibWorm co-creator) Frankie Dolan spoke at Health 2.0 in Paris about MedWorm and I haven’t even posted the video of her talk until now. BAD David. Video is embedded below. Frankie’s bit starts at about 10m 25s if you’d like to skip up to it. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4001682 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:24:05 +0100 4001682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998916&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fs4uyz-p4cUE%2F (Paula Younger is Electronic Resources Librarian, Exeter Health Library, Exeter, UK.) Abstract: Purpose – - The purpose of this paper is to examine the case for using subject (medical) wikis as a reference tool.Design/methodology/approach – The paper summarises content of ganfyd and WikiMD, comparing their ethos and approach to information. It describes some other medical and health wikis in brief.Findings – As their audience is somewhat more specialised, medical wikis, currently in their infancy, cover topics in more depth than Wikipedia but coverage remains patchy. They may be of particular use for those without access to expensive resources such as UpToDate requiring a short literature review or overview of a topic. Wikis at present are best used as a signpost to other... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998916 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:00:59 +0100 3998916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993810&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FtEzO2PcYwDc%2F http://icantdrawfeet.com/2010/08/02/android-vs-iphone/ http://icantdrawfeet.com/2010/08/02/android-vs-iphone _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993810 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:22:55 +0100 3993810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993811&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FsSxgGuTd9BE%2F Inspired by Google Instant, Jonathan Bouman has developed PMinstant using the EntrezAJAX API. _______________ Feed-only Footer: [This space for rent] Want to reach about 3,500 RSS subscribers to this feed? Please get in touch. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993811 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:00:48 +0100 3993811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3987009&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FvPA0SnyzL2g%2F http://www.imedicalapps.com/2010/08/mobile-friendly-librarian-suggested-apps/ By: Susan M. Foster-Harper, MLS, AHIP Excerpt: As a medical librarian, I like seeing what’s coming at me. On one side, books and biomedical literature are quickly transitioning to an electronic format. Vendors and publishers are presenting new products to improve access. On the other, iTunes and mobile devices are rapidly becoming ubiquitous. Many of the apps in the Medical category of the Apps Store have proven extremely useful to medical students and healthcare professionals in a clinical environment, i.e., Epocrates, Medscape, Lexi-Comp, iTranslate among others. To students and residents, the speed and immediacy of the information can be exhilarating by the end of a busy day. _______________ Feed-only Foo... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3987009 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:10:23 +0100 3987009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3982000&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FOMyvP9AxHJE%2F http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a919474140 Abstract: An increasing number of students and faculty come to campus with an iPhone or iPod touch. Aside from recreational use, these devices can be used to search for medical literature, but picking the right applications for searching can be difficult. A comparison test was created to find the best application for searching PubMed from an iPhone or iPod touch. The products tested were PubSearch, PubMed on Tap, and PubMed for Handhelds. Although equally accurate, PubMed on Tap was the superior product due to its simple method for limiting by date and its readily accessible e-mail feature. Yup. That’s pretty much what I said in the MLA Webcast. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Twitter and similar tools have no innate valu... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3982000 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:00:33 +0100 3982000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3980791&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FHo1qW4yVyI0%2F http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Dell-Streak-and-Sprint-Evo-4G-with-Calgary-ResolutionMD/ This fall, hospitals and physicians will be able to order Dell’s five-inch Dell Streak Android 2.1-based mini-tablet as an option with Dell’s healthcare solutions, says the company. The device will be loaded with client apps designed to interact with Dell’s EMR and MCC (mobile clinical computing) enterprise software, providing healthcare professionals with digitized patient information, says the company. … While Dell is targeting its Streak tablet at EMR applications, Sprint is aiming its HTC-manufactured Evo 4G Android smartphone more specifically at mobile medical imaging in a partnership with Calgary Scientific. An Android version of the latter’s HIPPA-compliant... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3980791 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:00:12 +0100 3980791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976456&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FalQulclI3O0%2F Maybe it isn’t fair to pick on Cision quite so much. After all, there are lots of other spammers who don’t even respond to my polite requests asking to be removed from their distribution lists. One of my least favorite of these is Ashley Julian at Trent and Company. ashley@trentandcompany.com nancy@trentandcompany.com (Nancy is the President of this firm and can also be reached at 212-966-0024. Anyone have an auto-dialer I can borrow?) If you’d like to make me smile, please send these two some email? Thanks! _______________ Feed-only Footer: You can follow me on Friendfeed or Twitter if you want to- but be aware there’s lots of stuff there that may not be related to libraries or health information. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976456 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:03:37 +0100 3976456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976457&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FEvB5r1k5fa0%2F http://radiology.rsna.org/content/256/1/63.extract Herein lays the major accomplishment of this fine easy-to-use reference: allowing the reader to more easily and efficiently navigate through some of today’s most useful Internet tools. The book details ways to maximize the efficiency of Internet search engines and tools that allow the busy health care provider to find, manage, and organize the information that they need in a timely fashion. To this end, the authors have done a spectacular job. … This well-planned concise reference book is well organized, with an ample table of contents. The individual chapters contain numerous boxes that contain short key highlights. An adequate number of schematics, most referencing variations of an advanced Google search, make correlation between... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976457 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:41:44 +0100 3976457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976458&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FJg1vBqTHlzk%2F To the folks at Cision- I receive a HUGE amount of unsolicited email (aka SPAM, UBE or UCE) in which I have no interest. This SPAM is problematic for me because I am a busy person with many things to do. Wading through this dreck to get to information I actually want takes up far too much of my valuable time. An impressive proportion of this SPAM comes from your clients with a link to your site at which I can “opt out” of receiving future emails from that client. Here’s the automated response your clients will receive when I get email from them through your services: It is bad enough to receive unsolicited bulk email, but getting it from a Cision client is especially unpleasant. Yours is only one of far too many organizations who send me emails like this. In order to &#... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976458 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:00:23 +0100 3976458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3533768&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F7LxLHjDGyS8%2F I’m reading, re-reading, and loving this post from Ryan Deschamps: Ten Reasons Why ‘Professional Librarian’ is an Oxymoron Deschamps’ 10 Reasons are: 1. Librarians Have No Monopoly on the Activities They Claim 2. There are No Consequences For Failing to Adhere to Ethical Practices 3. Librarianship is Too Generalized to Claim Any Expertise 4. ’Librarian’ Assumes a Place of Work, Rather than the Work Itself 5. Peer Review in Librarianship Does Not Work Because There is No Competitive Process to Go With It 6. Values Are Not Enough 7. The Primary Motivation for Professionalization is the Monopoly of Labor 8. Accredited Library Schools Do Not Adequately Prepare Students for Library Work 9. Competing Professions Are Offering Different Paradigms to Achieve the Same... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3533768 Wed, 05 May 2010 02:12:44 +0100 3533768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3515291&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecordings.talkshoe.com%2FTC-81240%2FTS-349359.mp3 So I listened to the first LibPunk podcast and can honestly say I’ve never so enjoyed listening to libaryfolk talk about librarianating. You can download the mp3 or listen in the embedded player below: Sarah and Kendra have a site here: http://libpunk.info/ Here’s the Podcast feed. Want to join in? Do! Download audio file (TS-349359.mp3) (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3515291 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:12:16 +0100 3515291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508123&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FS5_XZBwI4uM%2F Got a couple questions from readers recently that I’m not sure how to answer- so I’m hoping that some of you (especially those of you in academic health sciences libraries) might. Please email me or leave a comment here if you can help with either of these? Question 1: (Cited References) It is rare that I need this sort of information, so I’m not really sure how to answer this question. If i had had access to the “cited by” function of scopus when i was doing my undergrad degree, it certainly would have saved me some freaking time. i know that pubmed has instituted this feature in the sidebar for papers in biomed central, but im freaking impatient, and it just seems wrong that that kind of information is locked up behind a paywall. how do we get this going on ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508123 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:59:22 +0100 3508123 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3395066&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FA0JrCD4gejU%2F Sure, I still want my jetpack and hovercraft, but we DO live in the future. In a talk I gave recently, I illustrated this position with few small examples of how far we’ve come. When I was born, my father (an IBM programmer) used some cutting-edge computer technology to make my birth announcements. See images below. 