Stories from the Internet…

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An article from New Scientist discusses the large amount of patient data from three London hospitals being shared with Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence in an effort to develop predictive support tools for healthcare providers. Thanks to Marina Rosenfield for alerting me this story.

The NIH has announced the appointment of Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D. as the new head the National Library of Medicine. Read the press release here. Dr. Brennan has experience with both patient care and medical informatics.

The Clinical Librarian from the Edward L. Pratt Library at Cincinnati Children’s has posted on the Library Blog about some medical podcasts and resources for locating more podcasts on medicine. You can also find more podcasts on medicine, science, and a wide variety of other topics on our new Podcasts LibGuide.

HONY at MSK, MSK Nurses Present at ONS, and more

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Brandon Staton, of the the hugely popular photoblog Humans of New York was on site in the Pediatrics Department at MSK, documenting the stories of some of our young patients, their families, and our amazing staff on M9. Follow along in the coming days and weeks as a new story is told each day on HONY’s Facebook page. HONY has also created a fundraiser to raise money to research the rare cancers these kids are battling.

MSK Nurses had a strong showing at this year’s ONS Annual Congress in San Antonio, Texas. There were 23 accepted abstracts from 65 MSK authors (including 61 of our nurses!).  Six of those abstracts were podium presentations. Congratulations presenters! Continue reading →

NEW Open Access Nursing Title in Time for NursesWeek!

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NursingPlus Open is an Elsevier open access journal that has recently been added to the MSK Library collection. NursingPlus Open provides a forum for scholarly articles on all aspects of practice, education, research, management and policy in nursing and midwifery.  It is a is a peer-reviewed publication which considers research, reviews, case studies and critical discussion that support the evidence-base behind practice and education within nursing and midwifery.

Those interested in publishing with NursingPlus Open should consult their online Guide for Authors. Articles from all areas within nursing and midwifery, as well as from related, interdisciplinary health care professions are welcome.

NursingPlus Open may be found in our eJournal A-Z listing or in TriCat, our library catalog.