Friday, January 27, 2006

Library Services Featured Resource : The eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base, Institutional Edition


eMedicine is the largest peer-reviewed disease and condition knowledge base in the world. We have licensed eMedicine to provide our clinicians with additional resources and tools that can enhance patient care while saving time and effort.

To access eMedicine, follow this path :
Affinity Intranet > Library > eMedicine (under “Most Popular Links”)
or in the Search box at the top of the Affinity Intranet page, type in “eMedicine.”
You may need to type in the Account #561.

Key features of eMedicine include:
* 6,000 peer-reviewed clinical review articles covering virtually every known disease and condition
* Continually updated content
* Advanced integrated searching across 59 specialties and subspecialties
* More than 6,500 expert authors and editors from leading institutions
* 700 patient education articles
* MultiMedia Library of 30,000 illustrations, images, MPEGs, and photographs
* Drug database of more than 1,250 drugs and 20,000 indication-specific drug tables
* Clinical eTools – Interactive algorithms, calculators, decision rules, diagrams, and scores
* Differential Diagnosis Generator
* Stedman's® Medical Dictionary
* Guideline Wizard with direct links to National Guideline Clearinghouse
* Disease and Condition Resource Centers
* Print formatting function
* No advertising
* Discounted CME/CE for physicians, nurses, and optometrists with use of the discount code, IDC-561.

We hope you will take advantage of this service.
A brief self-running demo is available on the home page, in the lower left corner.

If you have any questions, please contact :
Your Librarians,
Michele Matucheski, MALS mmatuche@affinityhealth.org 920-223-0340
Mary Bayorgeon, MALS mbayorgeon@affinityhealth.org 920-738-2325.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Change in Affinity Access to MDConsult

As of Jan.11, 2006, Affinity access to MDConsult is now via IP Authentication. This means that you no longer need a username or password to access MDConsult from an Affinity computer.

This should simplify access for the occasional user who just wants to do a quick reference check in the online medical books, online journals, drug info, practice guidelines, or patient education handouts that comprise the MDConsult collection.

Everyone who previously registered for MDConsult through Affinity will still be able to access their personal account. On the MDConsult-Affinity page, look for “Click for Personal Login” on the upper right-hand side.

New to MDConsult? If Access is via IP, why should I register?
We recommend that you register for a Personal Login if:

  • You want to access MDConsult outside Affinity (remote access at home, at the coffee shop, on vacation, etc. …)
  • You want to personalize the Patient Handouts
  • You want to use the PDA Resources

A step-by-step, detailed guide with screen shots on How to Register for MDConsult is available online.

Request an MDConsult User’s Guide from Library Services at :
MMC Library STE Library
233-0342 738-2324

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Need CME Credits in your Specialty? Try Audio-Digest on CD

The Affinity Libraries subscribe to Audio Digest on CD in the following specialties :

Anesthesiology (MMC)
Emergency Medicine (MMC)
Family Practice (MMC & STE)
Gastroenterology (MMC)
General Surgery (MMC)
Internal Medicine (MMC & STE)
Journal Watch (STE)
Obstetrics & Gynecology (MMC & STE)
Opthalmology (MMC)
Orthopedics (MMC)
Otolaryngology (MMC)
Pediatrics (MMC & STE)
Psychiatry (MMC & STE)
Urology (MMC)

For a flavor of available topics, check the Audio Digest website for Past Issues.

Our 2005 and current 2006 issues are now coming on CD. Older issues are available on audiotape. Many people have told us their newer cars don't have tape-players anymore, so we've changed the format to reflect what people will use.

Please feel free to request any CD or tape that you are interested in. We'll send them to you via inter-office mail. Let us know if you plan to apply for CME credits, so we can include the brief paperwork.

Journal Article Request Form
MMC Library mmclibrary@affinityhealth.org 920-223-0242
STE Library sehlibrary@affinityhealth.org 920-738-2324