1 How did he use these? He made birth announcements on 96-column punch cards in which the punches spelled out the word “BOY.” In 1972, here’s what the cutting-edge of MEDLINE looked like to most users: According the NLM’s Janet Zipser, MEDLINE was the first remote access, real-time database in existence. By the end of 1972 about 150 libraries had access to MEDLINE® all at medical schools and research facilities. The rate was $6/hour, a 4-fold reduc... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3395066 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:59:09 +0100 3395066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3385309&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fqh2Rgi5-xjI%2F From something I saw in Facebook recently: Q: Will NextBio do away with PubMed? A: Absolutely not. In order to even have a chance at making PubMed irrelevant, a 3rd-party tool would have to be free. I believe I have played with the vast majority of 3rd-party PubMed/MEDLINE tools available (see this post category for details). Q: …will Pubget do away with PubMed? A: In some libraries for some users, PubGet will be a the preferred option. Will it make PubMed irrelevant? Good lord, no. K adds: Suspect they use PubMed to get their lit content, esp since they say they include all the full text from PubMed Central. K is absolutely right. Both PubGet and NextBio get their data through NCBI API tools. Now, if GoPubMed (free) did LinkOut and/or made PDF retrieval as easy as PubGet (free) doe... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3385309 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:17:49 +0100 3385309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3385310&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FizIHIzbkjsE%2F Alexandru Dan Corlan made this nifty tool, MEDLINE Trend. From the site: Examples of usage To find out just how many papers have been indexed by PubMed every year, enter an empty query (simply press ‘Build Trend’); To find the history of a subject, enter a few keywords describing the subject. For example, clopidogrel will tell you that discussion about this drug first appeared in 1987, was ocasional (under one paper a month) by 1996 and really took off in after 2000; To make statistics of the languages of papers as indexed by PubMed and how they evolved in time enter something like fre[la] and you will see their number is geting reduced in time, despite the increase in the general number of papers, so the prevalence of papers in french in the database falls from about 10%, f... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3385310 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:04 +0100 3385310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370341&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FnqE2gta7WJA%2F Excellent. [via LISNews] _______________ Feed-only Footer: You can follow me on Friendfeed or Twitter if you want to- but be aware there’s lots of stuff there that may not be related to libraries or health information. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370341 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:31:52 +0100 3370341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3339633&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FEPZjE9Vk0bY%2F (Click above for full-size image) (Via LifeHacker, via Joe Morgan) If the user’s experience sucks, they’ll get their media elsewhere. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Hey! You’re reading this in an aggregator of some kind! [sarcasm]Haven’t you heard that RSS is dead?[/sarcasm] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3339633 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:20:06 +0100 3339633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331244&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FtxDaVQx9gmo%2F I love these solely based on my experience as a patron of a public library, trying (and failing) to enjoy the ebooks and audiobooks they offer. I’m sure the good folks at the Cleveland Public Library have seen this by now: Click for full-size _______________ Feed-only Footer: A few books I think are essential. What else should I add to this list? What are the books that no medlib geek should be without? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331244 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:03:05 +0100 3331244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294539&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F_siQ_SogGF4%2F This article surveys some of the ways in which early modern scholars responded to what they perceived as an overabundance of books. In addition to owning more books and applying selective judgment as well as renewed diligence to their reading and note-taking, scholars devised shortcuts, sometimes based on medieval antecedents. These shortcuts included the use of the alphabetical index, whether printed or handmade, to read a book in parts, and the use of reference books, amanuenses, abbreviations, or the cutting and pasting from printed or manuscript sources to save time and effort in note-taking. Other examples include Socrates warnings on the danger of writing and fantasy tales, Malesherbes complaining that newspapers “socially isolated readers,” and an 1883 article which argu... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294539 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:47:38 +0100 3294539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3291858&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F_N6Gxokd8xU%2F Got an email from a friend the other day: “I wonder if you have found a free add-on for Word 2003 that includes medical terms in the spell check feature and is secure enough for me to recommend to my users at the hospital?” This is such a great question and something that has come up at my place of work previously. Out of the box, Microsoft Office Word doesn’t recognize a whole lot of the specialized medical vocabulary that people at our hospital use every day. The result of this is that Word frequently fails to recognize clinical terms and underlines them in red, essentially making them false positives for spelling errors. Only one employee in my department has Stedman’s medical dictionary installed in her copy of Word 2003 because paying a license for each copy u... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3291858 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:58:26 +0100 3291858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275751&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FNCn5vXiBm7g%2F Interesting reading. A similarly interesting discussion of this post is taking place on FriendFeed. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275751 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:07:54 +0100 3275751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3271012&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FUj4dmQA71vs%2F From The Independant: Medicines not working? There’s an app for that (Is anyone else completely done with the “There’s an app for that” meme?) Novartis, for example, signed a $24 million (£15.3 million) deal last month with US-based Proteus Biomedical to create “smart pills” that can transmit data from inside the body to monitor patients’ vital signs and check they have taken medicines as prescribed. Bayer is connecting its glucometer for diabetic children to Nintendo’s video-gaming consoles to promote consistent blood sugar testing. And Johnson & Johnson’s Lifescan unit has an iPhone application that lets users upload readings from their connected blood glucose monitors to their Apple phone. _______________ Feed-only Footer: [Th... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3271012 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:56:50 +0100 3271012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266869&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F6fJzM6h-miw%2F Ever have a hard time explaining the placebo effect? Let Dr. Ben Goldacre do it for you in this video from the NHS: _______________ Feed-only Footer: I still think it is a huge waste of resources for a library to invest any time or money in a Second Life presence. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266869 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:01:21 +0100 3266869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3258934&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fu4h1DAGzzaA%2F I just caught up and noticed this…and think it is brilliant. http://eai.nlm.nih.gov/ The Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) is a partnership of the National Library of Medicine, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers. EAI provides free access to full text articles from major biomedicine titles to healthcare professionals, librarians, and the public in the United States affected by disasters. Of course, I won’t be using this because I’m not doing anything related to the disaster in Haiti- but the NLM deserves all kinds of attention and praise for doing this, as do contributing publishers: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Am... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3258934 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:05:04 +0100 3258934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3258935&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Ft-anHYokmq8%2F In my previous post about social media endeavors at the CDC and HHS, I should also have mentioned the United States Department of Agriculture.1 Are there other government agencies (related to health and/or healthcare) with social media projects I haven’t noticed yet? Please let me know in the comments? 1 Full disclosure: My friend Craig Stoltz is working on USDA social media projects, and they’re very lucky to have him. There are a lot of social media “experts” who are not actually all that expert- but Craig really knows his stuff. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Know of something I should blog about? Please let me know! If you prefer, you can leave me a voicemail here: (315) 876-9574 (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3258935 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:43:06 +0100 3258935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254393&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fehm4CI7zW7A%2F Does it say something that these .gov agencies have formal social media operations and policies? Centers for Disease Control CDC Social Media Tools Guidelines & Best Practices Front page for social media at the CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/ Health and Human Services The HHS Center for New Media, Standards and Policies Front page for HHS Center for New Media: http://www.newmedia.hhs.gov/ Brief “interview” from AdAge with Andrew P. Wilson, web manager for HHS: http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134332 Excerpt: Pblackshaw: So Andrew, does the Health and Human Services Department really have a social-media team? AndrewPWilson: Yes. See http://tinyurl.com/accz97. The social-media outreach effort is being directed by the department’s new Social Media Cent... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254393 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:10 +0100 3254393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251163&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FyiKQX5R8mkc%2F Among the things I like: Patient safety, Jon Stewart, and Atul Gawande. Gawande talks with Stewart about The Checklist Manifesto (video embedded below). The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Atul Gawande www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Steven Levitt calls this “…the best book I’ve read in ages.” Dagnabbit. Now I need to read it. