The Blind Men and the Elephant: Survey Perspectives of Complementary Health Approaches
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) presents the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture series. The series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health therapies, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine. Richard Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H, is NCCAM's Senior Advisor for Scientific Coordination and Outreach. Dr. Nahin's talk will discuss the use of complementary health approaches. Trying to get a complete picture of the use of complementary health approaches is analogous to the story of the blind men and the ele...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 27, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NLM Informatics Lecture Series: Can Social Media Provide Reliable Signals of Adverse Drug Reactions? (NIH Only)
Pre-market testing of drugs produces reasonably high quality information about the efficacy of the drug as a treatment for the condition for which it was approved, but gives a very incomplete picture of the drug’s safety. It is only after a drug is marketed and used on a more widespread basis over longer periods of time that it is possible to identify other effects, such as rare but serious adverse effects, or those that are more common in the special subgroups excluded from the trial, among others. Post-marketing surveillance currently relies on voluntary reporting to the FDA by health care professionals (and recently, ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 9, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Care Innovations at ATA 2013
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Care Innovations at ATA 2013
(SPONSORED) Raymond Solone, global marketing director, healthcare solutions for Care Innovations, says telehealth needs to "think disruptive" as an industry in order to progress.
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Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - May 7, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Raymond Solone Telehealth Source Type: video
Medicine: Mind the Gap - Helping Smokers With Behavioral Health Comorbidity Requires a National Effort
Medicine: Mind the Gap is a lecture series that explores issues at the intersection of research, evidence, and clinical practice—areas in which conventional wisdom may be contradicted by recent evidence. From the role of advocacy organizations in medical research and policy, to off-label drug use, to the effectiveness of continuing medical education, the seminar series will aim to engage the National Institutes of Health community in thought-provoking discussions to challenge what we think we know and to think critically about our role in today’s research environment.
Dr. Williams will be speaking about the fact that ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 12, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
VMware AlwaysOn Point of Care Solution Demo HIMSS13
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VMware launches vCloud at HIMSS13
(SPONSORED) Frank Nydam, Healthcare CTO for VMware, talks about the company's vCloud solution for healthcare, and Marketing Manager Tisa Murdock, gives us a closer look.
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Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - March 15, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Frank Nydam Healthcare Tisa Murdock VMware Source Type: video
Drupal4Gov - ORS Drupal Training February 2013
The NIH Library will host the quarterly Drupal4Gov event featuring five 30-minute ignite talks in Masur Auditorium.
Drupal is an open source content management system (CMS) that allows you to organize, manage, and publish web content. It is supported and maintained by a community of contributors offering you endless opportunities for customization
Drupal Ignite Talks Schedule | Masur Auditorium
1:00 pm Welcome
1:15 pm Keynote: Statistics (Canada)(via Adobe
Connect)
1:30 pm Theming for Accessibility, Rock Creek
Strategic Marketing
2:00 pm Accessible Themes, Phase 2 Technology
2:30 pm Accessibility Testin...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Google and Bing for Researchers
Learn expert web searching tips directly from Google and Bing! The NIH Library presents Daniel Russell and Duane Forrester from 10 am to noon in Masur Auditorium, Building 10 Clinical Center, NIH Bethesda Campus on Wednesday, February 6.
Daniel Russell from Google will demonstrate many different methods and techniques for finding things you didn’t think could be found, and some of the strategies you can use for online investigations in the years ahead. Duane Forrester from Bing will discuss deep search, and specific tips and tricks you can use to narrow search results and uncover exactly what you seek.
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Source: Videocast - All Events - January 17, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
