AHRMM: Advancing the Healthcare Supply Chain

The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) is the premier membership group for healthcare supply chain professionals. AHRMM strives to provide the education, information, and resources necessary for its members to remain at the top of their field. With approximately 4,000 members worldwide, AHRMM offers numerous opportunities for professionals to reach their highest potential and network with the best. Although many resources are for members only, there are links to information that are available to all.

Free CE on Rapid Response for RT's

Free CE for RT's on Cross Contamination of Hospital Surfaces

Contamination and Cross Contamination of Hospital Surfaces and Medical Equipment

Respiratory Therapists can earn 2.0 AARC approved hours thru 12-31-10

Sponsored by Covidien

Featured Library Book: Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods

Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods (McPherson, 2007) is available in the quick reference section of the library by the animal crackers. An earlier edition is available for check-out, at call # QY 4 C6405 2001.

Required reading in clinical pathology since 1908! Comprehensive coverage gives you an in-depth understanding of lab test selection and interpretation of results. A new full-color layout makes reference much easier. What's more, new chapters on laboratory regulations, nutrition, point-of-care testing, bioterrorism, proteomics, microarray analysis, and the human genome project as well as a completely new section on cancer testing and meticulous updates from cover to cover put all the latest, most essential knowledge at your fingertips.

Other Featured Books:
Featured Library Book: Palliative Care
Featured Library Book: Difficult Conversations in Medicine

Free CE on Preventing Opioid Diversion thru 5-1-11

• 1.0 CME for Physician Assistants
• 1.0 CE for Nurse Practitioners
• 1.0 CE for Pharmacists
• 1.0 CE for Case Managers

Stemming the Tide of Opioid Abuse & Diversion

• Compare and contrast emerging technologies for the deterrence of opioid abuse
• Assess the effectiveness of abuse-deterrent formulations to control pain and potential impact on abuse
• Assess patient safety profiles, legal and regulatory implications of current and emerging opioid therapy
• Improve overall patient outcomes through better identification of those likely to abuse or divert opioids

There is no fee for this activity as it is sponsored by PRIME^® through an independent educational grant from King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Free Wound Care CE

Coloplast is offering CE on the following topics in their Coloplast Academy:


Wound Assessment and Documentation
Learn how to assess chronic wounds, describe wound characteristics and use tips and tools that will increase the accuracy and consistency of your documentation.

Lower Extremity Wounds
Learn about lower extremity venous disease (LEVD) and lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD), and how to assess and treat the resulting wounds, or ulcers.

Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Learn how to identify patients at risk for pressure ulcers and implement prevention strategies as early as possible during their hospital stays.

Point to Talk Handouts in Many Languages

The Massachusetts General Hospital offers AHA Award winning handouts that provide basic phrases in a variety of languages, which the patient can point to, in order to communicate discomforts and requests.

LANGUAGES
Albanian
Italian
Arabic
Japanese
Cambodian
Polish
Chinese
Portuguese
Farsi
Russian
French
Serbo-Croatian
German
Somali
Greek
Spanish
Haitian Creole
Vietnamese
Hebrew

Free CE from the FDA on Prescription Drug Labeling thru 11-22-10

The FDA is offering 1.0 ACPE contact hour for pharmacists, as well as 1.0 hour for nurses on:

An Introduction to the Improved FDA Prescription Drug Labeling

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Describe prescription drug labeling and related FDA requirements.
• Describe the history of the drug labeling initiative.
• Describe the staged implementation schedule for the revised prescription drug labeling.
• Describe the major content and format changes to prescription drug labeling and the rationale for the changes.
• Describe other related FDA electronic labeling initiatives.

Free CE on Pain Management in Managed Care thru June 1, 2011

Prime, Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals, Inc, are offering free CE on Regulatory & Compliance Aspects of Pain Management in Managed Care thru June 1, 2011.

Objectives:
**Identify legal and regulatory implications of pain management with opioid therapy

**Assess regulatory and compliance issues in contemporary management of patients with acute and chronic pain, including issues of abuse with controlled substances
**Review practice management techniques, standards and responsibilities in utilization of opioid therapy and its impact in managed care

0.75 CME for Physician Assistants
0.75 CE for Nurse Practitioners
0.75 CE for Pharmacists
0.75 CE for Case Managers

Finding Articles about EHR in PubMed

The National Library of Medicine has created a search filter for finding information about Electronic Health Records(EHR) in PubMed medical literature database. There are many terms that pick up different aspects of the topic.
See the details of the search strategy.

Perform the electronic health record search in PubMed to retrieve citations to journal literature. To narrow the focus, add your additional topic words and the word AND, prior to the search filter: ie. privacy AND((search filter. . . .)

OT Seeker: Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence

OT Seeker: Occupational Therapy Systematic Evidence
OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. These ratings will help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials for informing clinical interventions. In one database, OTseeker provides you with fast and easy access to trials from a wide range of sources. Developed by academics at the University of Queensland and University of Western Sydney, Australia.

