The Radiation Event Medical Management System (REMM) can now be downloaded to mobile devices (Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Palm) with selected key files from the full online version.

REMM provides:

• Guidance for health care providers, primarily physicians, about clinical diagnosis and treatment during mass casualty radiological/nuclear (rad/nuc) events.
• Just-in-time, evidence-based, usable information with sufficient background and context to make complex issues understandable to those without formal radiation medicine expertise.
• Web-based information that is also downloadable in advance, so that it would be available during an event if the internet is not accessible.

Google.org’s Flu Trends (http://www.google.org/flutrends/) tracks when and where questions about flu symptoms are asked all over the country.  They have discovered that a large number of flu-related searches from a particular region may be estimating an outbreak of the flu in that region. In fact, last year Google Flu Trends estimated flu levels one to two weeks earlier than the CDC reported them.

The New York Times: “Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’s Spread”

Google.org: “How does this work?“

Forwarded from Joy Summers-Ables, President of SCC/MLA:

It’s comforting to hear the updates from our colleagues along the Gulf of Mexico, so that we know how you’re doing.  The impact from Hurricane Ike has been devastating and it’s apparent that moving back into these areas and subsequent recovery will take some time.

On behalf of SCC, I’d like to let extend a willingness to assist those in affected areas that may have needs, regardless of the nature.  Please pass this message along to those that do not have means to access email.  Inquiries or requests made to SCC can be sent to me and will be distributed appropriately.

We hope that you, your families, co-workers and friends are safe; you continue to be in our thoughts and prayers.

Joy Summers-Ables, President
South Central Chapter/ Medical Library Association
joy-summers@ouhsc.edu

The NN/LM SCR office will be closed Monday, September 15 - Wednesday, September 17. We will reopen on Thursday, September 18.

The RML office did not receive any damage and the RML staff are safe. Our thoughts go out to our colleagues in the Houston-Galveston area, particularly those on the coast and in the Galveston area.

If you need DOCLINE assistance prior to Thursday, September 18th, the SCR has made arrangements with the NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region (New York University) to assist Network members to deactivate DOCLINE accounts. You can reach them at 212-263-2030 or via email: rml@library.med.nyu.edu

For those of you affected by Hurricane Ike:

Please post information on the status of your libraries before, during and after the storm.

Many libraries in the South Central Region were impacted after Hurricane Gustav. Most have experienced power outages. This blog posting will be updated periodically as we learn about the library statuses in Louisiana. If you have any updates, contact the NN/LM SCR office at michelle.malizia@exch.library.tmc.edu. Best wishes to our friends in Louisiana.

Hopefully, we won’t need to use the hurricane blog entry for the remainder of the hurricane season.

Library Updates as of 9/5/08

• LSUHSC - New Orleans opened on September 8, 2008
• McNeese State University opened on September 4, 2008
• Ochsner Medical Library opened on September 5, 2008
• Tulane Health Sciences Library will reopen on Monday (no library damage)