eMedicine merges with Medscape

In January 2011, eMedicine’s excellent clinical content was absorbed by Medscape. The familiar reviews and info are still available, however, Medscape now requires users to log in to access the content.


First-time users will be asked to register for FREE access to eMedicine’s Medscape Reference. If you already have a Medscape username and password, that should work. Creating a personal login is useful if you want to take advantage of the CME offered through eMedicine/Medscape.

We are also offering a generic login as follows for casual users :
                Username : affinity1               Password : library

You’ll see this generic login info near the eMedicine link on the Library web pages, so don’t feel like you need to commit it to memory.

The Medscape Reference offers eMedicine’s familiar reference articles combined with Medscape. The site is a fully integrated, clinical resource that provides :

• Medical Reference
• Drug Information
• Expert opinion and news
• Peer-reviewed reference articles
• Quick clinical answers
• Expert video commentary
• CME/CE customized to your learning needs
• Mobile Applications

Questions or Comments? Please contact your Librarians :

Michele Matucheski (MMC) 3-0340
Margo Lambert (STE) 8-2325

ACP Medicine is Back!

From the American College of Physicians, ACP Medicine was developed to help busy physicians keep up with changing guidelines in primary care. 


Current.
Continually updated by a team of the foremost primary care physicians. Over 30% new content annually.

Authoritative.
The only comprehensive internal medicine text sponsored by the American College of Physicians.

Evidence-based.
A leader in the adoption of evidence-based standards.

Peer-reviewed.
Ensuring the highest quality recommendations.

Fast.
Consistent organization, writing style, and search logic lead you to answers quickly, with a wealth of tables and charts for quick reference.

Comprehensive.
The 11 subspecialties of Internal Medicine, plus key topics in Women’s Health, Preventive medicine, Psychiatry and more.

Best New Evidence – Updated daily.
Harvested from more than 120 journals and pre-assessed for scientific merit and rated for relevance to clinical practice.

Formerly known as WebMD and Scientific American Medicine Online.

Find it on the Affinity Library Services Website or through the Electronic Bookshelf.

Feel free to bookmark ACP Medicine for easy access and future reference.
Please note that you need to be using an Affinity computer, or remote access to get into ACP Medicine.  This is a paid subscription.

See our other eBooks in Primary Health Care and Internal Medicine.

Contact your Librarians with questions or comments.
          Michele Matucheski (MMC) 3-0340
          Margo Lambert (STE) 8-2325

Old AudioDigest CDs Free to a Good Home

The MMC and STE Libraries will be giving away 1 year's worth of old AudioDigest CDs. While these programs are too old to apply for CE credits, they still offer a lot of good information for Physicians, PAs, Nurses and other health professionals. Look for them on the book sale tables at each library beginning January 24th.

These CDs will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. They are very popular items and we expect them to go quickly.

Subject areas include:
Urology
Psychiatry
Pediatrics
Otolaryngology
Orthopedics
Ophthalmology
Obstetrics &  Gynecology
Internal Medicine
General Surgery
Gastroenterology
Family Practice
Emergency Medicine
Anesthesiology.

Please note: Not every title is available at both libraries.

Why are we giving them away?

- We have limited shelf space and want to have room for the most recent information
- CE credits are available for only 3 years since the date of publication

Newer editions are available on AudioCD and MP3 files that can be downloaded to your computer or MP3 player. Contact Michele Matucheski (mmatuche@affinityhealth.org) for more details on accessing recent AudioDigest MP3 files.

SEH Library (8-2324)
MMC Library (3-0340)

Clinical Pharmacology / Micromedex

Effective 1/1/11 the official Affinity online drug information reference was changed from Micromedex to Clinical Pharmacology. Similar to Micromedex, Clinical Pharmacology can be used to answer a multitude of medication and patient care related questions, which include:



*   IV drug compatibility
*   Drug interactions
*   Appropriate medication dosing, indication for use, and monitoring
*   Medication adverse events and concerns
*   Drug identification
*   Drug overdose treatment

Access:
This new tool can be accessed by clicking on the Clinical Pharmacology link located under the applications icon on the Affinity Intranet Home page.


