Monthly Archives: May 2015

Celebrate Oncology Nursing Month!

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May has arrived and that means it’s Oncology Nursing Month! The MSK Library staff would like to recognize and congratulate our oncology nurses for the exceptional skill they exhibit everyday while providing the best quality care for patients.

Our dedicated Library Nursing Liaison along with our team of information professionals provide a plethora of resources and services to aide nurses with their research, education plans and patient care endeavors. The collaboration between Nursing and the Library has been very well received and acknowledged by the members of the nursing department.  Below are just two quotes from our nurses that illustrate the benefits of this partnership:

  • “The Librarian has been part of our Evidence-based projects and has provided enormous support in collection and analysis of the literature.” – Nurse Administrator
  • “I use our library extensively for my school work. I am studying for my Masters of Science” – Staff Nurse in Peri-Operative

If you are a nurse and would like to share your testimonial or tell us a story where the Library and staff have supported your work or research activities, please contact Marisol Hernandez.  We definitely want to hear from you!

MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español Release Redesigned and Mobile Responsive Sites

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MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en espanol provide reliable information on health conditions and diseases for patients and their families from the National Library of Medicine. New versions of MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español use responsive web design for ease of use on any device, whether that is a desktop monitor or mobile touchscreen. Responsive pages automatically change their layout to fit your screen.

The latest release enables all users to access a layout of MedlinePlus.gov optimized for their device, so there is no longer a need for the separate mobile (m.medlineplus.gov) sites. Visitors to these former URLs will be redirected to the responsive version of MedlinePlus.

For more consumer- and patient-related resources and services offered by the MSK Library, take a look at our Patients & Caregivers page.

Abuzz in the Blog-o-sphere

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A new IOM report, an excellent explainer piece, and some exciting social media discussions about science in this edition of Blog Buzz!

This week the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a new report, Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress.The report propose 15 standardized measures and recommendations for their use in order to clarify the many measurements associate with health care in the US. The IOM hopes to highlight which measurements the committee feels are the most important for various stakeholders in healthcare to watch. The full report, briefs, info graphics, and a video of the announcement are all available through the link above.

A week can feel like a long time in our modern information landscape, but you may remember the recent hubbub over a study using CRISPR to edit human embryos published by Chinese researchers very shortly after early developers of the method called for the science community to hold off on using CRISPR on human embryos. Whether you missed the story, were curious or even alarmed by it, Carl Zimmer, does a great job explaining it all on The Loom with, Editing Human Embryos so this Happened. I cannot recommend this post enough.

PLoS has been teaming up with reddit to produce a series of science themed AMAs (Ask Me Anything); a cool use of social media to allow experts to communicate with the public about science. Check out last week’s discussion with Dr. Andy Beck of Harvard on the future of cancer treatment, here, or have a peek at this week’s discussion of 3D printing your own Open Source labware, here.