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March 7, 2016: Using Data to Improve Clinical Patient Outcomes

Posted by on January 4th, 2016 0 comments

SAVE the DATE! On March 7, 2016 the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental (MCR) and Pacific Northwest Regions (PNR) are sponsoring an event that will provide an overview of current and potential uses of patient data to improve patient safety, quality of care and evidence-based practice.

Posted in: News From NNLM PNR

Dec

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Make 2016 the Year of Emergency and Disaster Preparedness

Posted by on December 30th, 2015 0 comments

When setting your goals for the year ahead, why not include emergency or disaster preparedness? By tackling the preparation activities over several weeks — whether it’s a trip to the grocery or hardware store, making copies of valuable information, or agreeing on a plan with relatives—you can make be more prepared in 2016. The first… Read More »

Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, Public Health

Dec

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Big Data to Knowledge Multi-Council Working Group meeting on January 11

Posted by on December 22nd, 2015 0 comments

The Big Data to Knowledge Multi-Council Working Group will meet on January 11, 2016. A session from 8 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (PST) will be open to the public via teleconference.

Posted in: News from NIH

Dec

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New DOCLINE Password Security Requirements – Coming in January

Posted by on December 21st, 2015 0 comments

This note was recently posted to the DOCLINE-L Email Discussion List. All libraries using DOCLINE should have at least one staff member subscribed to DOCLINE-L. Please find subscription instructions here. Dear DOCLINE Users – Beginning January 7, 2016, DOCLINE account passwords will need to meet new complexity requirements. On January 6, we will email all… Read More »

Posted in: News from NLM, Resource Sharing & Document Delivery

Dec

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New Tutorial! PubMed for Nurses

Posted by on December 21st, 2015 0 comments

A new tutorial is available from NLM: PubMed for Nurses. It covers using PICO, formulating a search, applying filters to narrow search results, using Clinical Queries, and saving search strategies and citations. It’s available from the PubMed homepage under PubMed Tutorials. This tutorial was created specifically to help nurses efficiently find literature using PubMed. Its… Read More »

Posted in: News from NLM, Training & Education

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