In honor of National Women’s Health Week, this post highlights some free online resources for Women’s Health that may be of interest to researchers, clinicians and patients alike.

AHRQ Resources for Women’s Health
“AHRQ offers information to help enhance our understanding of women’s unique health needs and empower women to be more engaged in health care decisions.” See their Resources for Women’s Health for “research updates and information to help women manage diseases and conditions”.

MEDLINEPlus Women’s Health
MedlinePlus is the NIH’s database resource intended for “patients and their families and friends”. They have a Health Topic dedicated to Women’s Health since “some of the health issues that affect both men and women can affect women differently.”

ACS Women’s Health
The American Cancer Society website has a Women’s Health section where visitors can learn about many of the cancers that commonly affect women and what women can do to help protect themselves and catch cancer early. Continue reading →

Many MSK workstations were upgraded last week to Endnote X8. If you have an MSK-issued laptop or have a desktop that was not included in this software upgrade, you may contact the Help Desk to submit a request to obtain the Endnote X8 upgrade.

To learn more about what’s new in Endnote X8, be sure to check out the latest Endnote tutorials and quick reference guides added to the MSK Library’s Citation Management LibGuide.

If you have any questions or concerns about Endnote X8, feel free to Ask Us.

In honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week, this post will highlight some openly-available information resources that may be helpful to both health professionals and to members of the general public who are interested in learning more about patient safety.

MedlinePlus – Patient Safety –
https://medlineplus.gov/patientsafety.html
This web resource provides patients with information and resources (in both English and Spanish) that can help them take a more active role in the prevention of medical errors during their healthcare. “MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health’s Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.”

Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Database –
https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/index.html
Since 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has been administering a “staff survey designed to help hospitals assess the culture of safety in their institutions“ to hundreds of participating hospitals. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Database “comprises voluntarily submitted data from U.S. hospitals that administered the survey”.

Hospital User Comparative Database Reports – https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/hosp-reports.html
The AHRQ also uses the aforementioned survey data to produce a resource called the Comparative Database Reports that serves as the “central repository for survey data from hospitals that have administered the AHRQ patient safety culture survey instrument” so that one hospital can compare their responses to the results of other hospitals.

MEDLINE’s “Patient Safety” Medical Subject Heading [Mesh] – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68061214
Since 2012, journal articles indexed in the MEDLINE portion of the PubMed database that discuss “efforts to reduce risk, to address and reduce incidents and accidents that may negatively impact healthcare consumers” have been assigned the “Patient Safety”[Mesh] medical subject heading. Add this Mesh term to PubMed’s search builder to view over 11,000 citations on this topic.

If you have questions about any of these resources, feel free to contact us!

Happy Patient Safety Awareness Week!