The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) GotEHR? initiative is designed to explore “ways to expand understanding about, support for, and use of EHRs.” The GotEHR? web page has a list of resources related to electronic health records. Take a look at:

http://www.amia.org/content/got-ehr

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The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has published a summary of the health information technology portion of the recently passed stimulus bill.

Read a summary here:

http://www.amia.org/files/shared/The_American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act.pdf

View a slideshow here:

http://www.amia.org/files/shared/Economic_Stimulis_Package_Slides_2_24_09.pdf

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The National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region is sponsoring a workshop on Knowledge Management.Participants of this workshop must include a team consisting of a hospital librarian and a professional from another department in the same institution. The goal of the workshop is for each team to explore the potential of knowledge management in the hospital setting, and to develop and implement a program in each respective institution.

In addition to the April 16-17, 2009 workshop, there are required readings, two required online pre-workshop sessions and post-workshop communication sessions. These pre-workshop sessions will be held on March 9 and April 7 on Adobe Connect. The post-workshop sessions will be scheduled at a later date.

Cost of the workshop is $35: this includes one lunch and all break refreshments. This workshop is open to participants nation-wide; however preference will be given to members of the MidContinental Region. The first 2 teams of MidContinental Region network members accepted for the workshop will have their travel expenses paid. Those 2 teams will be responsible to attend all sessions and either present their project within 18 months of the session or publish their work in a MidContinental Region publication.
To apply for this workshop, go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=mU0l95vzMYPHKD8L1WY87A_3d_3d and complete the application form. Deadline for submission of applications is February 6, 2009. (bbj)

Are you interested in learning about electronic health records? The NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region held an Electronic Health Record Forum in October of 2008. The purpose of the forum was to “ensure that health sciences librarians are an integral and important part of the electronic health records (EHR) team in healthcare organizations.” Speakers included several medical informatics experts.

The forum audio was recorded, and you can access it as well as notes and resources from this page:

http://nnlm.gov/pnr/advocacy/ehr-forum.html

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Alison Aldrich, Technology Coordinator for the NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region, wrote an interesting blog post called, “(Fire)Wallflowers Invited to Dance?” She presents some evidence that firewall rules against Web 2.0 tools (such as blogs, wikis, etc.) are beginning to relax a bit at hospital libraries. Her blog post is available at: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2009/01/27/firewallflowers/

Well worth reading! Note also the comment below the blog post.

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The National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region is sponsoring a workshop on Knowledge Management. Participants of this workshop must include a team consisting of a hospital librarian and a professional from another department in the same institution. The goal of the workshop is for each team to explore the potential of knowledge management in the hospital setting, and to develop and implement a program in each respective institution.

In addition to the April 16-17, 2009 workshop, there are required readings, two required online pre-workshop sessions and post-workshop communication sessions. These pre-workshop sessions will be held on March 9 and April 7 on Adobe Connect. The post-workshop sessions will be scheduled at a later date.

Cost of the workshop is $35: this includes one lunch and all break refreshments. This workshop is open to participants nation-wide; however preference will be given to members of the MidContinental Region. The first 2 teams of MidContinental Region network members accepted for the workshop will have their travel expenses paid. Those 2 teams will be responsible to attend all sessions and either present their project within 18 months of the session or publish their work in a MidContinental Region publication.

To apply for this workshop, go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=mU0l95vzMYPHKD8L1WY87A_3d_3d and complete the application form. Deadline for submission of applications is February 6, 2009. (bbj)

On Thursday, December 18, from 3 - 4 pm EST, join The Disparities Solutions Center and representatives from the American Hospital Association and the National Association of Public Hospitals (both to be confirmed) as [they] continue [the] Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored web seminar series with an event launching Improving Quality and Achieving Equity: A Guide for Hospital Leaders. This Guide is constructed to be clear, concise, practical, and easy to read. It is targeted to hospital leaders - including CEOs, VPs, and others that focus on quality, safety, finance, and risk management. The 60-minute, interactive, web-based seminar is free and open to the public. Register online now as space is limited. http://tinyurl.com/63d4en [posted on Joint Commission Hospitals, Language, and Culture List] scb

The Octoberr 14, 2008 Tech Therapy column is an interesting discussion of the diferences and similarities between library and IT staff. To read this column, go to http://tiny.cc/VnSII (bbj)

In September 2006, the Medical Library Association (MLA) was awarded a two-year contract by the National Library of Medicine to study aspects of health information literacy in hospital libraries. The Health Information Literacy Curriculum was developed as part of this Health Information Literacy Research Project. It includes a Powerpoint slide show (20-40 minute version and 40-50 minute version), a detailed script, notes for presenters, background reading, and tips for librarians - which are direct quotes from the pilot site librarians that tested the curriculum and reflect lessons learned.

Please send any feedback about the curriculum to Jean Pugh Shipman, Co-Principal Investigator for the project, at Jean.Shipman@utah.edu.[da]

Looking for information on scholarly communication? There have been many web pages directed to academic and research libraries about issues related to scholarly communication. The Network has attempted to create a page that better addresses the issues of library staff in clinical settings and other smaller, non-research libraries. If you are in one of these libraries, check out the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) web site titled “Scholarly Communication: Issues for Health Sciences Libraries in Clinical Settings” found at: http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/ejournals/nonacad.html

Alison Aldrich from the NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region is the author of this page. Another national page about electronic journals also has been updated by Alison to reflect changes in the scholarly communication environment: http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/ejournals/ She would be happy to hear your comments about either page and can be reached at: aldrich3@u.washington.edu /ch