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- Subject: MEDLIB-L selection March 25-30, 2001
- From: spatrick@wahoo.sjsu.edu (Silvia Patrick)
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 17:41:24 -0800 (PST)
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MEDLIB-L selection March 25-30, 2001
Contents:
1. FW: How to choose a search engine
2. CHAT: Wired article re book retrieval
3. Good reading [on physician use of the Internet with follow-up on
sources]
4. Re: Vancouver newspaper the Globe & Mail from March 18 '01 [with notes
on provenance and on searching for news articles]
5. Plants/drugs from the rain forest [Q with replies]
6. "quality" journals - selected list [= US journals that deal with
quality in healthcare issues]
7. OVID Medline a SUBSET? [orwhat is in PubMed that is not in MEDLINE]
8. Re: Summary of after hours access.
9. To keep or not to keep CIM - Summary of responses
10. Summary of responses re performance indicators [by mistake was
intended for CANMEDLIB]
11. Transcultural / Multicultural Health [MLA bibliography available on
WEB and CAPHIS session at MLA meeting]
12. Journals not yet available [how to find prepub citations]
13. Summary: Bar code readers---Long
14. Summary: Consumer health disclaimers
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:47:47 -0600
From: "Kleinmuntz, Dalia" <DKleinmuntz@ENH.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: FW: How to choose a search engine
Medicine on the Net publication, January 2001(b.7#1)
(http://www.corhealth.com/reprint.asp. ) has an article on p. 1-5 titled:
"Problem with search engines". P. 5 carries a "Search engine decision
tree" flowchart (designed by Patricia Anderson, Galter Health Science
Library, Northwestern university, Chicago).
Dalia Kleinmuntz, AHIP Dkleinmuntz@enh.org
Director, Webster Library, Evanston Hospital
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
847-570-2664 847-570-2926 FAX
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:10:55 -0500
From: Patty Kahn <pkahn@NEHEALTH.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: CHAT: Wired article
Go to http://www.wired.com/news/culture/ and click on "Library Card
Catalog, R.I.P." for a new slant on random access. Gives me hives just
thinking about it. :-)
Patricia Kahn, MLS, AHIP
Niles Perkins Health Science Library
Penobscot Bay Medical Center
Six Glen Cove Drive
Rockport ME 04856
* BHSL * FreeShare * LIBID MEUPBM * EFTS *
(207) 596-8456 phone
(207) 596-5281 fax
pkahn@nehealth.org
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:58:48 -0600
From: "Kennedy, Joy" <J1Kennedy@NCH.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: CHAT: Wired article re book retrieval
Wow! You're right. I'm torn between absolute horror at the thought of a
random system with no shelf browsing and admiration at the creative
solution to library storage problems. Modern computer systems with
keyword searching and the ability to browse by call number (Innovative
Interface's system comes to mind as a particularly good one for this) can
make it easy to retrieve all kinds of things. One day we'll even key in
the color of book and scan a copy of the cover art and flyleaf material.
We'll be able to locate that "red book that mentions the author had
visited Thailand on the back cover"--the kind of thing people might search
for in the stacks. Things might change but folks will either develop other
methods of remembering and finding material in libraries or our systems
will get good enough for us to provide the same kinds of information that
our users get now by browsing. Joy
Joy Kennedy, MLS
Health Resource Library
Northwest Community Healthcare
800 W. Central Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-2392
Phone: 847/618-5180; FAX: 847/618-5189
email: j1kennedy@nch.org
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:17:27 MST
From: Karen Nelson <karen.e.nelson@USA.NET>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: [CHAT: Wired article]
In a hospital library, not many books circulated. In college and public
libraries, we often have to send patrons to browse the shelves. The main
reasons are that the book they picked was checked out but similar books
would have a similar call number, and to find illustrations of a certain
building or costume, you must look at a book, or many books. I hope many
libraries retain open stacks. Karen Nelson, Mary Washington College
karen.e.nelson@usa.net
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:58:00 -0600
From: Shannon Clever <Shannon.Clever@PARKVIEW.COM>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Good reading
I don't remember seeing this quoted before. Forgive me, if it is a
duplicate, but have any of you read "What to expect from a physician
website service" in Health Management Technology 21(11):24 by Nancy
Dickey. I love the quotes, expecially the 1999 AMA survey that indicated
63% of physicians say they have never used the internet.Even if everything
were free (ha ha ha), there is the old metafore - You can lead a horse to
water, but you can't make him drink.
Shannon Clever
Parkview Hospital
Ft Wayne, IN 46805
sjc@parkview.com
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:33:00 -0600
From: Shannon Clever <Shannon.Clever@PARKVIEW.COM>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: Good Read
Laure Perrier had a good point when looking at the text of the article I
mentioned. There are no references cited. I did go to MEDLINE & the AMA
webpage to see if I could track down the report that quoted the 63% of
physician's who did not use the internet. Though I found some interesting
things, none of them had this particular quote. However, when I went to
google I did find several reports that talk about this AMA report. I
suspect that it was available once at
http://www.ama-assn.org/public/pai/pai.htm which is no longer accessible.
This concerns AMA's Physicians Accessing the Internet (PAI) Project. The
reason I think it must be this is that several of the websites I found via
google quoted a baseline figure of 20% usage which jumped to 37% usage.
The 20% baseline quote comes from A Benchmark Study on Physicians' Use of
the World Wide Web, AMA, 1998 and was used for the PAI study which is
described in JAMA 282(7):633-634.
