Monthly Archive for March, 2012

Christine Chastain-Warheit’s Retirement

By Gary. Published on March 30, 2012 in Member News. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

Christine Chastain-Warheit, AHIP, retired March 30, 2012 from her twenty-five year position as Director, Medical Libraries, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE. Christine has a thirty-seven year career as a librarian, serving as a school librarian in North Carolina for six years just after receiving her master’s degree in library science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Following post-master’s coursework in medical librarianship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and benefiting from her undergraduate degree in biological sciences, Christine served as a reference librarian at the NIH campus of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, as well as at the Food and Drug Administration in Washington, DC and later as a reference librarian at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Read more» » »

Short Term Solutions For Grant Awards At NIH

By Julia Lewis. Published on March 30, 2012 in General News and Government Relations. Closed Tags: .

NIH would like to support less-experienced researchers by offering some short term solutions such as shortening it’s grant-application forms and setting aside spaces for younger researchers. NIH will also look more closely at those funded grants that already achieved the $1.5 million mark. If the automatic budget cuts, by Congress, take effect in January they could lose up to 8% of their budget.

For more information read the Chronicle article by Paul Basken, Squeezed by Congress, HIH Hesitates to Limit big-Dollar Grant Recipients March 28, 2012

Supreme Court Hears Healthcare Law Arguments

By Stephanie Ferretti. Published on March 27, 2012 in Government Relations. Closed Tags: , .

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard the first of three days of arguments challenging the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law. The first argument was a challenge to the anti-injunction act of 1867. This argument focused on whether the court should decide the case now rather than waiting until the law’s penalties for not having health insurance become due.

Tuesday’s argument is over the individual insurance mandate. The court will turn to the central question in the case, the constitutionality of the law’s requirement that most Americans obtain insurance or pay a penalty.

On Wednesday, the court will consider Medicaid expansion and other aspects of the law, such as a requirement that insurers provide coverage regardless of a person’s health status.

For up to date coverage, follow the SCOTUSblog of the Supreme Court.

Leveraging Mobile Technologies for Health Sciences Libraries

By Amcdonald. Published on March 21, 2012 in Continuing Education. Closed Tags: , , , .


Title: Leveraging Mobile Technologies for Health Sciences Libraries

3 MLA CE Credits are available. Register at

http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=229255

Location: Drexel University Medical Campus, 2900 Queen Lane, Rm. SAC-B. For driving directions and public transportation, see

http://drexel.edu/admissions/visit/directions/queen-lane

Description: Join your colleagues in the Philadelphia area for Leveraging Mobile Technologies for Health Sciences Libraries.

The goal of this webcast is to familiarize information professionals with current practical applications of mobile technologies in clinical and curricular support settings.

Participate in Philadelphia Regional Chapter/Medical Library Association wrap-around sessions to exchange ideas, share problems and solutions, and discuss new opportunities in your challenging environment.

After viewing this program participants will be able to : 

  • Define how mobile technologies can be used in clinical settings 
  • Define how mobile technologies can be integrated into curricula
  • Identify challenges faced when using mobile technologies in different settings
  • Explain challenges faced in clinical and curricular settings that mobile technologies can help solve
  • Demonstrate how mobile technologies can be used in your own setting
  • Plan how to work with vendors and IT support to enable use of mobile technologies
  • Identify opportunities for library resources via mobile technologies in multiple settings
  • Compare different mobile technologies and choose which might be appropriate for your setting

Nationally renowned speakers include:

Colleen Cuddy, AHIP, Director of the Samuel J. Wood Library and C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center at Weil Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Heather N. Holmes, AHIP, the clinical informationist for Summa Health System’s Akron City and St. Thomas Hospitals in Akron, OH

Maureen “Molly” Knapp, AHIP,  an assistant librarian at the John P. Ische Library Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC)-New Orleans

Kimberly Barker, The University of Virginia’s (UVA’s) Claude Moore Health Sciences Library’s manager for technology education and computing

Alisha Miles, AHIP, the manager of Library Services at Columbus Regional Health Care System in Columbus, GA

When: April 18th. 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins at 1:00pm)
The program agenda:

1:00-1:30pm

  • Registration

1:30pm

  • Wrap-around session #1

2:00-3:30pm

Leveraging Mobile Technologies for Health Sciences Libraries

  • Part I: Overview Mobile Technologies
  • Part II: Mobile Technologies  in the Curriculum Setting
  • Part III: Mobile Technologies in Clinical Setting
  • Part IV: What’s Up Next
  • Conclusion

3:30-4:30pm

  • Wrap-around session #2

 

2nd Annual Nursing Informatics Symposium

By wynnep. Published on March 16, 2012 in Member News. Closed Tags: , , , .

The 2nd Annual Nursing Informatics Symposium sponsored by Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University School of Nursing was held this week at the university. This year’s attendance set a record at over 130 attendees. Patricia Hinton Walker, a nationally recognized leader in the area of Nursing Informatics, was the keynote speaker. Additionally, Rosemary Kennedy, widely known in the informatics world presented on Quality Measurement, Technology & the National Agenda. Other topics covered included The Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER) Initiative, Teaching with Simulation, and a session on HIPAA, Privacy & Security. The symposium closed with a panel discussion whose members included several nurses working in informatics from regional hospitals along with MLA-Phil member Mary McCann, Director, Informatics, Library, & Privacy at Pennsylvania Hospital.

Slides are available.

Submitted by

Patricia Wynne, BSN, MS
Associate University Librarian for Information and Clinical Support Services
Scott Memorial Library
Thomas Jefferson University