Affinity home page--> Applications--> Clinical Pharmacology




In addition, a link can be found under the pharmacy and library department web pages allowing access to this application.

Affinity Home Page > Pharmacy > Clinical Pharmacology
                                  > Library > Clinical Pharmacology

Training/Questions:


If you feel you need additional training, tutorials and live training options are available. 


For more immediate questions please contact the pharmacy department at either MMC (31148) or St.E's (82672) for assistance.




Exceptions to use:


**** Although Clinical Pharmacology contains a database that can be used to provide patient education, we will not be using the information found in Clinical Pharmacology to provide patient education. CareNotes will remain our preferred database for printing information for patient education. ****

Studer Group Books at Affinity Libraries

Want to learn more about Studer Group philosophies and why patient satisfaction works? The following Fire Starter (Studer Group) books are available for checkout at The Affinity Libraries :

• 101 Answers to Questions Leaders Ask by Quint Studer

• The Baptist Health Care Journey to Excellence : Creating a Culture that WOWs! By Al Stubblefield

• Eat That Cookie! Make Workplace Positivity Pay Off … for Individuals, Teams, and Organizations by Liz Jazwiec

*  Engaging Physicians : A Manual to Physician Partnership by Stepehn Beeson

 • Good to Great : Why Some Companies Make the Leap—and Others Don’t by James C. Collins

• Hardwiring Excellence : Purpose, Worthwhile Work Making a Difference by Quint Studer

• Hardwiring Flow : Systems and Processes for Seamless Patient Care by Thom Mayer

• The HCAHPS Handbook : Hardwire Your Hospital for Pay-for-Performance Success by Quint Studer

• I’m Sorry to Hear That … Real Life Responses to Patients’ 101 Most Common Complaints About Health Care by Susan Keane Baker

• Inspired Nurse by Rich Bluni

• Leading Change by John Kotter

• On Becoming Exceptional : SSM Health Care’s Journey to Baldridge and Beyond by Sister Mary Jean Ryan

• Practicing Excellence : A Physician’s Manual to Exceptional Healthcare by Stephen Beeson

• Results that Last : Hardwiring Behaviors that will Take Your Company to the Top by Quint Studer

• Straight A Leadership : Alignment, Action, Accountability by Quint Studer

• What’s Right in Health Care : 365 Stories of Purpose, Worthwhile Work, and Making a Difference by The Studer Group

Contact Affinity Library Services to check out any of the books listed above.
We can send them to you at any Affinity location.

MMC Library
3-0340                     
mmclibrary@affinityhealth.org

STE Library
8-2325
sehlibrary@affinityhealth.org

Access Medicine is Now Available to ALL Affinity Providers and Staff

AccessMedicineTM from McGraw-Hill is an innovative online resource that provides clinicians and health professionals with access to :

• more than 60 medical titles from the best minds in medicine
• updated content
• thousands of images
• interactive self-assessment
• a comprehensive search platform
• and the ability to download content to a mobile device.

Get Started with AccessMedicine!

Quick Guide to Access Medicine (2-page pdf)

Turn to Trusted Medical References
More than 60 leading textbooks, including the most current Harrison’s, Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2011, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, William’s Obstetrics, Hurst’s The Heart and more...with updates!

Watch Multimedia to See Medicine in Action
A collection of videos and animations, including cardiac imaging from Harrison's Online and detailed drug interaction animations from Goodman and Gilman's, provide interactive demonstrations of medical topics.

Consult an Image Library for Visual Diagnosis
A library of more than 30,000 clinical photographs and illustrations available and downloadable for educational use. Don't forget to hone your interpretation skills with Hurst's Imaging Tests.

Search for Drugs and Patient Handouts
Integrated drug database provides critical information, as well as patient handouts.

Test Yourself on Key Concepts and Prepare for the Boards
Q&A in multiple subjects to help you ace the boards and Lange Case Files allow you to apply knowledge to real-life clinical cases.

