Monday, September 30, 2013

Autumn App Harvest

Edit: Transcript available at http://bit.ly/18W3C99 

Thursday, October 3rd, we're talking apps. In case you've missed the FDA Press Release, they announced that:
"The agency intends to exercise enforcement discretion (meaning it will not enforce requirements under the Federal Drug & Cosmetic Act) for the majority of mobile apps as they pose minimal risk to consumers. The FDA intends to focus its regulatory oversight on a subset of mobile medical apps that present a greater risk to patients if they do not work as intended."
The FDA will now only enforce the rules for two types of apps. One is where an app effectively turns a mobile device into a regulated medical device, for example when combined with a case that turns a phone into an electrocardiogram machine.The second is when an app is designed to work alongside an existing regulated device, for example as a tool for inspecting and interpreting an X-ray image.

Theoretically, this could allow for greater innovation among medical app developers. However, there are some studies that have come out stating that some medical apps lack evidence and could ultimately hinder patient outcomes. This concern has even led Apple to request App Developers to provide sources for their medical information.

Some questions I'd like to toss about on Thursday's chat are:
  • What medical apps are you, physicians, residents, nurses, medical and nursing students using?
  • Are there non-medical apps that you're recommending medical staff to consider using?
  • How are you sharing app reviews to library users?
  • How are you promoting apps to your library users?
I'm certain other questions will come up in discussion. Get ready for some 'reading', app sharing, and promotion ideas. I look forward to seeing you on Thursday's #medlibs chat!

Never participated in a Twitter #medlibs chat before? Check out this overview and come on in, we're a supportive community. See you Thursday October 3rd, 9pm EST/6pm PST.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

UPDATE: #medlibs + #meded = Better Together


Done, what a great chat! Transcript http://t.co/SApq6JBso8

Affordable Care Act Joint Discussion of JAMA Article Above
Thursday, September 26, 2013
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
#medlibs Twitter chat + #meded

Below are the rough draft questions we'll work on for a focused discussion - please be sure to include both #meded + #medlibs hashtags as you can, or feel free to retweet great links/ideas shared on one with the other hashtag. This is a new experience for both our groups but a great opportunity!

Tweet 1 (~9:05): This wk in @JAMA_current, @jfsollen discusses the evolving role of libraries & #medlibs in healthcare http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1741829 #meded

Tweet 2: With that in mind tonight's chat is a combined effort to get perspectives from both #medlibs & #meded folk!

Tweet 3: TOPIC 1: How could the expertise of #medlibs benefit various levels of #meded, and vice versa?

Tweet 4 (~9:22): TOPIC 2: What are some novel ways #medlibs & academic docs can (or already do) collaborate to improve #meded?
Tweet 5 (~9:38): How should the value of incorporating #medlibs into #meded & pt care teams be studied & measured?


First Twitter chat and not sure what to do? Here's a Quick Guide to Twitter Chats to help!

Join us for a collaborative discussion hosted by Nikki Dettmar (@eagledawg) on what medical libraries are doing to support information sharing about the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

20 Things to Know about the Affordable Care Act is a Washington-state based resource, but most information is still helpful for national information in a plain language 'top 20' format with links to additional resources including a glossary of common ACA terms & acronyms.  Somewhere deep in this resource it mentions it was written with the assistance of the Kaiser Family Foundation - keep an eye for similar ones for your state!

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Research 101 Research

Edit: Transcript available at http://bit.ly/15GrHSw


Research 101 Research
Thursday, September 19, 2013
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
#medlibs Twitter chat

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In December, Heather Holmes (@LaMedBoheme73) will be conducting the MLA webinar on Research 101 and welcomes your thoughts and perspectives during this #medlibs chat.

What is important to medical librarians in terms of research? The webcast will be 90 minutes and outline Heather is considering includes
  • Define research (versus quality improvement which may be more relevant to hospital librarians)
  • How to ask an answerable question (something often harder for librarians to do than we care to admit)
  • Study methods (also relevant to QI projects)
  • How these areas matter in light of the changing healthcare setting, particularly the Affordable Care Act
  • How to demonstrate value...which no longer means producing stats of how many literature searches were done or ILLs filled...but rather how is the library saving the institution money while improving patient outcomes

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

eScience series: Week 5 of 5

Edit: Transcript available at http://t.co/5FsIDrTIZN

Week 5: Institutional repositories and open access
Thursday, September 12, 2013
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
#medlibs Twitter chat

Week 1 recap is here, Week 2 recap is here, Week 3 recap is here, Week 4 recap is here

First Twitter chat and not sure what to do? Here's a Quick Guide to Twitter Chats to help!