For those looking for the original study, I hope this helps.
Another study I found that quoted information for 11 countries was at
htt://hi-europe.co.uk.
Shannon Clever
Parkview Hospital
Ft Wayne, IN 46805
sjc@parkview.com
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:14:04 -0600
From: Martha Verchot <MVERCHOT@LISTER2.LHL.UAB.EDU>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: Good Read
The link below is an American Medical News article which discusses several
recent surveys on physician use of the Internet and the varying numbers
that those surveys report. (The number 63% NOT using the Internet comes
from the 2nd annual AMA study; however, it generally seems to be reported
as 37% DO use.) Interesting differences between surveys.
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_00/tesa1113.htm
I spoke to the author at the AMA a couple of weeks ago about the 3rd
Annual AMA survey also mentioned in the article (the article is dated Nov.
2000 and says that the new AMA survey will be out "next month"). Well,
the AMA rep said the study should to be released in "March 2001" but
apparently it is NOT available yet. When available though, it will not be
cheap:
AMA's 3rd annual study of "Physicians' Use of the World Wide Web".
It will be $2,500.00 nonreturnable (that is not a typo).
Order number = OP207501
Call 1-800-621-8335 to order
Other survey reports from websites from 2000-present that seem to present
some statistical information on physician use of the Internet include:
http://www.psych.org/pnews/00-01-21/web.html
http://webmd-practice.medcast.com/Z/Channels/3118/article1212
http://www.internetnewsbureau.com/archives/2000/july00/websurveymd.htm
http://www.innervation.com/survey.htm
Martha Verchot
Education Coordinator, Assoc. Professor
UAB/Lister Hill Library
(205) 934-2231
mailto:mverchot@uab.edu
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:56:34 -0600
From: "Pope, Barbara" <bpope@MAIL.STLCOP.EDU>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: Vancouver newspaper the Globe & Mail from March 18 '01
Also try http://www.findarticles.com.
Barbara M. Pope, M.L.S.
O.J. Cloughly Alumni Library
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
4588 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Voice: +1 314-367-8700, ext. 1001
Fax: +1 314-367-2784
Email: bpope@mail.stlcop.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Theresa S Arndt [mailto:tarndt@UMICH.EDU]
Sent: 26 March, 2001 11:24 AM
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: Vancouver newspaper the Globe & Mail from March 18 '01
Lots of newspapers have websites with at least some full-text (especially
for recent news, though archives are often for subscribers or a fee).
This article is online at the Globe and Mail has a website at:
http://www.globeandmail.com/
Search by keyword "x-ray"
Doctors are told to warn patients of faulty tests
Aging equipment is so unreliable that
lawyers want risks spelled out
LISA PRIEST
Saturday, March 17, 2001
Hope this helps!
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Theresa Arndt, MLS
Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan
1135 East Catherine St 0726, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2038
voice: 734-936-1397 fax: 734-763-1473
email: tarndt@umich.edu
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Marilyn Teolis wrote:
> One of my physicians who is a radiation oncologist said he was in
> Vancouver and saw an article about how the radiation equipment in Canada
> was aging. Doctors were saying that patients were at risk when getting
> x-rays. Some were even telling patients to come to the U.S. My patron
> thought he had brought a copy home with him, but he can't find it. Does
> anyone know where I can get a copy of this? TIA.
>
> Marilyn Teolis
> Email:marilynt@baptist-hosp.org
> Baptist Hospital Phone (615)284-5373
> 2000 Church St. (800)826-9998 x 5373
> (Outside TN)
> Nashville TN 37236 Fax:(615)284-586
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:13:23 -0800
From: Jama Chorush <chorushj@OHSU.EDU>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: Vancouver newspaper the Globe & Mail from March 18 '01
Just to set the record straight, , the Globe and Mail is published in
Toronto, Ontario, not Vancouver. It is considered a national newspaper,
and is available at newstands throughout Canada.
Jama Chorush
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:16:56 -0500
From: Jane Borland <jborland@MEDICORPIHN.COM>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Plants/drugs from the rain forest
A physician has just asked me to find the names of 5 drugs which are made
from plants found in the rain forest--and what the resulting drugs are
used for. I don't have a clue where to start--so I would appreciate any
help you could give me.
Thanks. Jane Borland
Jane E. Borland
Medical Library
Mary Washington Hospital
1001 Sam Perry Blvd.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
jborland@medicorpihn.com
540-899-1598
540-899-1598
540-899-1514 (fax)
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:22:43 -0500
From: Doris Wisher <Doris.Wisher@BETHESDAHEALTHCARE.COM>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: Plants/drugs from the rain forest
Hello Jane,
If you key in Rain forest drugs at google.com, you find useful info.
including websites.
Hope this helps. Fascinating question.
Doris Wisher
Medical Librarian
Raborn Medical Library
Bethesda Memorial Hosp
Boynton Beach, FL 33435
Doris.Wisher@bethesdahealthcare.com
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:27:09 -0500
From: Jane Borland <jborland@MEDICORPIHN.COM>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Ignore my previous message
Please ignore my previous call for help in finding the names of drugs from
plants found in the rain forest. A simple Google search led me to a
number
of sites which should give the physician the information he needs. Thanks
anyway. Jane Borland
Jane E. Borland
Medical Library
Mary Washington Hospital
1001 Sam Perry Blvd.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
jborland@medicorpihn.com
540-899-1598
540-899-1514 (fax)
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:33:34 -0600
From: MICHELYNN <MMCKNIGHT@AARDVARK.UCS.OU.EDU>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: Plants/drugs from the rain forest
There are a number of useful MeSH headings:
Drug Industry
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecosystem
Plants, medicinal
and don't forget that there are appropriate geographical
headings, e.g. Brazil
any or all of which can be combined with the appropriate Boolean
operators to retrieve precise sets of citations to authoritative
literature ...
