Speaking to Diverse Communities Through HealthReach
The National Library of Medicine continues to provide access to health information to underserved communities through HealthReach. HealthReach is a national partnership that offers access to patient education materials in multiple languages, as well as helpful information for providers who offer services to individuals for whom English is not their native language. On the patient materials tab, users are able to search by topic, language, format, and authors. Providers are able to search by countries, populations, and authors. Materials for both audiences include audio, videos, and documents.
Resources include:
Health ed...
Source: Network News - June 13, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NN/LM South Central Region Tags: Consumer Health NIH Source Type: news
Oncology Data Sharing Resource CancerLinQ ™ Nearing 1 Million Records
One million unique patient records from approximately 50 oncology practices are expected to be part of the CancerLinQ™ network by this summer. It is a benchmark indicating the broad and growing acceptance within the oncology community for an initiative that is compiling a robust database of real-world information that will be searchable, usable, and specifically designed to improve patient care. By late 2016 or early 2017, enough anonymous and aggregated data will be entered into CancerLinQ to allow searches of the entire system. Physicians will be able to compare a patient’s data against national quality standards and...
Source: Network News - June 6, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NN/LM South Central Region Tags: General (all entries) Source Type: news
Oncology Data Sharing Resource CancerLinQ™ Nearing 1 Million Records
One million unique patient records from approximately 50 oncology practices are expected to be part of the CancerLinQ™ network by this summer. It is a benchmark indicating the broad and growing acceptance within the oncology community for an initiative that is compiling a robust database of real-world information that will be searchable, usable, and specifically designed to improve patient care. By late 2016 or early 2017, enough anonymous and aggregated data will be entered into CancerLinQ to allow searches of the entire system. Physicians will be able to compare a patient’s data against national quality standards and...
Source: Network News - June 6, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NN/LM South Central Region Tags: General (all entries) Source Type: news
Focus on NLM Resources
bi-monthly webinars are hosted by the NN/LM Mid-Atlantic Region. Sessions feature NLM resources and offer 1 MLA CE credit for online attendance.
Sessions begin at noon Eastern Time and registration is required. The full schedule is available at: http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/focus_schedule
HealthReach / June 9, 2016 noon – 1pm ET Register
Presenter: Laura Bartlett / Outreach and Special Populations Branch, National Library of Medicine
Description: HealthReach is a resource of quality multilingual, multicultural public health information for those working with, or providing care to, individuals with limited Engli...
Source: Network News - May 27, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NN/LM South Central Region Tags: Classes NLM Announcements Webinars Source Type: news
Many NIH Initiatives Featured at MLA 2016 in Toronto
Kevin B. Read shared updates on the bioCADDIE project sponsored by an NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) grant. This award is allowing a research team at UC San Diego to develop the first data discovery index that will index data stored at disparate locales. The repository is intended to ultimately serve as the ‘PubMed of data.’
Visit the bioCADDIE website for more information about the project and to view research team presentations. The upcoming bioCADDIE Workshop: Data Indexing for Data Providers will be held on June 23, 2016 in La Jolla, California.
(Source: Network News)
Source: Network News - May 23, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NN/LM South Central Region Tags: NIH Source Type: news
NN/LM SCR Introduces Our Research Administrator: Bethany Livingston
The NN/LM SCR would like to welcome our newest addition to the RML team. Bethany Livingston, BS, will serve as the Research Administrator for the South Central Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Bethany comes to UNTHSC from the University of Florida’s College of Medicine and Institute for Child Health Policy. She has extensive expertise in coordinating clinical, basic, and applied research trials. She has managed multi-million dollar budgets for federally funded research projects and has experience coordinating a large staff and multiple project aims. She has been a core member of grant teams,...
Source: Network News - May 18, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Lisa Smith Tags: General (all entries) Source Type: news
NN/LM SCR introduces our Research Administrator: Bethany Livingston
The NN/LM SCR would like to welcome our newest addition to the RML team. Bethany Livingston, BS, will serve as the Research Administrator for the South Central Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Bethany comes to UNTHSC from the University of Florida’s College of Medicine and Institute for Child Health Policy. She has extensive expertise in coordinating clinical, basic, and applied research trials. She has managed multi-million dollar budgets for federally funded research projects and has experience coordinating a large staff and multiple project aims. She has been a core member of grant teams,...
Source: Network News - May 18, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Lisa Smith Tags: General (all entries) Source Type: news
NLM Pill Image Recognition Challenge Submission Ends May 31
The NLM Pill Image Recognition Challenge submission period, which began April 4, will end at 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday May 31, 2016.
A Federal Register Notice and Submission Instructions provide further information about the Challenge. As stated in the Federal Register Notice, individuals, private entities, and teams interested in submitting must first register.
An individual who registers as an individual (not as part of a team) must be either a US citizen or a permanent resident of the US.
A private entity (for example, a company or a university) that registers must be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of busi...
Source: Network News - May 16, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Lisa Smith Tags: NIH NLM Announcements Source Type: news
NN/LM SCR Introduces Our Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator: Myriam Martinez-Banuelos
Myriam Martinez-Banuelos, NN/LM SCR Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator, has been instrumental in helping establish the new office in Fort Worth. Prior to transferring to the RML, she served as the Outreach Librarian for the UNT Health Science Center and has been developing outreach programming and services within the designated Lewis Library 24 county outreach region.
In this role, Myriam coordinated Lewis Library’s NN/LM Resource Library Outreach subcontract award and was able to develop new partnerships that allowed Lewis Library to extend its programming to reach Hispanic communities. Some examples of successful...
Source: Network News - May 12, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Lisa Smith Tags: General (all entries) Outreach Source Type: news