Lisa Palmer (@lapalmer14) and Kate Thornhill (@kate_thornhill) will be facilitating a discussion on open access and institutional repositories.  In the increasingly complex world of scholarly communication, many medical librarians are now engaged in open access initiatives and providing or exploring complementary services such as institutional repositories and research data management.

Topics for discussion will include:

 *  Steps libraries are taking to support open access
 *  Challenges of explaining open access to researchers
 *  Open access and its effect on traditional librarian roles
 *  Role of institutional repositories (IRs) in medical libraries
 *  Challenges of content recruitment for IRs
 *  Utilizing IRs for outreach and collaboration
 *  Measuring impact of repository content (for example, download counts,  altmetrics)
 *  Skills needed by librarians working with scholarly communication, open access, and institutional repositories

Here are some introductory articles and other resources to frame our discussion:

 *  SPARC introduction to open access:  http://www.sparc.arl.org/issues/open-access
 *  Open Access by Peter Suber:  http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_(the_book), especially Chapter 1:
    What is Open Access?
 *  Anatomy of Green Open Access:  http://www.openaccesspublishing.org/apc8/Personal%20VersionGreenOa.pdf
 *  The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper:  http://scholarship.utm.edu/20/
 *  The Critical Role of Institutional Services in Open Access Advocacy:
    http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/8.1.84
 *  Staffing and Workflow of a Maturing Institutional Repository:  http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1063
 *  New Roles, New Responsibilities: Examining Training Needs of Repository Staff:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1051
 *  Altmetrics Manifesto:  http://altmetrics.org/manifesto/
 *  Article-Level Metrics: A SPARC Primer:   http://www.sparc.arl.org/sites/default/files/sparc-alm-primer.pdf
 *  Riding the Crest of the Altmetrics Wave: How Librarians Can Help Prepare Faculty for the Next Generation of
    Research Impact Metrics:  http://crln.acrl.org/content/74/6/292.long
 *  Competencies Required for Digital Curation: An Analysis of Job Advertisements:
    http://ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/242

The five week schedule includes:

August 15th:  Donna Kafel                            e-Science portal
August 22nd:  Kevin Read                             e-Science thesaurus
August 29th:  Andrew Creamer          New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum
Sept. 5: Sally Gore                             Role of the informationist on research teams
Sept. 12:Lisa Palmer & Kate Thornhill   Institutional repositories and open access 

Monday, September 2, 2013

eScience series: Week 4 of 5

Edit: Transcript available at http://bit.ly/15HQj8M 

Week 4: Role of the Informationist on Research Teams
Thursday, September, 2013
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
#medlibs Twitter chat

Week 1 recap is here, Week 2 recap is here, Week 3 recap is here.

First Twitter chat and not sure what to do? Here's a Quick Guide to Twitter Chats to help!

Sally Gore (@mandosally) is an embedded research librarian and informationist at the Lamar Soutter Library, UMass Medical School. Since September 2012, she has worked as an informationist on an R01 research study funded by the National Cancer Institute to examine best practices and cost effectiveness for promoting breast cancer screening in non-adherent women. Additionally, she provides information, data and knowledge management services to the Community Engagement Research Section of UMMS’ Center for Clinical and Translational Science, and on the grant-funded project to establish an mHealth Center for the University of Massachusetts.

 During the tweet chat, we’ll focus on the following topics of interest that often come up when discussing the
subject of embedded librarianship and informationists:

  • Just what is an informationist?
  • What makes an embedded librarian different from other roles and models of librarianship?
  • What does it take to be part of a team?
  • What is team science and is there a role for librarians in this new, multi-discipline approach to doing science?
  • What skills make for success?
Sally has written about her experiences the past year on her blog, A Librarian by Any Other Name. If you’re not already a follower of it, giving it a look before the tweet chat may yield some questions and/or points of
discussion for the chat.

The five week schedule includes:

August 15th:  Donna Kafel                            e-Science portal
August 22nd:  Kevin Read                             e-Science thesaurus
August 29th:  Andrew Creamer          New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum
Sept. 5: Sally Gore                             Role of the informationist on research teams
Sept. 12:Lisa Palmer & Kate Thornhill   Institutional repositories and open access