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Hey! You’re reading this in an aggregator of some kind! [sarcasm]Haven’t you heard that RSS is dead?[/sarcasm] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251163 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:01:56 +0100 3251163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3248514&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FSSJoVxXvW4I%2F on 1/10/2008, I wrote: I’m sincerely flabbergasted to hear a librarian (or any information professional) complain that there is “too much data” or “too many RSS feeds.” “Web 2.0″ doesn’t cause an information glut. What causes an information glut is being an information glutton, taking on more than anyone can reasonably manage. There aren’t too many RSS feeds. Rather, there are users who subscribe to too many RSS feeds. The solution isn’t for less data to exist, the solution is smarter, more selective use of the data. The tools that help us filter and manage the information that we care most about are continuing to improve in power and sophistication. Nice to see Clay Shirky agree: _______________ Feed-only Footer: A few books I... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3248514 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:52:06 +0100 3248514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239514&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FoEUk64nvyZI%2F So a reader writes to NYT technology columnist David Pogue, saying he wishes there was one button he could push to receive all Pogue’s writings and videos. The reader even suggests a name for this: “David Pogue Direct.” It’s a great idea. But David Pogue says there’s no “one-click Pogue subscription” and that to catch all his content online, one has to subscribe to multiple sources in multiple formats. I think that stinks. I think there should be a one-click way to keep up with Pogue. After all, he’s one of my favorite writers on technology. So…let’s see if we CAN make a one-click Pogue Subscription. We already have an RSS feed for Pogue’s Posts (his NYT blog): http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/feed/ To get his columns, Pogue ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239514 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:36:26 +0100 3239514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235779&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FR-YpsYmZFvI%2F appears to be an attempt at visualizing tweets about health conditions on Twitter. Interesting. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235779 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:36:31 +0100 3235779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231421&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fbav_6VeBC60%2F I finally broke down and bought a Motorola DROID from Verizon several weeks ago- that’s the new phone that runs Google’s Android 2.0.1 Operating System. Thus far, I don’t regret the decision. AT&T’s coverage where I live stinks, so as much as I like the iPhone, it just wasn’t an option for me. Fortunately, the DROID does most things as well as the iPhone, and does some things much better than the iPhone. I agree with most of the accolades and criticisms you’ve probably already read about the DROID. Things I Like: The touchscreen is large, responsive, and looks terrific. Syncing of my Gmail contacts, my work contacts, and my Facebook contacts is pretty darn great. I always have ALL my contact information on me- and it is updated whenever Facebook, ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231421 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:59:01 +0100 3231421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223201&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fa839IkX2oxE%2F Perhaps I can write a bit more about my trip to Arizona soon, but for now I wanted to get the slides posted for those who attended. It was lots of fun and a treat for me to get to leave Syracuse in January and gape at palm trees for a couple of days. Refreshing Take on Technology Trends (MLGSCA/NCNMLG 2010) _______________ Feed-only Footer: [This space for rent] Want to reach about 3,500 RSS subscribers to this feed? Please get in touch. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223201 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:23:45 +0100 3223201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159664&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F7qYCbQXyMLQ%2F Previous video John’s article _______________ Feed-only Footer: I still think it is a huge waste of resources for a library to invest any time or money in a Second Life presence. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159664 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:23:49 +0100 3159664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3123359&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FMsc_OH5HXx4%2F My brother, Andrew, a Web developer, is a very clever guy and a fan of woot.com. Recently, he bought a digital picture frame from Woot that can be fed photos via RSS- as a gift to my parents. The clever bit is where each of my siblings created a Flickr or Photobucket account in which to post photos of grandchildren. The feeds from each of these accounts was combined in Yahoo Pipes so that, once the frame is set up on my folks’ WiFi network, any new photos posted appear in their digital photo frame. What a great way for a geographically dispersed family to keep grandparents updated. My mom called to tell me how much she liked it, and I made a point of noting it was Andrew’s clever idea. All I did was mash the feed together in Yahoo Pipes. I love technology when it is used intell... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3123359 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:28:38 +0100 3123359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3015250&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FSZlO_ImWMzU%2F [Embedded video below] [Embedded video above] _______________ Feed-only Footer: Know of something I should blog about? Please let me know! If you prefer, you can leave me a voicemail here: (315) 876-9574 (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3015250 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:22:06 +0100 3015250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012340&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FFUbOj0HHl7U%2F So, we had just decided that we should encourage people to tweet about the Webcast using a hashtag and we jumped online to announce it…and discovered Nikki Dettmar had beaten us to it by a few minutes. GMTA, Nikki.  Anyway, it has been a lot of fun reading the tweets and I’m so grateful to those who participated for providing such useful, fun, fast feedback. Some tweets I found interesting: BerrymanD Great content today. Would recommend that, in the future, we skip the history lesson and go directly to the current content. #mlamobile Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:38 +0000 – tweet id 5837056058 – 552 Donna, I could not disagree more.  The history provides context showing that technological change isn’t new, but is happening faster and faster. Without context, we&... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012340 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:36 +0100 3012340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003689&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F3G8REFjriYk%2F So we’re in Chicago getting ready for the Webcast tomorrow. We just figured out that we want people to be able to submit questions or discuss the Webcast on Twitter, so use the hashtag #mlamobile to do so. Thanks! -David, Bart, Max, and Emily (Nikki set up an archive for these tweets at Twapper Keeper.) _______________ Feed-only Footer: Hey! You’re reading this in an aggregator of some kind! [sarcasm]Haven’t you heard that RSS is dead?[/sarcasm] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003689 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:16:34 +0100 3003689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2989098&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FKTbcvrGxEqk%2F [UPDATE: 11/12/2009] Got a call from Tom Richardson at the NEJM (who I saw play with the Bearded Pigs at MLA 2008!). According to Tom, NEJM has no arrangement with Clinical Reader and did not license their content to Clinical Reader. So it appears that Clinical Reader is again violating copyright. [/UPDATE] So, Clinical Reader shows video content from the NEJM, including a video on chest tube insertion (yeah, the same one I blogged about a ways back). I thought this was odd. After all, if you go to the NEJM’s home for this video, it clearly says one needs a subscription to view the content. Hmmm. So I decided to look around for any notes from either organization that would indicate Clinical Reader is using this video content with permission. Didn’t find it. Also didn’t f... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2989098 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:12:33 +0100 2989098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981031&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FKTbcvrGxEqk%2F So, Clinical Reader shows video content from the NEJM, including a video on chest tube insertion (yeah, the same one I blogged about a ways back). I thought this was odd. After all, if you go to the NEJM’s home for this video, it clearly says one needs a subscription to view the content. Hmmm. So I decided to look around for any notes from either organization that would indicate Clinical Reader is using this video content with permission. Didn’t find it. Also didn’t find any published terms under which NEJM offered to license it. My curiosity piqued, I decided to poke around more to see if anyone else was showing NEJMs content. Sure enough, somebody with a subscription to NEJM downloaded a decent copy and posted it on Vimeo: It has been viewed there over 1,600 times. No... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981031 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:12:33 +0100 2981031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2963047&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FlETmU07nUpc%2F I’ve never videoblogged before and I’m not sure I’ll ever do it again, but it was fun to try. Please see embedded YouTube video below. Links mentioned in the embedded video above: http://davidrothman.net/category/library-20/ http://www.libraryman.com/blog/essays-on-101/ _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2963047 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:05:01 +0100 2963047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2923222&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FYoYLKy1E-lw%2F (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2923222 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:02:48 +0100 2923222 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920132&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F_ZJvzkFS280%2F I got my 2009 H1N1 live, attenuated (nasal spray) vaccine today. I continue to be surprised by how many otherwise rational people (including health professionals) are frightened by the prospect. For the record: If New York State law did not require me to get both the seasonal and the H1N1 vaccine, I would get both anyway. I’ve avoided commenting on the media coverage of Swine Flu. Why bother when Jon Stewart does it better? The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920132 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:00:26 +0100 2920132 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890571&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FDlzGm1XyPRQ%2F Melissa Rethlefsen does it again with another great screencast: [via: http://liblog.mayo.edu/2009/10/13/video-tutorial-my-ncbi-custom-filters-and-sharing-collections/] Melissa rules. _______________ Feed-only Footer: [This space for rent] Want to reach about 3,500 RSS subscribers to this feed? Please get in touch. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890571 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:56:03 +0100 2890571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879373&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FzIdH5Wo9mp8%2F Harvard Medical School Presents HMS Mobile and Announces Plans to Launch iPhone Applications Aimed at Promoting Public Health Boston, MA, October 09, 2009 –(PR.com)– The Harvard Health Publications Division of Harvard Medical School announced today that it will launch a new program called HMS Mobile to deliver a series of iPhone Applications aimed at promoting public health. The first such application will focus on the H1N1 flu pandemic and is scheduled for release to the public in early October. These applications will leverage Harvard Medical School’s extensive knowledge along with its long-standing expertise in publishing health information for the general public. The School’s goal is to provide the public with the best available information on public health-related issu... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879373 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:00:21 +0100 2879373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865593&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Ff-r5LILOHUY%2F Oh, thank goodness. I’ve been fretting about how my library’s patrons will react to the PubMed redesign, so I’m grateful for the revised tri-fold handouts from the NNLM- they’ll probably help ease a few concerns. The new handouts are available in .doc and .pdf formats and include: Full Text and PubMed PubMed Basics PubMed My NCBI Searching PubMed with MeSH [via The Cornflower] If you’ve prepared any materials to help your patrons (or your staff) use the new PubMed and you’d like to share them with others, please let me know in the comments? _______________ Feed-only Footer: Twitter and similar tools have no innate value. The value is in the network you use the tool to connect with. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865593 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:57:46 +0100 2865593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2855503&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FOKNPYl-4Xh4%2F In a recent comment, Creaky (Kathleen Crea) made me aware of LigerCat, a 3rd-Party PubMed/MEDLINE tool that is new to me. I’m really enjoying working with it.1 I’m sure that more experienced Medical Libraryfolk don’t have to do this, but as I start putting together a lit search, I often start by going to the MeSH Browser http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html to begin working out what MeSH terms I might be working with. Alternately, I might go to Novo|Seek or GoPubMed with a few key words to get a frequency analysis of MeSH terms. In these examples, I’m doing some preliminary searching on Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis. LigerCat isn’t necessarily *better* at this, but its presentation is simpler. Rather than putting the frequency analysis of MeSH term... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2855503 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:00:14 +0100 2855503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2846307&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FN6-L4Vp6AyI%2F http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/pubmed First impression: TONS of wasted screen real estate on that front page. What do you think? (Thanks to Patricia Anderson for the heads up!) Patricia’s take is here. _______________ Feed-only Footer: You can follow me on Friendfeed or Twitter if you want to- but be aware there’s lots of stuff there that may not be related to libraries or health information. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2846307 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:31:38 +0100 2846307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834229&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F4DMOM95GRbE%2F Huh. Neat. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Hey! You’re reading this in an aggregator of some kind! [sarcasm]Haven’t you heard that RSS is dead?[/sarcasm] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834229 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:32:25 +0100 2834229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2807543&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FsMetLz8t_Ik%2F CiteSmart is a citation software specifically developed for PubMed users to faciliate the writing of manuscripts and other academic documents. With CiteSmart, retrieving references from PubMed is just a click away. This revolutionary software has many new features not found anywhere else. You will be able to: * Search PubMed from your Word document. * Insert a citation directly into your document from Internet Explorer. These two features will save an enormous amount of time. It reduces extraneous clicking and the need to create a database of references. CiteSmart handles it all! Anyone care to try it and write up a proper review? Perhaps for the JMLA? _______________ Feed-only Footer: A few books I think are essential. What else should I add to this list? What are the books that no m... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2807543 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:06:30 +0100 2807543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2785867&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F98UPEgzDtlA%2F New to me. EBSCO has a portal for free information on the ‘flu from Due to Pandemic H1N1 Influenza and concerns about the 2009/2010 flu season, the EBSCO Publishing Medical and Nursing editors of DynaMed™, Nursing Reference Center™ (NRC) and Patient Education Reference Center™ (PERC) have made key influenza information from these resources freely available to health care providers worldwide. The editorial teams will monitor the research and update these resources continuously throughout the upcoming flu season. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2785867 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:30:10 +0100 2785867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2785868&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Ff42StFDrXSg%2F Guocai Chen, Jim Warren, Joanne Evans. ‘Qualities’ not ‘Quality’ – Text Analysis Methods to Classify Consumer Health Websites. electronic Journal of Health Informatics, 2009; 4(1): e5. Abstract There is an increasing need to help health consumers to achieve timely, differentiated access to quality online healthcare resources. This paper describes and evaluates methods for automated classification of consumer health Web content with respect to qualitative attributes relevant to the preferences of individual health consumers. This is illustrated in the context of identifying breast cancer consumer web pages that are ‘supportive’ versus ‘medical’ perspective, as compared to an existing manual classification employed by a breast cancer portal with personalised search preferen... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2785868 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:00:09 +0100 2785868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2781970&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FRe4YkIA45Es%2F _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2781970 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:00:32 +0100 2781970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2772482&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FpJgbpOG2QyM%2F Since I don’t have the option of implementing PubGet (previously mentioned) at my place of work, getting to read about the experiences that others have had with it is a treat. Over at Up to the Waves, Lin shares her observations. Lin also writes, however: Pubget is only one of the 3rd party life science search engines that tries to create shortcut to search PubMed. If you are a serious researcher, my advise is using the 3rd party search engines with caution or as a pre-search. Getting comfortable and familiar using PubMed itself is your goal. If you need assistance using PubMed, contact your medical librarians. I can’t wholly agree with this. Not all 3rd-Party PubMed/Medline tools are meant to replace PubMed, and some can simply do things that PubMed itself cannot. If you are ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2772482 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:00:44 +0100 2772482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765954&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FMH47ae7vlNw%2F via: http://leavesamark.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/lolpharma/ (Thanks to Sarah for pointing this out.) _______________ Feed-only Footer: I still think it is a huge waste of resources for a library to invest any time or money in a Second Life presence. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765954 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:30:11 +0100 2765954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761806&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F1wJ8AV0RG9g%2F Bleah. Yet another article about Web sites for rating doctors. Is anyone else really tired of seeing these articles and pretending these sites matter? They might one day, but they don’t now. Anyway, the Pew Internet and American Life Project (Please tell me I’m not the only one who quietly thinks “pew-pew-pew!” to himself every time Pew is mentioned?) says: Nearly half (47%) of internet users, or 35% of adults, have turned to the internet for information about doctors or other health professionals.” Nothing surprising there. “These health information seekers, however, are not likely to post their own reviews of doctors: just 7% of those who looked for information about doctors online (and 4% of all internet users) report posting a review of a doctor onl... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761806 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:52:38 +0100 2761806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765955&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FmAgbmH7UNSQ%2F [Update] The folks at Netbase have issued an apology: Our first release of healthBase yesterday surfaced a few embarrassing and offensive bugs. These were far in the minority of results but enough to keep us up late improving the site. We sincerely regret and apologize in particular for any offense caused. …I wasn’t offended. I just thought the tool was awful. [/Update] TechCrunch called healthBase “The Ultimate Medical Content Search Engine.” I beg to differ. Rather than getting into what it is supposed to do, lets just try a few queries and see how its semantic technologies perform. First, a search for causes of AIDS. As a Red Sea Pedestrian myself, I’m fascinated to learn that Jews cause AIDS. Huh. What if I was a Jewish Physiotherapist? How would I live ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765955 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:30:17 +0100 2765955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757664&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FmAgbmH7UNSQ%2F TechCrunch called healthBase “The Ultimate Medical Content Search Engine.” I beg to differ. Rather than getting into what it is supposed to do, lets just try a few queries and see how its semantic technologies perform. First, a search for causes of AIDS. As a Red Sea Pedestrian myself, I’m fascinated to learn that Jews cause AIDS. Huh. What if I was a Jewish Physiotherapist? How would I live with myself? Next, we’ll look at the “Pros & Cons of lithotripsy”: Take a look at the “Pros” list. These are just partial phrases describing what lithotripsy is. This list of pros and cons make no sense at all. Among the sources it searches: - Wikipedia - NaturalNews.com (Check out the embedded video in the right sidebar and listen to the lyrics- t... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2757664 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:30:17 +0100 2757664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757665&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FJNDHUJjHBGI%2F Pharma items that caught my attention over the last couple of months: http://itp.pharmacy.dal.ca/Scenarios/Pumed_searching_for_.php Great tutorial from the Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy on searching for drug information in PubMed. http://therapeuticseducation.org/ Produced by UBC Faculty The main goal of the Therapeutics Education Collaboration (TEC) is to provide physicians, pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, other health professionals, and the public with current, evidence-based, practical and relevant information on rational drug therapy. The overall philosophy of the TEC is to encourage clinicians to engage in shared informed decision-making, critical thinking, and exercise some degree of healthy skepticism when it comes to the use of new and old... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2757665 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:00:40 +0100 2757665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757666&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FveicCWiTcrk%2F Welcome to another installment of Web Geekery in Recent Literature, where we point out recent articles in the indexed literature of potential interest to the Geeky and Web-obsessed. Plagiarism of online material may be proven using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (archive.org). PMID: 19716663 Many writers and researchers are reluctant to publish online for fear that their work will be plagiarized and used without attribution elsewhere. For example, junior or freelance researchers may worry that their ideas will be ’stolen’ and published under the name of professional or senior researchers; and that then it could be hard to convince people that in fact the idea had originated elsewhere. However, if this happens, plagiarism may be objectively proven by a service called the I... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2757666 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:35:48 +0100 2757666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757667&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FvZoKxOmR-ZI%2F I thought Wolfram|Alpha was pretty neat when I first heard about it and looked over the examples of its potential use in Health and Medicine, but I didn’t really give it another look until I stumbled across this post from the Wolfram|Alpha blog, “Understanding Medical Tests with Wolfram|Alpha”. Bookmarked for later potential use. Have you checked out our book yet? Here are a few other books I think are essential. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2757667 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:30:13 +0100 2757667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751859&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F5d9n8bprZaU%2F Ed Bennett (previously mentioned here) has come up with another interesting and useful Google CSE for searching the Web sites of over 2,800 hospitals. If you prefer the interface, you can also try it from its Google start page. Have you checked out our book yet? Here are a few other books I think are essential. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751859 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:00:16 +0100 2751859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751860&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fa1X7Q6EzZ5I%2F MakeUseOf features five sites for tracking Flu online: Google Flu Trends FluTrackers The DoD Worldwide Influenza Surveillance Program World Health Organization Centers for Disease Control _______ Other posts on this site about ‘Flu (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751860 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:30:48 +0100 2751860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741328&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FJbSE0xIezDg%2F Radiopaedia (previously mentioned here) has made available (at no charge via the iPhone App Store) a Radiopaedia Radiology Teaching File of “50 CNS cases comprising 170 images, questions and detailed text.” Neat. Still, I’d like to know how many health infomation wikis are set up to deliver a mobile version for a variety of mobile browsers. This reminds me: I’m going to need to do an update on my list of medical wikis in the near future. If you know of any that I don’t have listed, please leave a comment or drop me an email? Have you checked out our book yet? Here are a few other books I think are essential. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741328 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:30:09 +0100 2741328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737685&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FgMQRbs0L5MI%2F [Press Release] “In addition, because medical knowledge advances at a more rapid pace than the regular print publishing cycles, iPublishCentral gives us the ability to provide more frequent text updates to our most popular books without the added expenses of a new print run.” For instance, the e-book version of Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, sixth edition, contains clarifications and corrections that were not defined until after the book published. The AMA has recently reprinted the book and is using this opportunity to introduce its existing customer base to the electronic version. Direct purchasers can currently receive a two-year subscription to the downloadable e-book as a replacement offer for the reprinted publication. iPublishCentral allows a migration... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737685 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:26:06 +0100 2737685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719661&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FVSqVvvLYV3I%2F Some interesting numbers. Not sure about the rest. Have you checked out our book yet? Here are a few other books I think are essential. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2719661 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:00:12 +0100 2719661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712052&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F8VkY-jY7SCU%2F This kind of blog is sooooo useful to searchers like me who are clearly less experienced and expert than the author of PubMed Search Strategies, Cindy Schmidt, M.D., M.L.S. “This blog has been created to share PubMed search strategies. Search strategies posted here are not perfect. They are posted in the hope that others will benefit from the work already put into their creation and/or will offer suggestions for improvements. Librarians who wish to post comments on this blog or who wish to become authors are invited to e-mail me.” Example post shown below: [via: Melissa Rethlefsen and Mark Rabnett] Have you checked out our book yet? Here are a few other books I think are essential. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712052 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:30:29 +0100 2712052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695317&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F3DIv6JtgT2U%2F This blog has looked at Clinical Trial search tools previously. Some highlights included: Healia ClinicalTrials.gov A GoogleBase interface World Health Organization Also useful for non-clinician is the MedlinePlus page on clinical trials. Trial-X does a couple of things differently. First is that it seems Trial-X can gather your demographic information and diagnosis from your Google Health account or your Microsoft HealthVault account and apply it to your clinical trial search. Second is that the search criteria one can apply is far more detailed than in any of the other search tools I’ve seen. Then it maps your information on a grid to see if you’re a good match for the trials known to the system: And if there’s no good match? Trial-X will email you if it finds on... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695317 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:02:20 +0100 2695317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688609&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FJoHMjlF-zec%2F is a really interesting Firefox Add-on or Greasemonkey Script. PubMed-EX is a browser extension that marks up PubMed search results with additional information retrieved from IISR & IASL text-mining services. PubMed-EX’s page mark-up includes section categorization, gene/disease name, and relation. The mark-ups of PubMed-EX can help researchers quickly focus on key information in retrieved abstracts and can provide additional background information on key terms. Furthermore, our text-mining server carries out all text-mining processing, freeing up users’ resources. Try this- it’s way cool. [PubMed-EX] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688609 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:20:40 +0100 2688609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670765&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fuf8gZOlgThY%2F What New Users Should Know (How is Quertle® different?) 1. Find true relationships, not simple co-occurrences On Quertle, if you search for two or more terms, you will find documents in which those terms occur in a conceptual relationship, not simply scattered within the same document. You won’t always find as many, but you weren’t really going to read 14,578 documents, were you? 2. Quertle understands biology and chemistry Quertle understands the difference between “TWIST”, the helix-loop-helix transcription factor, and “twist”, the verb. So, use proper capitalization in your query, and you won’t be lost in a sea of irrelevant results. 3. Power Terms™ enable you to query for categories of objects Use Power Terms™ to query for categories of ob... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2670765 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:02:02 +0100 2670765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667385&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FRw8Bl1ud734%2F The objectives of the present study were to explore the role of Facebook in the experience of jealousy and to determine if increased Facebook exposure predicts jealousy above and beyond personal and relationship factors. Three hundred eight undergraduate students completed an online survey that assessed demographic and personality factors and explored respondents’ Facebook use. