Meningococcal disease on the rise in the US
Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, responsible for causing meningococcal meningitis. Courtesy: CDC A rise in invasive serogroup Y meningococcal disease has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a health advisory for healthcare providers. "Meningococcal disease is a bacterial infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis. About 1 in 10 people are natural carriers of the bacteria, and it can spread to others by sharing respiratory secretions," says Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. Serogroups B, C&helli...
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 11, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Lund leads the way using Cochrane tools to train doctors
Lund University in Sweden is using Cochrane training materials and tools to help medical students better understand and interpret health evidence.Lund has an institutional subscription offering all staff and students access toCochrane Interactive Learning andRevMan. Cochrane Interactive Learning was developed by world-leading experts and provides 12 modules of self-directed learning on conducting a complete systematic review process for both new and experienced review authors. RevMan simplifies creating systematic reviews and meta-analyses and presenting the results in forest plots. Lund has successfully embedded these...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 10, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Depressive symptoms and neuroticism mediate the association between traumatic events and suicidality - a latent class mediation analysis of UK Biobank Database - Lee DW, Kim K, Hyun J, Jung SJ.
BACKGROUND: Mental disorders that follow traumatic experience may increase risk of suicidality, but a comprehensive approach to understand how these mental disorders mediate the association between psychological traumatic experience and suicidality should ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
A monthly gridded burned area database of national wildland fire data - Gincheva A, Pausas JG, Edwards A, Provenzale A, Cerd à A, Hanes C, Royé D, Chuvieco E, Mouillot F, Vissio G, Rodrigo J, Bedia J, Abatzoglou JT, Senciales González JM, Short KC, Baudena M, Llasat MC, Magnani M, Boer MM, González ME, Torres-Vázquez M, Fiorucci P, Jacklyn P, Libonati R, Trigo RM, Herrera S, Jerez S, Wang X, Turco M.
We assembled the first gridded burned area (BA) database of national wildfire data (ONFIRE), a comprehensive and integrated resource for researchers, non-government organisations, and government agencies analysing wildfires in various regions of the Earth.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Quickplay brings generative ai to programmers to optimize storefront search and discovery tools
TORONTO, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Quickplay is using the power of Generative AI to help content programming teams drive deeper discovery into their content libraries with a new product that continues the company's innovation partnership with Google Cloud. At Google Cloud Next '24 and the NAB…#generativeai #googlecloud #googlecloudnext #nabshow #paulpastor #cbo #quickplaycms #googlevertexai #largelanguagemodels #aimarketplaces (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people
The Cass Review -Lead by Dr Hilary Cass, this independent review was commissioned by NHS England to make recommendations on how to improve NHS gender identity services and ensure that children and young people who are questioning their gender identity or experiencing gender dysphoria receive a high standard of care, that meets their needs. The report describes what is known about the young people who are seeking NHS support around their gender identity and sets out the recommended clinical approach to care and support they should expect, the interventions that should be available, and how services should be organised acros...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 10, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news
The medical technology strategy: one year on
This report sets out what government has achieved over the last 12 months since publishing theMedical technology strategy. It outlines the next steps to support delivery of the strategy ’s vision for the right product, at the right price and in the right place as well as the continued delivery of high-quality care, outstanding patient safety and excellent patient outcomes.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 10, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Source Type: news
Medical technology innovation classification framework
Department of Health and Social Care -This framework establishes a common language for discussing innovation across the medical technology sector as well as establishing clear criteria for a device to be described as innovative in different forms. It also aims to clearly convey the change in a device compared to what already exists on the market and benefits to patients and the system, and it supports prioritisation and adoption of the most impactful innovations.GuidanceDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 10, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Source Type: news
More than 90 articles from 25 countries featured in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health journal's first year
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health, an open-access companion journal to the widely read and cited Mayo Clinic Proceedings, is marking its first anniversary, having published more than 90 articles on the digital transformation of healthcare internationally. Authors published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health's first year represent 25 countries on five continents, and the content has had more than 125,000 downloads. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health focuses on the translation, adaptation and implementation of digital… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 10, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Celebrate National Library Workers Day with the Region 6 Movers & Shakers
Tuesday, April 9th is National Library Workers Day, a day for everyone to recognize the valuable contributions made by library workers. We wanted to help celebrate some librarians from Region 6 who have received a 2023 Movers & Shakers recognition from Library Journal.
Katie Clausen | Movers & Shakers 2023—Educators
In addition to being a beloved story time leader and early childhood literacy advocate, Katie Clausen—“Miss Katie” to her youngest stakeholders—holds a professional certification in Adverse Childhood Experiences. When she realized that families in her community needed age-appropriate mental-he...
Source: The Cornflower - April 9, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Miles Dietz-Castel Tags: Blog National Library Week National Library Workers Day Source Type: news
Easy Access to Genetic Test Information with the NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR)
We have made some exciting updates to the NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR) to give you a more modern, easier-to-navigate display of genetic test information. We encourage you to check out our latest improvements and let us know what you think. What’s new? One page display (no more tabs) At a glance section with a … Continue reading Easy Access to Genetic Test Information with the NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR) → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - April 9, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Genetic Testing Registry (GTR) Source Type: news
The assault on America's libraries designed to foster ignorance and damage social and individual wellbeing - Schwartz SA.
Literacy data and its impact on the nation
• Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children
• 21 % of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022
• 54 % of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Associations of urban versus rural patient residence on outcomes after burn: a national inpatient sample database study - Blears E, Kuo SCE, Tiongco RFP, Suresh R, Cooney CM, Caffrey J.
INTRODUCTION: Burn patients in rural areas may encounter poorer outcomes associated with barriers to care; however, residence has not been studied in a large sample. The association between rural-versus-urban residence and outcomes after burn was examined ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
1,000 voices not 1: a report highlighting differences in cancer care in the UK
Bristol Myers Squibb - To form the foundations of theCancer Equals campaign (which aims to understand and help address the many factors leading to delays to diagnosis and differences in experiences of cancer across the UK) Bristol Myers Squibb carried out quantitative and qualitative research in partnership withShine Cancer Support. This research report highlights some of the challenges that people living with cancer are facing and the inequalities that exist in how cancer is experienced across the UK. ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 9, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news
Top tips and key actions for successful collaborative partnership working across mental health services
Local Government Association - These top tips, and key actions, have been co-developed to support effective collaborative partnership working in the planning and delivery of community mental health services. They recognise that every heath and care system will experience challenges in relation to partnership working given the statutory and cultural differences of organisations working across the mental health pathways and that there will be different arrangements to frame local partnership working, including for example a Section 75 agreement.Guide (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 9, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Mental health Source Type: news