Michelynn McKnight
Norman Regional Hospital Health Sciences Library
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:34:03 -0500
From: Michelle Volesko <MVOLESKO@NJHA.COM>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: "quality" journals - selected list
For quality, we have subscribed to several journals and newsletters over
the years at the Library at the New Jersey Hospital Association and have
whittled it down to these core titles that continue to be useful to my
clientele for current awareness and research:
1. American Journal of Medical Quality (Official Journal of the American
College of Medical Quality). [journal]. ISSN 1062-8606. Bi-monthly.
Bethesda, MD: American College of Medical Quality) $163. 1-800-627-0629.
(Scope: Quality assurance, utilization review, cost containment. Forum for
ideas strategies and methods to facilitate hospital operations. Included
original papers, letters, case studies, literature reviews. Editorial
Board.)
2. Healthcare Benchmarks (The Newsletter of Best Practices). [newsletter].
800-688-2421. (usually 14 pages each issue) (Practical, usually case
studies. Includes its own annual index, case studies, current practices
with contact names or web links. Scope: "Each issue provides stories about
critical processes in your hospital, outpatient center, physician practice
or subacute facility.") www.ahcpub.com/online.html
3. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. [journal]. ISSN
1070-3241. Monthly. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission Resources,
(JCR) not-for-profit subsidiary of the Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations. $175 domestic. 1-800-346-0085 x558.
(Indexed in HealthSTAR. Scope: "Original articles on innovative thinking,
strategies and practices in improving health care quality and included
measurement, assessment and/or improvement of performance. Particular
interest is process of change in a system, process or function and
linkages between the change and health outcomes or other performance
measures. Secondary: case studies, program or project reports, reports of
new methodologies or new applications of methodologies, research studies
and commentaries on issues and policies) http://www.jcaho.org/
4. Joint Commission Benchmark. [newsletter]. Monthly. Oakbrook Terrace,
IL: The Joint Commission Resources, (JCR) not-for-profit subsidiary of the
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. $225
domestic. 1-800-346-0085 x558. (Scope: Clinical performance improvement,
outcomes measurement, accreditation issues.) http://www.jcaho.org/
5. Joint Commission Perspectives. (Official newsletter of JCAHO)
[newsletter]. ISSN Monthly. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission
Resources, (JCR) not-for-profit subsidiary of the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. $250 domestic. 1-800-346-0085
x558. (Approximately 12 pages per issue. Scope: Articles about standards,
survey revisions, the accreditation process improvement initiative,
practical applications of QI and performance measurement and expert advice
from surveyors for compliance.) http://www.jcaho.org/
6. Journal for Healthcare Quality (Official publication of the National
Association for Healthcare Quality NAHQ). [journal]. ISSN 1062-2551.
Bi-monthly. $150 domestic. Glenview, IL: National Association for
Healthcare Quality. 800-966-9392. (Indexed in HealthSTAR. Scope:
"Professional forum that advances quality in a diverse and changing
healthcare environment." Published articles for all healthcare settings
from primary care setting, assisted-living industry to ER department.
Columns for web sites, media reviews.) http://nahq.org
7. The Quality Letter for Healthcare Leaders. [newsletter].
ISSN 1047-5311. Monthly. $325 domestic and Canadian. Alexandria, VA:
Capital
Publications (a division of Aspen Publishers Inc.). 800-234-1660.
(Approximately 16 pages per issue)
(Includes usually 2-3 articles per issue, with side bars with contact
names,
web links. Scope: Covers current issues and practices for quality care,
quality service, credentialing and organizational strategies.)
8. Quality Management in Health Care. [journal].
ISSN 1063-8628. Quarterly. $151. Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc.
800-234-1660
(Indexed in HealthSTAR. Approximately 60+ pages per issue, about 6-7
articles, 1-2 interviews, book reviews. Scope: "Peer reviewed, primary
objective of providing a forum to explore the theoretical, technical and
strategic elements of quality management and to assist those who wish to
implement this discipline in health care.") http://www.aspenpub.com
9. Report on Medical Guidelines and Outcomes Research. [newsletter].
ISSN 1050-5636. Biweekly. $504. Alexandria, VA: Capital Publishing Group,
division of Aspen Publishers, Inc.
(Approximately 12 pages per issue. Includes a literature scan. A useful
feature for each "news" article is a contact name/number for more
information. Indexed in CINAHL. Scope: Focuses on guidelines and research
for quality, technology, cost-effectiveness and best practices.)
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
Michelle M. Volesko, Director, Library & Corp. Info. Svcs.
New Jersey Hospital Association
Library & Training Depts.
760 Alexander Road, P.O. Box 1
Princeton, N.J. 08543-0001
Voice: 609-275-4230; Fax: 609-275-4107
Email: Work mvolesko@njha.com;
NJHA Web: http://www.njha.com
NJHA Library Web Page:
http://www.njha.com/librarysection/new.library.html
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:18:03 -0800
From: Jbruman MedLibrarian <natividadlibrary@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: "quality" journals
I am looking to add 2 or 3 journal subscriptions in the area of Quality
Managment to my small OPL (currently we get none). My need for these
titles usually stems from an Administrator or Dept. Manager wanting to
start a Performance Improvement project, without re-inventing the wheel on
what data to collect, etc. etc.
