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New eBook: Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications

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A new electronic book is available, entitled Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications. This eBook, published in 2021, is a comprehensive description of issues for healthcare data management and an overview of existing systems. Content includes information on disease diagnosis, telemedicine, medical imaging, smart health monitoring, social media healthcare, and machine learning for COVID-19.

Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications provides a comprehensive overview of current technology. Each of these chapters, which are written by the main inventors of the presented systems, specifies requirements and provides a description of both the chosen approach and its implementation.

New Database: Red Book Online

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The Library has added a new database, Micromedex’s Red Book Online. Users can search for prescription or over the counter medications, nutraceuticals, bulk chemicals, medical devices or supplies by product name or manufacturer. One can also search for a specific active ingredient in the product or by a specific code (such as NDC, UPC, or HRI).

New eBook – Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines

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The MSKCC library has a new eBook, entitled Johns Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice : Model and guidelines.

New topics and features in this third edition include tips for using the newly updated Johns Hopkins Nursing EBP model and guidelines, tips on seeking funding for the advancement of inter-professional collaboration and teamwork, and tools to guide the EBP process.

Explanation of the Practice question, Evidence, and Translation (PET) approach to EBP projects, overview of the Patient, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome (PICO) approach to EBP question development, and exemplars detailing real-world EBP experiences are also included.