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Jan
04
0 comments Tags: DOCLINE, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
Region 7 is taking a look at DOCLINE libraries that provide documents for Rush and Urgent Patient Care requests. We will embark on this project over the next six months. We hear the concerns of hospital librarians about responsiveness during the pandemic. We share the concern that library staff were overwhelmed with additional duties, and… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Dec
28
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NNLM Region 7 is continuously learning and growing and we do this best when members share with us what is going on in their work. This helps us to highlight the amazing work happening in the region and helps us learn about needs and gaps in services. Some common themes we are hearing from libraries… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Dec
20
0 comments Tags: community engagement, Community of Interest, graphic medicine
Back in October, I wrote about past Region 7 Graphic Medicine work, outlined a few ideas of where we might go next and invited partners to give feedback on a five minute R7 Graphic Medicine COI Survey. With the information that’s been shared so far, it’s time to talk about what we’ve learned and… Read More »
Posted in: Graphic Medicine
Dec
10
0 comments Tags: cybersecurity, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
Region 7 recently offered a webinar to prepare medical librarians to initiate plans for responding to ransomware attacks. Steve Long, CEO of Hancock Health in Greenfield, IN, shared his experiences with mobilizing disaster response procedures after a ransomware attack. Hackers used compromised account credentials to target a server located in the hospital’s emergency IT backup… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Dec
07
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December 5th-11th is National Influenza Vaccination Week, hosted by the CDC. National Influenza Vaccination Week is a call to all Americans 6 months and older to get their annual flu vaccine if they have not already. Flu remains a significant public health concern, and this week will serve to remind people that there is still… Read More »
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