Utilize Point-of-Care Tools for the Busy Professional
Treatment answers are available for rapid access! Download Diagnosaurus today and find immediate answers anywhere!

Where is it?
Use the links above or go directly to http://www.accessmedicine.com/.
Feel free to bookmark it, or create shortcuts to your desk top.
Use any Affinity computer or your remote access.

You’ll also find links for Access Medicine on The Affinity Library Services Website.
                         > Look under Most Popular Links on the right side.

Additionally, all 68 of the Access Medicine Textbooks are individually linked and listed on our Electronic Bookshelf (which offers a complete listing our 350+ eBooks).

Questions or comments? Contact your Librarians via phone or Outlook :
          Michele Matucheski        3-0340 MMC Library
          Margo Lambert              8-2857 STE Library

Ask a Librarian : Find Full-Text Articles with DOI and the A-Z List

Previously, we showed you how to use the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) in Google to locate the full-text of an article. In come cases, Affinity full-text access to a particular article may reside on the “invisible web” in a subscribed full-text collection like Cinahl-FT or MDConsult, rather than directly at the publisher’s website. Contrary to popular belief, Google tends to miss these deep links. In these cases, we have another tool to help us track down the full-text.


If you know the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for a particular article (example: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00665.x), you can often use the DOI for quick access.

Use the search box on the Affinity A-Z Journals List.

How to get there : Affinity Intranet > Library > A-Z Journals List

Click on the drop-down arrow to change the default from PubMedID to DOI.


Enter the DOI and click Search. Tip : A quick cut and paste may be the easiest option to limit typos.

Magically, the citation will appear without you having entered any of the parts.

In this case, the article is “Harry Potter & the Curse of Headache” in the clinical medical journal Headache.
     Below the citation, you’ll see our Affinity options for full-text.
     Click on one of the Article links to see the full-text.

In this case, we’re taken out to the publisher’s website.

     * You can read the full article on your computer screen as html.
     * Click on the PDF link if you want to print a copy on paper.

If you still can’t get to the full-text, contact your Librarians. We have a few more tools to get you the info and articles you’re looking for. Let us do the searching for you. ;-)

Questions or comments? Contact your Librarians via phone or Outlook :
          Michele Matucheski 3-0340 MMC Library
          Margo Lambert 8-2857 STE Library

Getting to the Full-Text Tutorials [Affinity Access Only]:
          When You Have a Citation – Part 1 ) Using the PubMed Citation Matcher
          When You Have a Citation – Part 2) A-Z List PubMed ID Shortcut
          When You are Searching – Part 3) Google Scholar and Affinity Full-Text
          When You Have a DOI - Part 4) Using Google and DOI
          When You Have a DOI – Part 5) Using the A-Z List and DOI

Ask a Librarian : Find Full-Text Articles with DOI

If you know the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for a particular article (example: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00665.x), you can often use the DOI to quickly access the full-text of an article. You can find DOIs wherever articles are referenced : article citations online and in print, tables-of-contents, emails, twitter posts, etc.
The easiest way is to copy and paste the DOI string into a Google search box :



Because the DOI is unique to a particular digital document, the first item that comes up is usually the one you’re looking for :


Clicking on the link will take you to the publisher’s website where the full-text of this particular article lives.

In this case, the article is “Harry Potter & the Curse of Headache” in the clinical journal Headache. It’s the first item in the search results list. Library Services pays for online access to this journal, so getting to the full-text is easy!

Bonus : If the article you are looking for is one of the 12,000 e-journals for which Affinity Library Services has brokered access, you’ll be able to get the full-text hassle-free--as long as you're using an Affinity computer.

Note : If you did this same search at home, the Publisher would ask you for your credit card number to proceed to the full-text. As long as you’re at an Affinity computer, and it’s a publisher who recognizes us, you’ll be able to get through.

In this case, we’re taken out to the publisher’s website where you can read the full article on your computer screen as html. Or click on the PDF link if you want to print a copy on paper.

