Predicting disease outbreaks using…Twitter?
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While raising ethical concerns, monitoring Twitter and other social media may anticipate disease outbreaks faster than traditional data-gathering methods.
Read MorePubMed Filters Sidebar Replaces the Limits Page
Changes to PubMed interface to be aware of.
Read MoreSearch engines and usability for finding medical information online: a new study
Search engines may be good places for people with adequate or better information literacy skills, but what of the majority of the population that has low health literacy?
Read MoreBlood glucose peripheral for iPhone/iPod touch
Summary of review of new blood glucose monitoring app using iPhone.
Read MoreTesting interpretation accuracy of ECG readings sent via cellphone camera
Turkish researchers find the accuracy of ECG interpretations from images sent by cellphone camera show no statistical difference from those read in person by the ER physician. This could enhance medical services in remote areas at low cost.
Read MoreJAMA moves to new publishing platform May 15, 2012
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Links to the new JAMA Network should be working. Citation level links from within PubMed and eJournals’ CitationLinker as well as Journal title links with eJournals and the Library Catalog […]
Read MoreLow health literacy may predict likelihood of being uninsured
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Low health literacy may predict likelihood of being uninsured, even when employed full-time with health insurance benefits. Knowing this poses significant challenges for policy makers and librarians alike as we move to implement the Affordable Care Act.
Read MoreAn example of health literacy and reduction of perceived post-operative pain
Viewing a pre-op video of what to do and expect may result in less pain and more patient involvement.
Read MoreSpring remodeling project: beginning to look like offices!
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Slideshow of library remodeling project, with spaces looking more like offices every day.
Read MoreFather and son dabbling in landscape: first Eccles Library gallery exhibit
Eccles Library opens the library gallery with its first exhibit: “Mauger: a father and son dabbling in landscape.”
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