Can anyone comment on journal titles that might be particularly useful in
this area? I see only a couple in the Brandon Hill Nursing list -- what
gets used in your libraries?
TIA,
J. Bruman, Library Manager
Natividad Medical Center
P.O. Box 81611, Salinas CA 93912-1611
831-755-4316
831-758-3082 fax
natividadlibrary@hotmail.com
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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:36:10 -0500
From: "Ziegler, Judy" <Judy.Ziegler@CROZER.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: OVID Medline a SUBSET?
I was under the impression that the Ovid Medline included the full
Medline. When doing a verification for Contemporary Pediatrics I
discovered it was not indexed in Ovid, but was in PubMed-- I did a quick
look comparing the various contemporary....... journals and it appears
that a good many are not in Ovid that are in PubMed. I am wondering if
others have found missing journals and to what extent. Maybe this is a
temporary clich-- I have not been able to get an answer from Ovid.
Judith E. Ziegler
Medical Library
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
One Medical Center Blvd.
Upland, PA 19013
610 447-2601
judy.ziegler@crozer.org
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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:40:43 -0600
From: "Abbott, Bruce" <babbot@LSUHSC.EDU>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: OVID Medline a SUBSET?
MEDLINE and PubMed are not the same thing. What is happening is that
MEDLINE is a subset of PubMed. In NLM's efforts to get PubMed Central
going
it has added many more titles to PubMed. Personally, I find it troubling
that the integrity of MEDLINE is being diluted.
Bruce Abbott
LSU HSC Library
433 Bolivar St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-568-6103 (voice)
504-568-7718 (fax)
babbot@lsuhsc.edu <mailto:babbot@lsuhsc.edu>
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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:43:22 -0500
From: Brad Long <bradley.long@MAIL.TJU.EDU>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: OVID Medline a SUBSET?
Judy,
The problem seems to be with NLM folding HealthStar into PubMed.
Contemporary Pediatrics is not index in Medline, but is indexed in
HealthStar. Therefore, you are getting this journal to come up in PubMed,
but OVID has not updated their Medline files as of yet for 2001. Thus,
this is how you are getting these citations in PubMed but not OVID.
Bradley A. Long, MSLS
Senior Information Services Librarian
Scott Memorial Library
Thomas Jefferson University
1020 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-503-7676
bradley.long@mail.tju.edu
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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:29:35 -0600
From: "Abbott, Bruce" <babbot@LSUHSC.EDU>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: OVID Medline a SUBSET?
One of the issues that makes this very confusing is that NLM makes a
distinction between MEDLINE and Index Medicus. See the fact sheet:
Journal
Selection for Index Medicus Medline:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/jsel.html
In addition NLM issued this statement in NLM Technical Bulletin. 1999
November-December; 311
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd99/nd99_scope.html
Scope Expands for PubMed=AE and MEDLINE=AE In June 1997, PubMed was
introduced as the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) new bibliographic
Web-based search system. PubMed includes MEDLINE and publisher-supplied
journal article citations, and provides access to PubRef (a service
designed to expand the bibliographic linking feature of PubMed to a
broader set of non-life sciences scientific journals and full-text of
articles at publishers' Web sites). In the Spring of 2000, yet another
service, called PubMed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/), will
be accessible using PubMed. PubMed Central will serve as a repository for
life sciences full-text journal articles. References to PubMed Central's
full-text journal articles will appear in PubMed and the full-text link
from there will go to the PubMed Central server, which is also an
electronic archive.
Bruce Abbott
LSU HSC Library
433 Bolivar St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-568-6103 (voice)
504-568-7718 (fax)
babbot@lsuhsc.edu <mailto:babbot@lsuhsc.edu>
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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:40:37 -0500
From: "Ziegler, Judy" <Judy.Ziegler@CROZER.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: OVID Medline a SUBSET?
Thanks to all-- Its seemed to me that contemporary peds was an oldie
moldie-- It was listed in National Library of Medicine List of serials
indexed for online Users-1999-- It also listed all of the Contemporaries
that I have come to know and love so well! I guess I am behind the curve,
I
can see adding additional titles but what about the oldies?
Judith E. Ziegler
Medical Library
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
One Medical Center Blvd.
Upland, PA 19013
610 447-2601
judy.ziegler@crozer.org
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:34:45 -0500
From: Sharon Hrabina <SHrabina@PMCHEALTHSYSTEM.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: Summary of after hours access.
Hi Everybody,
Sorry it took me so long, but I received so many responses. I want to
thank everybody who responded and to just say that you have all been most
helpful.
At this time there is after hours access to my library through security.
Doctors have keys. But, the head of our security department is not
comfortable with that and apparently neither are his night guards.
Many of you have a sign in sheet either with security or at the operators
station. Either security is called to unlock the door or the patrons take
the key and let themselves in and return the key. Some of you have said
this is ok because you know from the sheet who was in the library but some
of them forget to lock the door or return the key.
A few of you responded that if someone other than an emergency needs to
use the library, that they are to make an appointment with the librarian.
Either the librarian changes their hours for that day or a pass is issued
for that patron to be let in the library by security.
Some of you have changed the library hours to accommadate all three
shifts. Either the hours are 7:00 - 3:30 or 7:30 - 4:00.
Some answered that they have a digital lock system and that doctors and
certain staff are given codes to use.