Questions or comments? Contact your Librarians via phone or Outlook :
          Michele Matucheski 3-0340 MMC Library
          Margo Lambert 8-2857 STE Library

Getting to the Full-Text Tutorials [Affinity Access Only]:
          When You Have a Citation – Part 1 ) Using the PubMed Citation Matcher
          When You Have a Citation – Part 2) A-Z List PubMed ID Shortcut
          When You are Searching – Part 3) Google Scholar and Affinity Full-Text
          When you have a DOI - Part 4) Using Google and DOI

National Medical Librarians’ Month 2010 Prize Winners

The Affinity Library Services Staff wishes to extend a hearty "Thank You" to all who participated in the National Medical Librarians’ Month contests.

From the Clark Family Library at Mercy Medical Center:

Gretchen Glassen, AMG Clinic Manager at the Heart Lung Center at Mercy Oakwood guessed the correct number of gummy worms and won Dove Chocolates.

Ruth Jahns from the Mercy Wound Clinic won the thumb drive.

From the Health Science and Resource Café Libraries at St. Elizabeth Hospital:

Geralyn Hoffmann (STE EVS) guessed the correct number of Dove Chocolates in the jar in the STE Health Science Library and won the chocolates.

Carolyn Shea (Outpatient Rehab on College Avenue), Resource Café Library user, guessed the correct number of gummy worms and won some Dove Chocolates.

Jeannie Morey (AMG Orthopaedics, Madison Center) won the thumb drive.

Again, thanks to all who participated from your Affinity Library Staff (Michele and Ann at Mercy; Margo and Karen and St. E’s)

Celebrate Respiratory Care Week!

It’s Respiratory Care Week! Taken together, lung diseases (such as asthma, COPD, flu and lung cancer) are the third leading cause of death in the US. But this MedlinePlus page on Lung Diseases has information to help you breathe easier: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungdiseases.html.

Reposted from the National Library of Medicne's FaceBook page. 

3 New Ortho Books

Affinity Library Services is pleased to offer 3 new Ortho books available online through Books at Ovid (Affinity Access only).
These are also now listed in The Electronic Bookshelf, where you'll find a complete listing of our eBook offerings. Subjects : Orthopedics, Surgery

    Surgical Exposures in Orthopaedics : The Anatomic Approach  (Affinity access only)

Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery : Reconstructive Knee Surgery (Affinity access only)

Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery : Knee Arthroplasty (Affinity access only)

Feel free to bookmark these titles, or any other. These links should work as long as you are using an Affinity computer, or using remote access. Please let me know if you have any problems with access.

Other links of interest :

The Electronic Bookshelf - Affinity Library Services

          Ortho eBooks  15 titles including Campbell's and Rockwood

          Surgery eBooks  24 titles in Surgery

We've Got What You Need ...

It's (not exactly) New at Affinity Libraries, but you might not be aware our basic services.

You need – Articles
 You want a copy of an article you saw mentioned in the newspaper (or Medscape, or a professional newsletter, or another journal article).

        Affinity Librarians will – locate and get the article for you as soon as we can.

You need – Research
You want to find out what has been published on a certain topic (related to patient care or any other work-related tasks).

        Affinity Librarians will – search our available resources to find articles or other information from sources you can trust in order to support your work.

You need – Current Health Information that you can trust for a patient, friend, family member, or for yourself.

        Affinity Librarians will – search our quality print and online resources for materials a layperson can use and understand.

You need -- Training

You are curious about the variety of electronic databases and other resources we offer and would like to learn how to use them.

        Affinity Librarians will – teach you how to use our resources so that, if you wish to search on your own, you’ll be able to build the skills to do so. (However, please remember that your librarians are always happy to do these searches for you.)

October is National Medical Librarians Month. To find out how we can help you, please contact the libraries at Mercy Medical Center (mmclibrary@affinityhealth.org ; 920-223-0342) or St. Elizabeth Hospital (sehlibrary@affinityhealth.org ; 920-738-2324). We look forward to working with you.

Drawings for Dove Chocolates and 4GB Thumb Drive

Enter our free drawings

Help!  Gummy Worms have invaded the MMC Library computer lab.  This is what we've caught so far ...

