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Category Archives: Online resources
Changes to My NCBI Saved Searches
The My NCBI Saved Search Settings page has been modified to let you edit search terms. You can change the search in the “Search terms” box, and then click the “Test search terms” link to check the search in PubMed before saving your … Continue reading
TOXMAP and TOXNET now include 2011 EPA Toxics Release Inventory data (TRI)
From the National Library of Medicine: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) TOXNET TRI and TOXMAP now include the 2011Toxics Release Inventory data, the most current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data available. The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), a resource of the EPA, is a set of … Continue reading
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse Measures Matrix
The National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) is a public resource for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets. You can find different types of quality measures by topics (linked to a particular term derived from the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Medical … Continue reading
New database – GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network)
The Taubman Health Sciences Library (THL) is pleased to announce a new resource: GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network). It is an interactive database that provides a wealth of information on health research and current trends in tropical and infectious diseases, epidemiology, … Continue reading
Online disease management system supports improvement of patients with diabetes
From the AHRQ Health IT Update: Diabetes patients provided with a web-based intervention that supported case management and dietary counseling were more likely to improve blood sugar levels over time, suggests a study supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research … Continue reading
A start-up sees an opportunity in diabetes prevention
From the Bits blog of the New York Times: There is no doubt that diabetes is a national health crisis – and a costly one. . . . Today, one in five health care dollars is spent caring for people … Continue reading
New from HCUP – Interactive maps
From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): HCUP has created two interactive maps to show detailed graphical information about the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) and HCUP’s State Databases . The NIS’ interactive map presents information on the availability of the American Hospital Association’s hospital identification … Continue reading
WebEase – Online epilepsy self managment tool
From the CDC’s Prevention Research Center Update: Emory University Prevention Research Center (PRC) researcher Colleen DiIorio, PhD, has retired happy. She had delayed her retirement as a professor at Emory University in Atlanta so she could help finalize the launch … Continue reading
PubMed has system-wide problems
Can’t access PubMed or having trouble with MGet It links? This is happening on PubMed’s end & we don’t know when it will be fixed. We’ll try to keep you updated.
Still interested in information on the disaster in Japan in 2011?
Check out jdarchive.org, a project of the Internet Archive, Harvard’s Reischauer Institute, the Library of Congress and many organizations in Japan, that collects and organizes the masses of information generated around the world by the events of March 2011 and … Continue reading