And then of course there are those of you who have the full security
system with badge swipes and cameras.
One librarian has said that it is a rule that missing or stolen books will
not be replaced and that has cut down on missing materials. Another
librarian has expanded the electronic collections on the network so that
visits to the library are rarely necessary. And another has restricted
access to clinical emergencies only.
At this time my hospital is under a budget crunch so I don't see us
purchasing a full security system. But, I will give a good deal of
thought to some of the other suggestions.
I hope this summary helped others who are also trying to figure out how to
solve this problem.
Sharon Hrabina
Pocono Medical Center
East Stroudsburg, PA
shrabina@pmchealthsystem.org
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:34:04 -0500
From: Nancy Gilly <ngilly@WWBH.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: To keep or not to keep CIM - Summary of responses
A few people said they would be interested to see the results so here they
are.
So far I've received 23 responses to my query. Not one person has
suggested that keeping CIM or IM was necessary, except of course for
pre-MedLine years. We aren't primarily a research facility, and anyway, I
only have CIM from 1995 on, so it will be leaving my shelves very soon.
The general response was that in the first year or so after they went
away, one or two people may have asked after them, if that many.
Usually, no one really noticed.
CINAHL isn't quite such a cut and dried response, usually because the
online database isn't free. It was suggested also that if one has a lot
of students coming in who may not have a lot of computer experience, they
may find it easier at first. We don't have a lot of students here, but
CINAHL doesn't take up anywhere the space that CIM does, so while I won't
renew it, I may not dispose of it quite as quickly.
Thank you all for helping me with this.
Nancy E. M. Gilly, M.L.S.
Medical Librarian
W.W.Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT
ngilly@wwbh.org
860-823-6327
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:44:19 -0500
From: "You, Kathy" <YouK@SAH.ON.CA>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Summary of responses re performance indicators
Hello, everyone!
In total I have received 7 messages:
-Carolyn Lupton from Sudbury Regional Hospital was the only one with
actual
examples of the stats she is collecting, which she posted to the list.
-Three others were interested in the replies I would receive.
-One librarian wanted Carolyn's reply because she deleted her message by
mistake.
-One suggested a good resources to check and that is: Benchmarking Tool
Kit/
CHLA, 1998.
-And a message from one of the CHLA Representaives to CCHSA regarding
their
activities on this issue of developing performance indicators and we will
hear from them soon, I hope.
In the mean time I do have a copy of the Benchmarking Tool Kit which I am
re-reading and also checking the MLA's Benchmarking Project on the MLA
website because I have to come up with some meaningful indicators!
Thanks everyone who replied and have a great day!
Kathy
................................................
Kathy You, MLS
Librarian
Health Sciences Library
Sault Area Hospitals
969 Queen Street East
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 2C4
CANADA
T: 705/759-3434, ext.4368
F: 705/759-3847
email: youk@sah.on.ca
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:06:20 -0500
From: Susan Murray <smurray@TPL.TORONTO.ON.CA>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Transcultural / Multicultural Health
Dear Colleagues:
*** Please excuse cross posting of this message to the CAPHIS listserv.***
The March MLA News features a bibliography on Cultural Competency in
Health Care.
The bibliography is also available on the MLA Web site at:
http://mlanet.org/publications/mlanews/2001/marnews01.html#3
For those with an interest in this topic, please note that the CAPHIS
session "Cross Cultural Encounters of the Third Kind"
will be held at MLA 2001 in Orlando on Sunday, May 27th from 4-5:30 p.m..
Cross Cultural Encounters of the Third Kind
This program will discuss culturally competent health care: the
issues surrounding the provision of health services
and information to consumers from a variety of cultural and
linguistic backgrounds. It will explore how the
collaboration of health sciences librarians with practitioners can
assist in meeting this challenge. Contributed
papers will focus on how librarians can develop effective reference
skills to provide health information to this
diverse audience, such as sensitivity to the information-seeking
behavior of various cultural groups, awareness of
the hurdles they face in navigating a North American health care
system, and being responsive to the need for
health information in a variety of languages
Moderator: Jane Fisher, New York Public Library, Office of Programs
Invited Paper
Culturally Competent Health Care: Implications Of Diversity For
Health Sciences Librarians
Robert C. Like, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor and Director, Center for Healthy Families and
Cultural Diversity, Department of Family
Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick,
New Jersey.
Contributed Papers
Hispanic Health Informatics: Cross-Cultural Encounters of an Outreach
Kind
Authors: G. J. Perry, M. Young, M. Riordan, H. Fisher
Institutions: Arizona Health Sciences Library, Tucson, AZ; National
Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Designing a Curriculum on Internet Health Resources for Deaf High
School Students
Authors: A. L. Gregg, B. Epstein, C. Wessel, J. Wozar, L. Burik
Institutions: Health Sciences Library System, University of
Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, PA; Western Pennsylvania School
for the Deaf, Pittsburgh, PA
For further details of this and other CAPHIS MLA 2001 programs, please go
to the CAPHIS Web site:
http://caphis.njc.org/mla2001.html
Susan Murray, AHIP
Consumer Health Information Service
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4W 2G8
Tel. 416-393-7168
Fax 416-393-7181
smurray@tpl.toronto.on.ca
http://www.toronto.on.ca/TRL/centred/chis/index.html
From: Leann Isaac [mailto:jhslibrarian@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 8:44 AM
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: journals not yet available
Hi all,
Hoping someone can answer this for me. I have a physician who gets pre-pub
alerts for journals (i.e. Contents Direct), faxes the TOCs to me and
requests certain articles. However, these alerts are so far in advance
that no one seems to have the journals in their possession yet. (An
example of this is the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.) There
are links on the TOCs but we (the library) do not subscribe to these. This
is only one physician who does this and I can not justify subscribing for
that.
