Self-Education on Medical Informatics from the MIS Section:
http://www.medinfo.mlanet.org/self_ed.php
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President Obama released his budget for Fiscal Year 2011 for the Department of Health and Human Services, including NIH and NLM. The budget provides a $1 billion increase for NIH and a $21 million increase for NLM. While the CDC’s total FY 2011 budget request shows a $100 million increase, the funding for CDC’s core programs actually received a $132 million cut. The vast majority of CDC’s programs were either cut or level funded.
Prepared from statements by Health and Information Counsel to MLA and American Public Health Association.
Save the dates for two great programs from our friends at the Philadelphia Chapter of the Special Libraries Association: Read more» » »
Cleveland, A.D., & Cleveland, D.B. (2009). Health Informatics for Medical Librarians. New York: Neal Schuman Publishers, Inc.
Shortliffe, E.H. & Cimino, J.J. (2006). Medical informatics:
Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine. New York: Springer.
Hoyt. R., Sutton, M. & Yoshihashi, A. (Eds.) (2008). Medical Informatics: Practical Guide for the Healthcare Professional. Pensacola, Fl: University of West Florida, School of Allied Health and Life Sciences, Medical Informatics Program. lulu.com
Springer health informatics series (see Springer web site)
Books recommended to me by Nancy K. Roderer, Director’s Office, Clinical Informationist Service, Welsh Medical Library, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Medical Informatics Section, MLA: The Medical Informatics Section, established in 1988, provides a forum for education and communication among medical librarians, health professionals and other information sciences professionals. Although definitions vary, medical informatics focuses on broad-based computer applications involved in the transfer of information for health care and for the education, research, and administration that support it. Listserv, blog, and more. Look for us at MLA National’s Section Shuffle in DC or contact membership chair, jderichemond@gmail.com
Woods Hole: The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, conducts an NLM sponsored one-week course in Medical Informatics yearly. Thirty trainees are selected from applicants in health professions, research, and librarianship. They receive intensive hands-on experience with a variety of medical information systems, including medical informatics, expert systems, and molecular biology databases. Trainees have most costs covered. Details, contact: Ms. Catherine N. Norton, Dir., Info. Systems, Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, MA 02543 (508-548-3705 x341).
Medical Informatics Elective: The Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, conducts an eight-week elective in Medical Informatics, as part of NIH’s Clinical Electives Program. Each spring this elective combines an extensive seminar series by senior figures in the field with an independent research project under the preceptorship of an NIH professional. Eight to fourteen fourth-year medical students are admitted each year. Details, contact May Cheh, LHNCBC (301-435-3193).
Medical Informatics Training Program: LHNCBC conducts a Medical Informatics Training Program to provide support for faculty members, postdoctoral scientists, graduate students, undergraduate students for research participation at the Center for visits of a few months to several years. Details, contact May Cheh, LHNCBC (301-435-3193).
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