How many gummy worms in the jar?

Enter your guess online by visiting the library website, or use this web form. 

Or stop by the Libraries at :

*  Mercy Medical Center Library

*  St. Elizabeth Hospital Professional Library

*  St. Elizabeth Hospital Resource Cafe

*  Affinity Health & Wellness Center at the 20th Ave. Oshkosh YMCA

Contest ends October 31.

One entry per person per site.

The closest guess wins an assortment of Dove Chocolates (unless you want the worms instead)!

Door Prize

You could also win a 4GB Data Traveler Thumb Drive!

Good luck!

Librarians Save Time and Money : Celebrate National Medical Librarians Month

As members of the healthcare team, Health Science Librarians:

*   Improve patient care outcomes

*   Enhance staff effectiveness and satisfaction

*   Provide resources for teaching and learning

*   Increase patient and family satisfaction

*   Support innovation, research, and quality improvement. 

October is (once again) National Medical Librarians Month.
Celebrate with Affinity Library Services.
We'll be having special features all month.  Stay tuned!

Emailed Table-of-Contents (eTOCs) for Health Care Business and Finance Journals

The following is a subset of professional journals focusing on The Business of Health Care.

You can receive emailed updates for each new issue, with links to the full-text articles.
eTOCs are a great way to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in this ever-evolving specialty.

Contact Affinity Library Services to register for email alerts for these journals.

* Sneak a peak at what you’ll get for the titles below.
* Click article titles to access full-text.
* Sign-up for email / RSS notices if you like what you see.
* Or just tell us what you want, and we’ll do the rest!

The Accounting Review (EbscoHost – Business Source Premier)

Harvard Business Review (EbscoHost – BSP)   
                    Sample EbscoAlert eTOC

Hastings Center Report (EbscoHost – Academic Search Premier)

HealthLeaders (Published free on Internet)

Health Care Collector (EbscoHost – BSP)

HFM : Healthcare Financial Management (EbscoHost – BSP)

Health Care Financing Review (EbscoHost - BSP)

Health Care Registration  (EbscoHost - BSP) 

Health Facilities Management (Ebsco – BSP)

Hospital Accounts Receivable Analysis (EbscoHost – BSP)

Hospitals & Health Networks (EbscoHost - BSP)

Managed Healthcare Executive (EbscoHost - BSP)

Medical Economics (EbscoHost – BSP)

Modern Healthcare (EbscoHost - BSP)

Patient Access Resource Center  (Free Blog from HCPro)

Patient Access Weekly Advisor  (Free newsletter from HCPro) 
                           More Free eNewsletters from HCPro

Receivables Report (EbscoHost - BSP)

Reimbursement Advisor (Dennis Barry’s Reimbursement Advisor) (EbscoHost - BSP)


See the complete set of over 130 eligible eTOC journals here.

To sign up for any or all of the above, contact your Librarians :

Michele Matucheski (MMC) at 3-0340
or      Margo Lambert (STE) at 8-2325

Many of these titles come from Business Source Premier (via Badgerlink), offering full-text access to thousands of business journals, including 300 titles on Accounting! Badgerlink is a collection of full-text databases available to citizens of Wisconsin.

Getting to the Full-Text When You Have a Citation : A Step-by-Step Tutorial with Screenshots

Part 2 : Using the A-Z List PubMed ID Shortcut

There are several ways to get to the full-text when you have a citation in hand, as from a reference list. This method uses the PubMed ID Number and taps into our Affinity full-text.

Affinity Library Services has access to nearly 12,000 full-text journals that are not otherwise available for free on the internet. We subscribe to some of these, and take advantage of other full-text options available to us, like Badgerlink.
These are the secrets only your Librarians will tell you!

Go to the Tutorial [Affinity access only].