Anyway, I usually check NLM to see if they have received their issues yet.
(The 3 she wants now are not expected until June or July.) Then I will
sometimes call around to some of the libraries who report having the title
to see if they've got it in yet. They usually haven't.
My question: If Locator Plus shows that NLM hasn't received the issue yet,
is it safe to assume that nobody has?
I'm currently looking for:
Gynecologic Oncology: 80(3)
Annals of Thoracic Surgery: 71(4)
Journal of the National Cancer Institute: 93(6)
Any help would be appreciated.
Leann Isaac
Jameson Health System
New Castle PA
jhslibrarian@hotmail.com
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:44:32 -0500
From: "Gandhi, Rekha" <Rekha.Gandhi@AHSYS.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: journals not yet available
Hi Leann:
We have a similar situation. I wait to request his articles since I am
pretty sure that no one has received that issue. I have spoken to him and
explained the situation but it does not seem to have changed this MD's
approach.
I will be interested to see what everyone else has to say....
Rekha Gandhi
Lathrope Health Sciences Library
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Morristown, NJ 07962
-------------------------------Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:16:33 -0500
From: Nicole Laurencelle <nlaurencelle@PKC.COM>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: journals not yet available
Hi!
I run in to this situation quiet a bit on a daily basis... How I work
around this is I am able to visit the UVM campus where I can go to the
Dana Medical Library and obtain my requested materials through their
on-line catalog. Dana has links to the homepages of some of the journals
that they subscribe to, that way I'm able to access a PDF version of the
articles I want. You may be able to obtain your requested material if you
can find a library that has on-line access to the titles you need.
I believe the publishers reason for doing this is a teaser for potential
subscribers to their journals, because they will allow you access to the
latest issue on-line before it is available in paper.
Nicole Laurencelle
Library Services Coordinator
PKC Corporation
1 Mill St. Box A 8
Burlington, VT 05401
nlaurencelle@pkc.com
802.658.1128 ext 122
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:31:45 -0500
From: Nancy Gilly <ngilly@WWBH.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: journals not yet available
Hi --
We just got our copy of that issue of The Journal of the National Cancer
Institute today. The original post in this thread made me go look up the
NLM availability. It looks like NLM has a processing delay of three
months or so on their journals from the expected receipt date. Most of us
smaller libraries can put the stuff out within a day or so of its arrival
at the latest. But then there was my undergraduate university library, a
UK/Irish depository library, which had (at least in the mid-80s) a two
year backlog in monograph processing. I know that if you use EBSCO as a
vendor, on EBSCONet there is information about when an issue is received
by them. This information may only be available for journals you are
subscribed to, and I'm afraid I can't remember how to access it at the
moment. Some of the other vendors may have similar services.
Nancy E. M. Gilly, M.L.S.
Medical Librarian
W.W.Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT
ngilly@wwbh.org
860-823-6327
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:41:19 -0600
From: "Kleinmuntz, Dalia" <DKleinmuntz@ENH.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: journals not yet available
We here are well aware of the problem. One way to solve it nowadays is to
click onto the website and see if the publisher per chance offers the full
text on line in advance of the printed publication. It might not
necessarily be free, and here is one's option to offer the doctor to get
him the article for whatever the fee that is requested. Doctors and
others just have to learn that stuff like reprints costs $$. Most often
you'll find that they'd rather wait than pay. Hint: to find the
publisher's web site quickly, click onto the Instructions to Authors site.
often it is a good access point.
Dalia Kleinmuntz, AHIP Dkleinmuntz@enh.org
Director, Webster Library, Evanston Hospital
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
847-570-2664 847-570-2926 FAX
Opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect those of ENH.
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:07:47 -0000
From: Leann Isaac <jhslibrarian@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: responses: journals not yet available
First of all, thanks to everybody who responded to my question about
finding out when journals are available. Many of you have offered to send
them to me. I have sent out a Docline request to Madeleine Taylor at St.
Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center in New Jersey.
As for an answer to my question:
It seems that checking the status at NLM may not always be the definitive
answer. Someone had suggested that perhaps their turnaround time for
processing new journals may be a little slower than smaller libraries who
don't have so much influx to deal with. Yet others suggested that NLM may
be a good starting point to determine the status of a journal's
availibilty.
My current method is to check who may have the journal locally and call a
few to see if thy received their copy yet. If no one has, I put out a
Docline request to see if somebody I did not call has it. Then I ask you
guys as a last resort. After all of that, I can usually find some kind
soul who does have it and is willing to send.
Bottom line: many, many of you suggested that I tell this doc exactly how
much work it takes to track down her pre-pubs and hope that helps.
Again, thanks to all who offered to help out. This is a great bunch!
Leann Isaac
Jameson Health System
New Castle PA
jhslibrarian@hotmail.com
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:38:23 -0800
From: "McClamma, Charlotte" <cmcclamma@CHSD.ORG>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Summary: Bar code readers---Long
Thanks to everyone who replied. What I have learned: selection of a bar
code reader depends on the program/computer setup you are using. There are
a wide variety of instruments available and the best place to buy is from
a discount warehouse! ;-) We have not made our decision yet, but here are
the message I received:
Consider a Palm-based barcode reader, such as the Symbol,
http://www.symbol.com/products/mobile_computers/mobile_palm.html
It can work with your databases.
