Farewell, Mary Bayorgeon!

Mary B. with the "Book Ends" Memory Quilt I made for her. It is now filled with autographs and messages of gratitude and encouragement.

Read more about the Making of the Quilt.

It is with sadness that we bid Mary Bayorgeon farewell on April 30, 2007.

In a recent re-organization of Affinity Health System, Mary's position was eliminated. She has been Library Director based at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, WI, for nearly 35 years.

She has been a wonderful mentor, and Library Leader throughout her career. She has designed and built 2 Hospital Libraries (St. Elizabeth Hospital and Mercy Medical Center), and 3 consumer health libraries. In 2004, she was elected Wisconsin Health Science Librarian of the Year by her professional peers.

One physician recently said that Mary has saved the lives of his patients over the years by the information she has provided him over the years. Our work makes a difference!

When the job at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh became available in 1999, I jumped at the chance to work with such a Leader for Wisconsin Libraries. I am honored and humbled to have had the opportunity to work with Mary for the last 9 years. I've learned so much under her guidance, I can't even begin to list the lessons learned here ...

Mary states this is not a retirement. She will continue to advocate for ALL types of libraries in her 3rd-term appointment to COLAND, a committee that advises the Governor of Wisconsin on Library Issues for the State.

Farewell, Mary. You have made a difference! Thank you.

Mary Bayorgeon in 2004 as WHSLA Librarian of the Year.

AHS Offers A.D.A.M. A-Z Health Library in Spanish

by Maria Myers, Affinity Web Development Manager Freelancer

Generous grants from the St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation and the Mercy Health Foundation will help Affinity’s health providers better communicate with our Spanish-speaking customers. Affinity Health System now offers our online ADAM A-Z Health Library in Spanish. The St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation grant supports Spanish language QuickSheets for internal provider use. The Mercy Health Foundation grant supports the public Internet version of our ADAM A-Z Health Library.

You may view or use the Spanish version of the A-Z Health Library in several ways.

To view the A-Z Health Library on the web, go to affinityhealth.org click Health Resources, and select the library. Click on any document and in the navigation on the right select “Read Spanish version” link. You may select the same link to change the language back to English.



Also, you may select the A-Z Health Library Spanish from the Health Resources Drop down or on the left navigation in the Health Resources section, as shown below.



To get to QuickSheets use Affinity’s intranet search “QuickSheets”. QuickSheets is a great tool that allows providers to put their name and contract information at the top of their patients’ reference. From QuickSheets start page, you can quickly and easily change articles already in your favorites list to Spanish simply by clicking the Sp icon as shown below:


If you’re selecting a new QuickSheets article you can view it in Spanish by selecting the print in Spanish icon. The article will not print immediately but will appear in Spanish, formatted for printing. You need to click print from the File Menu to make the document print.


Any questions or comments regarding the Spanish Health Library may be directed to Maria Myers at 720-1747 or mmyers@affinityhealth.org

Question : What’s our Username & Password for Ovid?

Answer : None needed. Just click the red “START OVID” button. If you ever see the following screen from Ovid while at an Affinity computer :

If you are using an Affinity computer, ignore the ID and Password boxes.
Simply click on “START OVID.” We are IP-Authenticated with Ovid, so as long as you are using an Affinity computer (or Affinity Remote Access), you won’t need an Ovid ID and password.

New Features for MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus is one of Affinity Library Services’ favorite sources for consumer health and patient education information.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently introduced a number of new features to the MedlinePlus Health Topic pages.

Highlights include:
* Each page now displays a photograph or illustration.
* A brief summary of each disease or condition also displays at
the top of the page. Composed by experienced medical writers and reviewed by NLM staff, the summaries are based largely on NIH and other government information. They are written at an easy-to-read level and include links to related topics. As of March 28th, summaries appear on about half of English pages. All English and Spanish Health Topic pages will include a summary in the near future.
* Synonyms appear right under the health topic name.
* A new category, labeled Start Here, links users to overviews and
important information for first-time visitors.
* A centrally-located Table of Contents divides the MedlinePlus
categories into six boxes to show users everything on the page at a glance.

Take the guided tour at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/faq/healthtopicredesign.html.