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis, controlling for individual, personality, and relationship factors, revealed that increased Facebook use significantly predicts Facebook-related jealousy. We argue that this effect may be the result of a feedback loop whereby using Facebook exposes people to often ambiguous information about their partner that they may not otherwise have access to and that this new i... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667385 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:30:06 +0100 2667385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2663917&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FKCFPKntilrY%2F Learned about MedlineRanker through this recent article: The biomedical literature is represented by millions of abstracts available in the Medline database. These abstracts can be queried with the PubMed interface, which provides a keyword-based Boolean search engine. This approach shows limitations in the retrieval of abstracts related to very specific topics, as it is difficult for a non-expert user to find all of the most relevant keywords related to a biomedical topic. Additionally, when searching for more general topics, the same approach may return hundreds of unranked references. To address these issues, text mining tools have been developed to help scientists focus on relevant abstracts. We have implemented the MedlineRanker webserver, which allows a flexible ranking of Medline fo... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2663917 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:02:18 +0100 2663917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657572&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F59EbC4GAkmg%2F Shawn McGinniss at Hunter College let me know that Hunter’s Health Professions Education Center created a Google Custom Search Engine for searching out “health-related videos and other interactive media.” You can try it here. According to the CSE’s main page: Since many educational organizations and media outlets now host full-length content online, this custom search engine aims to make it easier to find quality educational content for students, faculty, and service providers in the health professions. Our goal is to quickly and efficiently locate videos, documentaries, podcasts, lectures, interactive flash content, and other educational media. Targeted topics include nursing, public health, medicine, physical therapy, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, epidemiology, medical lab... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657572 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:02:29 +0100 2657572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653643&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Flr542R4xEuE%2F University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine physician Derek Hubbard, MD instructs family doctors on how to find clinical information [on the Web] at the point of care. There are definitely some good tips for clinicians here, but a couple that make me a little uneasy (like using info from About.com as a patient handout). Dr. Hubbard might also be interested in using the Consumer Health and Patient Education Search Engine. [Hattip: Ratcatcher] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653643 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:59:35 +0100 2653643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653644&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F-zV3dRDH678%2F Cell Press and Elsevier have launched a project called Article of the Future [link] that is an ongoing collaboration with the scientific community to redefine how the scientific article is presented online. The project’s goal is to take full advantage of online capabilities, allowing readers individualized entry points and routes through the content, while using the latest advances in visualization techniques. We have developed prototypes for two articles from Cell to demonstrate initial concepts and get feedback from the scientific community. [Video here] Craig Stoltz may be more impressed with these than I am, but he asks an interesting question: WHY IN HOT SCREAMING HELL HAVE MAINSTREAM NEWS PUBLISHERS NOT DEVELOPED AN “ARTICLE OF THE FUTURE” BASED ON USE WEB CASES LIKE THI... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653644 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:37:25 +0100 2653644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2648942&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FbRUDGAnLh-A%2F The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2648942 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:46:01 +0100 2648942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2601941&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F9_wkiultvTg%2F When I became aware of Clinical Reader (no linky Google-juice for these guys- you can find ‘em if you want to), I decided just to ignore them. In previous years, I might have enjoyed pointing out various disappointing aspects of the site (I’m a peevish naysayer, it has been said). There was no need, though. There are more really good MedLib bloggers than there once were, some of whom are far better at it than I have ever been. To my delight, Nicole Dettmar was the one to do it. http://eagledawg.blogspot.com/2009/07/clinical-reader-starry-ethics-fail.html To answer Alan’s question: Probably just stupid, but they still deserve a good smacking. Jerks. “Legal ramifications,” my Aunt Fanny. Moral of the story: Don’t try to intimidate a smart medical libraria... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2601941 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:50:22 +0100 2601941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570351&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F-SxYkW6-uyI%2F Jill Jarrell hipped me to the fun videos her library posts on Vimeo. Here’s one on workplace etiquette (Jill stars in the fridge, grazing, at about 3m:19s). (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570351 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:43:11 +0100 2570351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2550207&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F0YM2aH1wyew%2F Martha Hardy (friend, medical librarian, incredibly cool person) hipped me to NCBI ROFL, a wonderful blog that highlights the best chuckles from PubMed citations. Edit: D’oh! Nikki posted about this yesterday and Berci before that! I have become a truly lame blogger. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2550207 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:32:02 +0100 2550207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464072&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FnoDcRD0T5GI%2F Thanks so much to Laurie Blanchard and everybody at CHLA for inviting me to speak! I enjoyed Winnipeg and it was a treat to finally meet people like Francesca Frati (who is awesome) and Mark Rabnett. The slides for my talk (which look awful in Slideshare) are embedded below. To clarify for Krista Clement: I think anything that removes obstacles between users and the information they want is good. If more fully automating some functions of the library makes those functions less visible, I think that’s great. I don’t think that doing a better job for users will result in decreased funding, but I do think that better automation will cut costs. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464072 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:10:09 +0100 2464072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398554&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FeSX1xjt5pCA%2F How timely that a friend sent me the link to this game just when I needed a fun break from Swine Flu panic. In Sneeze, you are an influenza virus in one human and have the opportunity the spread yourself in various environments by having your human sneeze just once on each level. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398554 Thu, 07 May 2009 18:25:45 +0100 2398554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398555&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FsZSay4-tZsU%2F MIDLINE, the Newsletter of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association has a Q&A with my friend and kick-butt medical librarian Melissa Rethlefsen. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398555 Thu, 07 May 2009 15:45:11 +0100 2398555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375789&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F1Ado2Rj3paA%2F A friend who is a medical librarian emailed me. She writes: “I’ve been setting up local RSS pages with Feedburner [for email distribution] and Feed2JS [for dislaying the content of feeds on Web pages] for our most popular journals, to allow for TOCs. … It seems the publishers have gotten wise to this and are not allowing their feeds to be resyndicated. It started with EbscoHost — I noticed their feeds never seemed to refresh themselves (which totally defeats the purpose of having a feed). Now it seems ScienceDirect is also blocking re-syndication. FeedBurner can’t pick up the feeds; Feed2JS gives an error, yet the feed validator says it’s a valid feed. SD is providing it’s own source-code to paste into local web pages, but it takes so long to loa... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375789 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:44:49 +0100 2375789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375790&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FM4kNhSGfR8A%2F Holy cow! Holy pig! Watching misinformation spread is sort of entertaining. Check out all the people who talk about not eating pork on Twitter. (The flu is not spread by eating pork.) Hah! As I was writing this post, the latest xkcd appeared! The CDC’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Twitter feed seems to be a frequently-updated source of sanity: (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375790 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:34:21 +0100 2375790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375791&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F3ulYlh4Delk%2F The idea behind rateadrug.com is for users to rate drugs. Our goal is to provide unique user-generated data on side effects and subtle side effects of medications. We want to know how these prescription drugs make you feel. I’ve seen stupid applications of social media in healthcare, but this may take the cake as the dumbest I’ve seen in a good while. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375791 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:32:31 +0100 2375791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2305966&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fveg4vzKF3EI%2F Way behind on sharing this, but better late than never. The Mayo Clinic Libraries’ Liblog has a screencast by Melissa Rethlefsen on PubMed’s new Advanced Search features that you can embed on your own page: In case I have not mentioned it recently: Melissa is awesome. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2305966 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:00:19 +0100 2305966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2305970&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FR2sKw2yMbPo%2F I spent too much of today on the phone with a vendor from whom I’d requested an advertised, free, 30-day trial of an information resource on behalf of a clinical department at MPOW. (For now, I won’t name the product or company, but I welcome your guesses in the comments.) After 30 minutes of my patiently letting her finish pitching me with sales information I did not want (We’re already interested in the product! Why would I ask for a trial and quote otherwise?!), I asked for the third time if we could get a quote. Vendor: Well, I’d really like for you to have the trial for a week before I tell you that. [Uncomfortable pause] Me: I can understand why, from a sales perspective, you’d want that. However, if my internal client evaluates the trial for a week, lik... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2305970 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:45:09 +0100 2305970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284183&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FfjiVFVUV6Rs%2F Don’t have an OCR application handy at your place of work to read the text of a scanned page? No problem. What is OCR Terminal? OCR Terminal is a free online Optical Character Recognition service that allows you to convert scanned images and PDFs into editable and text searchable documents. It accurately preserves formatting and layout of documents. Free, requires sign-up. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284183 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:30:54 +0100 2284183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2270149&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FiVbBwCzpN2I%2F There are a number of names in the 2009 Movers and Shakers by Library Journal that made me smile. I’m whacky on cold medicine and half asleep, but these need mention and will, in addition, receive a “Macher and Shtarker” recognition from davidrothman.net. Melissa Rethlefsen: Melissa is a co-author, a mentor who is always ready to help, and a wonderful, treasured friend. I can think of no medical library geek who would be more appropriate to receive recognition for her awesomeness. Rachel Walden: Rachel has been blogging longer, better, and more consistently than I have. Her blog is not only wonderfully informative and frequently entertaining- it also makes medical librarians look soooooooo good. Rachel was absurdly nice to me when I started blogging and has remained someo... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2270149 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:01:22 +0100 2270149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2255652&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FjrjkzOEivIQ%2F This Visible Human Server is loads of fun to play with: English language instructions: http://visiblehuman.epfl.ch/Directions%20for%20use_Real%20Time%20slice.pdf (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2255652 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:02:49 +0100 2255652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239782&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F01Ro1P_VsVI%2F Okay, so we already knew that Pubget is pretty neat and, for the organizations who can implement it, it speeds up the process of getting the full text PDF to the user. Pubget’s head developer, Ian Connor, keeps me updated on new developments. I was delighted to hear that Pubget now offers RSS feeds with links to the full-text PDFs via one’s organization’s access. The example in the embedded video below uses an open access journal, but gives a good idea what the new feature looks like. So the idea is that if you click on the link in the RSS feed, Pubget scrolls down the list of the results, highlights the right paper, and displays that PDF. Pubget also has a new Firefox extension (available at http://pubget.com/pubget.xpi) for registered users at that will allow them &#8... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239782 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:42:53 +0100 2239782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239783&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.screencast.com%2Fusers%2Frmacdona%2Ffolders%2FDefault%2Fmedia%2F63f89060-271d-405e-a544-d463ee267a2c%2FEvernote%2520medical%2520peripheral%2520brain.mov In this video, 4th-year medical student Ryan MacDonald demonstrates how he uses Evernote as his “medical peripheral brain.” So cool. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239783 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:27:19 +0100 2239783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239784&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FhTKOridGUrw%2F [Update] One’s FriendFeed feed needs to be public in order for IntenseDebate to pick up the comments and bring them onto the blog. IntenseDebate isn’t perfect, but I love the threaded comments, I like quickly moderating comments via email, and I like the sidebar widget for comments (if you’re reading this via RSS, visit the blog and check out the left sidebar). I’ll keep it for now. Thanks to those who helped me test it![/Update] ____________ I’ve installed a plugin/service called IntenseDebate on this blog. Among the things it is supposed to do is pick up comments people make on my posts in FriendFeed and import them as comments. I’m curious to see if it will find those comments even if my FriendFeed is set to private. If you’re seeing this post t... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239784 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:35:26 +0100 2239784 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239785&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fgfih9FL-w_U%2F The Yale Image Finder searches PubMed Central articles for images. That sounded not only like a good idea, but a good idea I’d heard before. In July of 2007, I posted about UC Berkeley’s BioText1, which seems to already search PubMed Central for images. Why build another tool to do the same thing? The answer is found in this Bioinformatics article The authors note they are aware of BioText, but that… …we are not aware of a biomedical search engine that can retrieve images by searching the text within biomedical images. This offers several advantages over searching over captions alone. First, captions may not contain all the textual information that is contained in the images. Second, image texts are usually very specific, allowing for precise matching of images w... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239785 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:02:05 +0100 2239785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239786&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FJBIZYUGgf3k%2F I’m not sure what to make of WebPax.com…but at first glance, it seems really cool to have a Web-based service for viewing images in DICOM format. I know at least a couple of physicians who will want to try it out right away for sharing the occasional scan with a colleague from a distance. I *do* like that DICOM files are anonymized as they are uploaded. DICOM tags are cleared and… • The year and month are not modified • The day is set to the first of the month • The time is set to midnight The patient’s birth date is set to January 1, 1970 I’ll say this much: If I kept a digital personal health record in an online service, I’d want to be able to view DICOMs in it with this kind of tool. Google needs to buy these guys or build a comparable tool... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239786 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:29:29 +0100 2239786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239787&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F5Tn3WOYHUYI%2F Most know I’m not a huge fan of Twitter (I prefer FriendFeed), but this interests me anyway. JustTweetIt is a service intended to help Twitter users find others they may want to follow and includes directories. I recently stumbled across JustTweetIt’s directory of Twittering Librarians Check it out, see if there are any librarians listed you want to follow and consider adding an entry to help others find you. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239787 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:02:58 +0100 2239787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239788&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fe26GvHf4vS0%2F Dated 2007 but new to me: Havidol is clearly an amazing new drug. Thank goodness there’s such a wonderfully detailed site to tell us all about Havidol and how it can treat Dysphoric Social Attention Consumption Deficit Anxiety Disorder (DSACDAD). Click to visit the site Great parody of direct-to-consumer advertising. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239788 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:02:03 +0100 2239788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2163426&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fo8MjkjH_pwo%2F New to me- and a good idea to put all of this on one page. http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/ I didn’t know the CDC was on MySpace or that the FDA had a recall Twitter feed. I decided I should definitely follow the CDC’s Twitter feed for Health Professionals, which is for “…Health Professionals interested in staying up-to-date with CDC’s interactive media activities…” They’ve also got a widget to help consumers search for products impacted by the Peanut-Containing Product Recall (embedded below). Includes: Blogs eMail Subscriptions Health-e-Cards Mobile Information Online Video Phone/Email Podcasts RSS Feeds Social Networks Badges for Social Networks Twitter Virtual Worlds Web Sites Widgets Go check it out. Hat tip: Maura So... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2163426 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:35:18 +0100 2163426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2156029&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F_-Ouo7mW4tc%2F Francesca Frati (who rules) pointed out last week a site produced by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: http://behindthemedicalheadlines.com/. Craig Stoltz (previously mentioned) dropped me an email to point out a post I’d missed from The Health Care Blog by Alicia White of Bazian (the company which evaluates stories for the NHS’s Behind the Headlines service). Says Ms. White: …we’ve developed the following questions to help you figure out which articles you’re going to believe, and which you’re not. Questions include: Does the article support its claims with scientific research? Is the article based on a conference abstract? Was the research in humans? How many people did the research study inclu... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2156029 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:05:22 +0100 2156029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2150714&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FbCFP76DpyIM%2F (First started drafting this post on 10/27/2008) I received an email recently which invited me to try the beta version of novo|seek. I was a little put off by some of the grammatical problems I saw until I realized that novo|seek is the product of a Madrid-based company called bioalma (a.k.a. Alma Bioinformatics). novo|seek is an information extraction system for searching the published knowledge in biomedical literature. novo|seek index the biomedical literature with a text mining technology that enables identify uniquely the key biomedical terms. To do this unambigous identification the technology takes into account external available data and contextual term information. As a result of this indexing technology novo|seek is able to retrive every document where a term is mention no matt... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2150714 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:01:05 +0100 2150714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2141156&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FW2Qpk_Msebc%2F A friend recently asked for clarification. What is the difference between social media and social networking? Yours may differ, but here’s my take: “Social Networking” is an activity. When you go to a professional conference or gathering, you’re engaged in the activity of social networking. People you know introduce you to new people you don’t know. You exchange business cards and, now acquainted, may contact each other in the future directly without the common intermediary who introduced you. The activity of social networking can take place anywhere, any place, and any way people establish and maintain these connections. The activity of social networking has been amazingly facilitated in recent years by the appearance and development of online tools built wi... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2141156 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:01:36 +0100 2141156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2137185&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fn8YkXV6kHLk%2F (Started drafting this post on 10/12/2008) We’re well past the point where there is an online social network for every community. We’re at the point where there are an absurd number of online social networks for every community. A selection of online social networks for nurses: Nurse Connect (previously mentioned here): NurseConnect is an online nursing community and networking site for nurses and other healthcare professionals interested in advancing their education, careers and personal lives by sharing experiences and knowledge with others. NurseConnect is owned and operated by AMN Healthcare, Inc. NurseLinkUp (previously mentioned here), is one of many sites run by Online LinkUp. ANA Nursespace (previously mentioned here) doesn’t seem to be doing much at all. Soci... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2137185 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:15:13 +0100 2137185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2132212&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FqORUppYoAOE%2F (Example of how backed-up I am: WordPress says I started drafting this post on 9/18/08) I was skeptical when I first heard about Health News Review, but learning that Craig Stoltz was involved with the project.1 HealthNewsReview.org is published by Gary Schwitzer of the University of Minnesota’s health journalism program and funded by the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making. Read a few reviews and you’ll likely find them reliable and wonderfully critical. Be sure to check how how they rate stories. Health News Review focuses on U.S. news, so anglophones in other nations will want to note these: For Canadian news, there’s Media Doctor Canada. Australians have Media Doctor Australia. The NHS Choices site has a section called Behind the Headlines which seems... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2132212 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:01:06 +0100 2132212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2128529&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fgqlp2yED8yg%2F Rachel Walden points (from both Women’s Health News and Our Bodies Our Blog) to a free online workshop titled “Understanding Evidence-based Healthcare: A Foundation for Action” , offered by the US Cochrane Center’s Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare (CUE). (Embedded below is a video about CUE. If you are reading this post via a feed reader, you may need to visit the site to view the video.) (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2128529 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:05:06 +0100 2128529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125026&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FiPGv5iZVA9k%2F This study suggests that Wikipedia may be a useful point of engagement for consumers looking for drug information, but that it should be supplementary to, rather than the sole source of, drug information. This is due, in part, to our findings that Wikipedia has a more narrow scope, is less complete, and has more errors of omission versus the comparator database.” And I loved this: “…health professionals should not use user-edited sites as authoritative sources in their clinical practice, nor should they recommend them to patients without knowing the limitations and providing sufficient additional information and counsel. If these sites are recommended, it should be in the form of a permanent link pointing to the specific recommended version of an entry. Finally, the issue... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125026 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:01:31 +0100 2125026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125027&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F0Le3qJk2Rx0%2F Added to the list: Clinical Research Informatics Wiki Self-description: “…devoted to topics in clinical research informatics…exists to facilitate collaborative development of articles covering the breadth of the CRI domain.” Intended Audience/Users: Not listed. Contributors: Anyone who registers Editors/Administrators: Listed only by User ID. Editorial Policies: None listed. MIGHEALTHNET Self-description: “This project aims to give professionals, policy makers including health authorities, researchers, educators and representatives of migrant and minority groups easy access to a dynamically evolving body of knowledge and a virtual network of expertise.” Intended Audience/Users: “…professionals, policy makers including health authorities,... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125027 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:01:49 +0100 2125027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2115327&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fkd5MCeqfOCQ%2F A recent article in the Journal of Rheumatology: “Trying to Measure the Quality of Health Information on the Internet: Is It Time to Move On?” [html] | [PDF] Short answer: Hell, no. Longer answer: Says the article: “The natural assumption is to believe that there exists a link between the quality of information on the Internet and harm. However, a systematic review attempting to evaluate the number and characteristics of reported cases of harm in the peer-review literature determined that for a variety of reasons, there was little evidence to support this notion.” It is impossible to quantify why people make bad decisions. For instance, say someone makes foolish financial decisions and loses everything they own: can it be determined if these bad decisions were made ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2115327 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:14:53 +0100 2115327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2113335&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FWdl-CkZnt5I%2F Posting about the cool stuff Lei Wang does appears to be a habit for me, but as habits go, it sure is worthwhile. Lately, Lei has been posting “Find It Fast!” video tutorials on the blog he writes for the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at the Yale University School of Medicine. These are great and are available as streaming flash or as an .m4v download (suitably sized for viewing on a portable device!). The most recent ones, The Clinical Question and The Pyramid of Resources aren’t just useful to clinicians- they would make wonderful instructional tools for new medical libraryfolk, too. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2113335 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:01:33 +0100 2113335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110249&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F_-dV_4yyD2s%2F For the second year in a row, a MedLib blog has been nominated for the MedGadget Medical Weblog awards. Please note that Laika has been nominated for Best New Weblog and consider dropping by to vote for her? What’s not to like about a smart, Dutch medical librarian’s blog? Please- go vote now. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110249 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:18:14 +0100 2110249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2107456&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FvB1ImKMcYBg%2F So the book is getting some attention! Internet Cool Tools for Physicians is in Google Book Search Stephen Francoeur made this little video: The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the MLA mentioned it on their blog. The MLA’s Taskforce on Social Networking Software posted about it, calling it “…an accessible, illustrated and contemporary guide to online tools in medicine.” Laika, whose blog has quickly become one of my favorite MedLib blogs, mentioned it, as did Creaky. I’m watching WorldCat.org with interest to see which libraries are getting it (though Duke’s copy doesn’t show up yet). Dr. Shock (MD, PhD) gave it a very nice review. I’m lucky to count as friends people like Meredith Farkas and Michael Stephens, both of whom thought the book worthy o... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2107456 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:56:58 +0100 2107456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2092198&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FgnMbSEj6Pgw%2F Google Reader is my favorite aggregator for RSS feeds by a huge margin, so I’m pleased to see Google is making videos for visual learners to help them get started. Other helpful videos about Google Reader Google Reader “Getting Started Guide” [via] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2092198 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:06:24 +0100 2092198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2026257&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdavidrothman.net%2F2008%2F12%2F08%2Fthe-book%2F Got my hands on my copies of the book today! How exciting! Yay! You can buy a copy from: Springer Publishing or here: I’m looking forward to eventually seeing it WorldCat. Congratulations to Melissa Rethlefsen (who wrote a heck of a lot more than I did)! You should really go email Melissa now and tell her how much she rocks. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2026257 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:48:08 +0100 2026257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021251&cid=s_34464_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FXa_ZDAhWHX8%2F It isn’t a publication I generally set aside time for reading, but this most recent issue has a few items articles that look interesting, including: From Health Informatics to eHealth Text Messaging for Health Promotion Among Adolescents Designing for the Hospital Environment: Focusing on the Context Exploring the Role of Metadata in Health Information Applications Application of Mobile Computers and Wireless Technologies in Clinical Dentistry (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021251 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:59:54 +0100 2021251