Mari Stoddard mailto:stoddard@ahsl.arizona.edu
Arizona Health Sciences Library 520/626-2925 (voice)
PO Box 245079, Tucson AZ 85724 520/626-2922 (fax)
University of Arizona http://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
...another librarian recommended using the Barcode Discount Warehouse in
Ohio (http://www.bcdw.com/). The exact scanner recommended by the
librarian who uses our library software, SydneyPlus, was the Symbol
Technologies LS1000, described by the salesperson as a lower line model of
Mercedes: http://www.bcdw.com/product.asp?pn=3DSYM-LS1000
I've been impressed with Barcode Warehouse follow through, as they've
called me twice this year...
Mary Hay Glass, M.L.S.
Technical Services & Systems Librarian
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG)
Resource Center
409-12th St., S.W.
P.O. Box 96920
Washington, DC 20090-6920
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
We have a Metrologic laser scanner that we bought from Brodart
approximately 1 =BD years ago. As best as I can tell, it is Cat #30 148
001 in their current catalog. If that is not the exact same one, it is the
newer model of the same line. The cost was in the neighborhood of $400. It
comes pre-programmed, so you don't need to do that yourself
Barbara S. Reich
Associate Librarian
Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue
Hackensack NJ 07601
201-996-2326
breich@humed.com
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
we have just been investigating barcode readers here at the New South
Wales
Health Department. Here is the url of our Australian supplier - who is
extremely helpful.
http://www.databar.com.au/index.html
Thanks,
Teresa Savage
Library Information Officer, NSW Health Department
ph: 02 9391 9058
fax: 02 9391 9267
fax: 02 9391 9267
tsava@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
We use the Wasp bar code ccd scanner (PC); we have two of them.
Purchased by the previous Lib Director from MacWarehouse; unit price $180.
with S&H 9.95. Their Sales number is 800-255-6227; our IT department
installed them; they work fine.
Judith K Schwartz, Director
Rachel R Savarino Library
Trocaire College
360 Choate Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14220-2094
schwartzj@trocaire.edu
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
We have 2 Metrologic brand bar code readers. We use them for our bar
codes on circulating materials and, recently, the bar codes for ILLs that
print out on Docline and OCLC requests. That is a great use since you can
scan in a number of ILLs with the same message--i.e. "filled as
requested"--and update Docline in a fraction of the time to carefully type
the numbers. (Frankly my number typing skills aren't that great and I love
this feature.) I chose them out of a library supply catalog--Brodart, I
believe since they had little diagrams of what the connectors looked like
on the keyboards.
Joy Kennedy, MLS
Health Resource Library
Northwest Community Healthcare
800 W. Central Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-2392
Phone: 847/618-5180; FAX: 847/618-5189
email: j1kennedy@nch.org
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
We use barcode readers by Metrologic. We are combined with our public the
price. We're happy with them, no problems.
GayLynn Garton
Avera McKennan Medical Library
800 E. 21st St. PO Box 5045
Sioux Falls SD 57117-5045
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
We use a reader with a small wand at the front desk. It is portable, so if
we are doing an inventory project, we can detach it from the workstation
and
take it with us. Its made by Worthington Data Solutions and it has been
extremely reliable.
Virginia Cairns
Library Manager
Erlanger Health System
Chattanooga, TN 37403
(423) 778-7246
(423) 778-7247 (fax)
cairnsvl@erlanger.org
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
We use a bar-code reader in conjunction with our EOSiGlass cataloging etc.
program. I don't remember having much choice, we went with their
recommendation. It is used for Circulation, & cataloging, good for
inventory.
Dalia K at Evanston
##############
Charlotte McClamma
Health Sciences Library/5043
Children's Hospital & Health Center
3020 Children's Way
San Diego, CA 92123
(858)966-7474
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:06:52 -0600
From: "Crabtree, Anna Beth" <ACrabtree@SPRG.SMHS.COM>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Summary: Consumer health disclaimers
This summary message is posted to both MEDLIB-L and CAPHIS, at the request
of list members. Names of specific libraries have been replaced with "X."
Original inquiry:
We are reviewing the disclaimer that has been stamped in the books and
other resources housed in our consumer health library. I would appreciate
receiving copies of disclaimer statements used by others - short, medium
and longer length messages are welcomed.
Also, does your consumer health library have disclaimer sign(s) posted? If
so, what is written on the signage? Is it the same or different from the
language placed on or inside consumer health materials?
-----
Responses follow:
The X Hospital Medical Library provides this material to you for your
information only. This is not to be considered medical advice. The
library
staff is not trained or qualified to diagnose illness or recommend
treatment. Please refer your specific questions to the appropriate health
professional.
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CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION
Medical information obtained in this Library should be used to begin
further discussion with your health care provider. Although the Library
attempts to provide the most current medical information, the Hospital is
not responsible for the information contained in the publications located
in the Library.
This is in the form of a sticker which is placed in each consumer book. We
have a sign posted.
-----
Our disclaimer (printed on 2x4 labels inside front cover of each book)
reads
as follows:
" The materials in _(library name)_ are intended to provide general
information for you. Some material may contain information that is the
opinion of the author and not necessarily that of your health care
provider. Please consult with your health care provider on specific
medical
questions."
We do not have general sign posted anywhere, but I am considering
adding one.