American Association for Clinical Chemistry

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry improving healthcare through Laboratory Medicine.

Resource Library – Organized by topic, this area contains background information, contacts, and links designed to pull together the association’s resources on a particular topic. We welcome suggestions on additional topics.

AACC Listservs – Sign up for more than a dozen listservs to connect with colleagues in AACC’s online community.

Clin Lab Job Center – Search for jobs or post your openings in the only online job bank specifically designed for the AACC community.

Clinical Laboratory Marketplace – an online buyer's guide for clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists and others looking for systems, supplies and services for use in clinical laboratories.

AACC Leadership – Tools to support association leaders. Access is limited to those with current committee appointments.

Searching for Medical Articles with PubMed

NOTE: With the closing of the Library, interlibrary loan is unavailable.

The gold standard database of medical journal abstracts is PubMed/Medline, a service of the US National Library of Medicine, which indexes 5300+ biomedical journals.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Is there a fee for using PubMed?

You can get to PubMed from any computer at any location free of charge, because it is a public database.

Is there a username and password?
Just go to http://pubmed.gov/. That's it, no username or password required.

Are there actual full text articles in PubMed?
Yes, there are some free full text articles available. Some are provided by the journal publishers, and others are from PubMed Central(PMC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. Here is a list of the PMC Journals.

How do I find the free full text articles?

After entering your topic, a link on the right hand side of the screen will alert you to the number of free full text articles. Screen shots of PubMed.

Why can't I get to the article I want?

If there is a link to full text, but you get the dreaded "you are attempting to access restricted content" message, or a screen asking for a username and password or the link is no longer valid, and you still want the article, you will need to provide a credit card number for "pay per view" to the publisher.

Can I search just nursing journal articles?

Go to Advanced Search, and scroll down to Limit by Topics, Languages and Journal Groups, and under subsets choose "Nursing Journals."

PubMed doesn't look the same. What happened?

PubMed was redesigned with a new interface in November 2009.

Where do I find more information?

PubMed Redesign from NLM Technical Bulletin

PubMed Ten Tips from UNC-Chapel Hill

PubMed Tutorial from NLM

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Catalog

See what's in the Medical Library's print book collection by searching our online catalog:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/MontHospLibrary

Resources for Medical Assistants

For Certified Medical Assistants: The American Association of Medical Assistants offers continuing education courses, $10 for members, $15 for non-members, as well as information about recertification and selected articles from CMA Today.

Pennsylvania has a chapter, the Pennsylvania Society of Medical Assistants.

For Registered Medical Assistants: The American Registry of Medical Assistants is a duly incorporated and chartered nonprofit, National Registry of and for Qualified Medical Assistants. Its purpose is to certify and advance the professionalism of the qualified Medical Assistant; to provide, through publications, updated medical and social information of interest to the Assistant; and to be of service to its members whenever possible.



American Medical Technologists (AMT) is a nonprofit certification agency and professional membership association, including Medical Technologists, Medical Laboratory Technicians, Medical Lab Assistants, Medical Assistants, Medical Administrative Specialists, Phlebotomy Technicians, Allied Health Instructors, Clinical Laboratory Consultants

Online Resources from the PA Occupational Therapy Association

The Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association(POTA) has a list of online resources for OT's including:
Advance for OT Online
Publication for OT practitioners.

American Occupational Therapy Association
AOTA houses an extensive website full of resources for OT's.

Americas Healthcare Source
Lists and provides information on continuing education courses and workshops across the country.

disABILITY Information and Resources
Extensive list of links for people livign with a disability.

National Certification Board of Occupational Therapy
Examine the professional standards for certification of occupational therapy practitioners. Find out about state regulation and exam scoring..

Trace Center
The Trace Research & Development Center is a part of the College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded in 1971, Trace has been a pioneer in the field of technology and disability.

Wheelchair Net
A Virtual Community for Wheelchair-Minded People. A vast directory of resources and networking here for therapists and the disabled community. Includes information on wheelchairs and other assistive technology.

Free Online English-Spanish Dictionary of Health Related Terms

The English-Spanish Dictionary of Health Related Terms has

nearly 14,000 terms covering topics such as emergency and disaster preparedness, terms related to anatomy, signs and symptoms, communicable diseases, chronic diseases, maternal and child health, nutrition, occupational health, environmental health, oral health, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, and traditional medicine. Also, many popular terms used in Mexico and Central America to describe signs and symptoms of illness have been included in the dictionary.

A project of the Health Initiative of the Americas, this guide is available as a pdf file, and is freely available in order to help strengthen communication between Spanish speaking people and healthcare workers.

Medical Spanish Podcasts

Molly Martin, MD has created Medical Spanish Podcasts along with Maria Bjorklund, Spanish Teacher.

Listen to recordings of dialogues in Spanish on common medical topics, and if you choose to take the quizzes, earn CE for about $10.00.

Topics include:

ECG, Sputum Sample, Mantoux
Blood Test
Swine Flu in the News
Labor & Delivery: Yes and No Questions
Reproductive Health History