Getting to the Full-text Tutorials [Affinity access only] :
When You Have a Citation – Part 1) Using the PubMed Citation Matcher

When You Have a Citation – Part 2) A-Z List PubMed ID Shortcut

When You are Searching - Part 3 ) Google Scholar and Affinity Full-Text

Structured Abstracts : A New Look for the PubMed Abstract Display

From the NLM Technical Bulletin (August 2010)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja10/ja10_structured_abstracts.html

Getting to the Full-Text Article when You Have a Citation : A Step-by-Step Tutorial with Screenshots

Part 1 - Using PubMed Citation Matcher

There are several ways to get to the full-text when you have a citation in hand, as from a reference list. This method uses the PubMed Citation Matcher and taps into our Affinity full-text.

Affinity Library Services has access to nearly 12,000 full-text journals that are not otherwise available for free on the internet. We subscribe to some of these, and take advantage of other full-text options available to us, like Badgerlink.

These are the secrets only your Librarians will tell you!

Go to the Tutorial [Affinity access only].

Getting to the Full-text Tutorials :
When You Have a Citation – Part 1) Using the PubMed Citation Matcher (This one)

When You Have a Citation – Part 2) A-Z List PubMed ID Shortcut

When You are Searching - Part 3 ) Google Scholar and Affinity Full-Text

Emailed Tables-of-Contents (eTOCs) for Heart & Cardiology Journals

The following is a subset of professional and clinical journals focusing on cardiology. You can receive emailed updates for each new issue, with links to the full-text articles (as long as you’re using an Affinity computer or remote access). eTOCs are a great way to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in this ever-evolving specialty.

* Sneak a peak at what you’ll get for the titles below.
* Click article titles to access full-text.
* Sign-up for email notices if you like what you see.
* Or just tell us what you want, and we’ll do the rest!

American Heart Journal (SD) Table of Contents

American Journal of Cardiology (SD) Table of Contents
American Journal of Medicine (SD) Table of Contents
Annals of Internal Medicine (EbscoHost) Contact Affinity Library Services to register for email alerts for this journal.
Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions (Wiley) Table of Contents
Chest (Publisher) Table of Contents Contact Affinity Library Services to register for email alerts for this journal.
Circulation (Ovid & HW) Table of Contents
Harvard Heart Letter (EbscoHost) Contact Affinity Library Services to register for email alerts for this journal.
Heart & Lung (SD) Table of Contents
JAMA (OVID) Table of Contents
Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention (Ovid) Table of Contents
Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (Ovid) Table of Contents
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (SD) Table of Contents
Journal of Vascular Nursing (SD) Table of Contents
Mayo Clinic Proceedings (EbscoHost) Contact Affinity Library Services to register for email alerts for this journal.
NEJM : New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Table of Contents

See the complete set of over 130 eligible eTOC journals here.

To sign up for any or all of the above, contact your Librarians :
Michele Matucheski (MMC) at 3-0340 or Margo Lambert (STE) at 8-2325.

PubMed Clinical Queries : EBM Tool

What is it ? PubMed Clinical Queries is a powerful search tool to extract relevant clinical research studies and systematic reviews from PubMed.

* Identify the best clinical research, while weeding out the rest.

* Easily search for evidence-based practice systematic reviews, including Cochrane Reviews.
(Really--you'll be amazed at how easy it is to pull up EBM Results!)

Where is it? On the PubMed home page. Bonus : Use the PubMed link on the Affinity Library Services Intranet Page to tap into our full-text offerings.

Navigation : Affinity Intranet > Library > PubMed Medline > Clinical Queries






How to use Clinical Queries?
PubMed Tutorial Slides about Clinical Queries.
These slides are part of a longer PubMed Tutorial. Watch as much or as little as you like. Slides 8-11 give a good overview of how and when to use PubMed’s Clinical Queries Tool, complete with animated demonstrations.

What changed? The new layout :





The Clinical Queries page has been reconfigured with columns to preview the first five citations of the results for the three research areas. The radio buttons for Clinical Study Categories and the checkboxes for Medical Genetics have been replaced with pull-down menus. While previewing results, you may make alternate menu selections for the Clinical Study Categories and Medical Genetics to modify those results of your search. Citations display in "Recently Added" order and link to the Abstract format in PubMed. "See all" links to the complete results.
Descriptions of the research areas appear under each column. (NLM Technical Bulletin)