-----
We place it on our mailings and it is displayed in the library:
Community Health Library Disclaimer
The resources at the X Community Health Library are provided for
informational purposes and are Subject to interpretation and do not
necessarily reflect the views and opinions of X Medical Center. Some
information may be controversial, and attempts will be made to maintain
information on both sides of an issue. Health care information should
always be discussed with your health care provider.
-----
At the Consumer Health Information Service(CHIS), we have three versions
of
our disclaimer:
1) the "long" version for our brochures/bookmarks
2) a short version that is stamped on materials that we send out
3) a slightly different version posted in the public area
3) a slightly different version posted in the public area
1) The purpose of the Consumer Health Information Service is to provide
public access to a wide range of health and medical information, not to
give medical advice or interpretation. Information provided by the
Consumer Health Information Service does not imply recommendation or
endorsement. It is not a substitute for consultation with a health
professional.
2) This information is intended to provide you with health information. It
is a not a substitute for consultation with a health professional.
3) All material in the Consumer Health Information Service is provided for
information only, and may not be construed as medical advice, instruction,
or endorsement.
-----
In our consumer health library (hospital-based), in our books and
other materials, we put a sticker saying:
"The information presented in this book represents the opinion of the
author and may not describe therapies which have undergone rigorous
clinical
trials. Decisions about appropriate therapy should be made in partnership
with your healthcare provider."
We have a sign posted on the wall that reads:
"The purpose of the X Consumer Health Library is to provide public
access to a wide range of Health and Medical information, NOT TO GIVE
MEDICAL ADVICE.
Information provided by the X Consumer Health Library does not imply
recommendation or endorsement and is NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A CONSULTATION
WITH A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL."
When we mail out information to a patron (research request) we send along
a cover sheet that states:
"The purpose of the X Consumer Health Library at X Medical Center is to
provide access to a wide range of health and medical information. It is
NOT
to give medical advice or interpretation. Information provided does NOT
imply recommendation or endorsement, and is NOT a substitute for a
consultation with a health professional."
-----
We use 2, one for packets of information; and one as a general posting.
Disclaimer: This material is provided for informational purposes only as
a service of Community Health Education Services. It was taken from
standard medical sources and represents the opinion of the author(s). It
is not intended to provide comprehensive coverage of the Subject nor to
suggest a diagnosis or treatment modality. For further information on
this Subject, please contact your health care provider.
DISCLAIMER
Materials in this Resource Center represent the opinions of the authors
and are intended as a complement, not a substitute for, the advice of your
healthcare providers.
-----
This is the disclaimer we use on our Consumer
Health Web Links site.
**Information accessed through the World Wide Web is of varying levels of
quality and accuracy and should be discussed with your health care
provider
NOT used as a substitute for professional health care.**
-----
Our disclaimer (a stamp) in the books reads "X Patient Education Center.
Some of this information may not apply to your personal situation.
Please ask your physician your specific question." It is placed on the
title page and if patrons make copies from the books they are asked to
copy to title page also.
Our disclaimer on the walls and display racks read " Some information in
the Library may not apply to your personal situation. Please ask you
physician you specific question."
-----
This is the disclaimer that goes
on the cover letter with every mediated search we do:
Please note that our search is by no means comprehensive or complete. The
information enclosed does not necessarily reflect the views of the
University of X Cancer Center professional staff, and is in no way
intended to take the place of the advice and recommendations of your
personal health care provider.
This is the disclaimer we put on our bibliographies;
This list does not constitute an endorsement of the information contained
in the resources. It is provided for educational purposes only and is not
intended for nor engaged in rendering medical advice or professional
services. The information provided through this list and its links should
not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or a disease. It
is not a substitute for professional care.
This is the disclaimer on the acceptable use policy of the annex which has
2 video viewing stations and one computer
The Patient Education Resource Center and the University of X Cancer
Center does not endorse or recommend any of the resources used at the
annex. Information located in these resources does not necessarily reflect
the views of U of X professional staff and is in no way intended to take
the place of the advice and recommendations of your personal health care
provider.
In addition we put a Notice sticker on each book, video, or audiotape our
library owns:
Notice from the University of X Cancer Center Patient Education Resource
Center:
Information located in this resource does not necessarily reflect the
views of U of X professional staff and is in no way intended to take the
place of the advice and recommendations of your personal health care
provider.
-----
Our disclaimer states "This material provides information
only. It does not replace the advice or counsel of a doctor or the health
care team." This is stamped on all library materials. We also attach it
to anything that we photocopy or any computer searches, basically anything
that we give to patrons.
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I have a long version of my disclaimer
posted by the circ desk and one by the computers. It reads--
The X Community Health Library provides access to a wide variety of
health information. When using the services and materials of the Library,
please remember the following points: * All questions are kept
confidential * The information provided may not be all that is available
on a subject. * Inclusion of material in the collection does not imply
approval or recommendation by the Library or the Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center. * The Library does not provide medical advice or interpretation of
information. * The material and information provided by the Library are
not a substitute for consultation with a medical health professional.
I also have a short version that is on my web page and which I put on
information I mail or email that reads--
Information provided by the Community Health Information Library does not
imply medical recommendation or endorsement. The information provided
should not be used as a substitute for consultation with a health care
provider.
Both of these were run by our legal department for approval.
-----
The materials in the X Memorial Library are intended to provide general
information for you and do not substitute for professional medical advice.
Please consult your physician on specific medical questions.
We have this on labels that we put on articles we supply to people. We
also have sort of a bookplate that goes in the books.
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