New Professional Development Resources
Did you know that a benefit of your membership in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific NW Region is use of our professional development library? We have resources in the categories of Administration/Management, Advocacy/Marketing, Consumer Health, Copyright/Licensing/Resource Sharing, Data Management, Disaster Response, Evidence-based Medicine, Library Instruction, Scholarly Communication/Open Access, and Solo/Small Libraries.
Recent additions to the collection are:
Burns, Elizabeth. Being a Solo Librarian in Healthcare: Pivoting for 21st Century Healthcare Information Delivery. Waltham, MA: Elsevie...
Source: Dragonfly - July 7, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Patricia Devine Tags: News From NN/LM PNR Training & Education Source Type: news
14 Ways to Stimulate Personal Growth
You know you're here for big things, right? You have a difference to make and a purpose to live. And if you're doing that right now -- perfect. Keep doing your thing.
If you're not, and you're unsure how to start, it's possible you've missed the important journey you need to take to get to where you want to be.
Whatever you like to call it -- personal growth, personal development, self-acutalization or finding yourself -- this journey is you exploring and developing who you truly are. It explores identity, talents and potential, as well as dreams and aspirations. It develops you physically, mentally, spiritually and int...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Son's ICD-10 Software Helps Save Dad's Solo Practice
ICD-10 Charts is a free tool to aid the coding transition, but also a gift from a son to his internist father to keep his private medical practice alive. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - May 28, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Avery Hurt Tags: ICD-10 Health IT Coding Medical Billing & Collections Technology Source Type: news
EHR vendors eye solo docs for Apple Watch apps
The small physician practice isn't what it used to be. Today, solo docs and small practices are most likely a bit more technologically savvy and open to mHealth. And because of it, an increasing number of small EHR vendors are targeting them with new cloud-based platforms, chief among them Apple Watch apps.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - May 20, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Mobile Source Type: news
Mindfulness in Your 20s: That Time I Waited to See the Dalai Lama
In the 2015 World Happiness Report, Switzerland was declared the happiest country. The United States was ranked 15th. Lame. Something about the culture of the U.S. is causing us to have a relatively low happiness level. Now, I'm sure we could all make a list of a thousand reasons why this is the case, including the current job market, discrimination of minorities, and that doctor guy who is no longer on Grey's Anatomy. However, there has to be a more personal reason.
I traveled to Boston last fall for a conference. My flight was delayed over two hours, so I had plenty of time to people-watch. I began observing the variet...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spring Cleaning For Your Life [part 2 / 3]
This is part two in a three-part series on tidying up your inner world: your beliefs, practices, and personal habits. [Click here to read part one.]
I call it: spring cleaning for your life!
Today's spring cleaning checklist is for couples.
Whether you're in a new-ish relationship, or in a long-time, committed partnership, this checklist can add a little more sparkle and sweet connection to your relationship.
PART TWO: CHECKLIST FOR COUPLES
Goals and life direction.
[ ] Spend some time talking openly about your goals and life direction. Take turns answering questions like, "Where do you see yourself in one yea...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chaos vs. Control
The space between Chaos and Control:
"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man."
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Last night, I was playing a solo set in a club just outside of Cincinnati. We were nearing the end of the night when, all of a sudden, the lights went out. It was odd; we didn't lose power to the microphones or the PA, but somehow the lighting console had crashed. In that uncertain moment something beautiful happened: The entire crowd began to light the stage with cell phones and cigarette lighters. It was truly magic -- a crowd of strangers...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Well: Doctors and Nurses, Not Learning Together
There are few group projects in medical school — which is strange when you consider that there are few solo practitioners in the real world. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - April 30, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: DHRUV KHULLAR Tags: Doctors Featured Nursing and Nurses Source Type: news
Well: Doctors and Nurses, Not Learning Together
There are few group projects in medical school — which is strange when you consider that there are few solo practitioners in the real world. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DHRUV KHULLAR Tags: Doctors Featured Nursing and Nurses Source Type: news
What business can learn from a record-breaking swim with jellyfish
Jamie Patrick has battled the wave of office-supply superstores, but the swells he takes on in late June will provide a new kind of challenge.
The 44-year-old general manager of Patrick & Co. — a three-store, fourth-generation San Francisco office-supply store started in 1873 — will attempt a record-shattering 78-mile marathon ocean swim June 24 off the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
The epic swim, which will take about 48 hours, would break the current solo, unassisted swim record of… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 20, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Solo, Small Practices Need Help Achieving PCMH Certification
According to new research from the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, fewer solo and small family medicine practices seek patient-centered medical home certification than do larger practices. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 13, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Independent doctors are becoming an endangered species. Here's why
Hospitals in the Puget Sound region are teaming up to provide coordinated care and hopefully cut costs. While that seems like a good thing, it is making some doctors a little uneasy.
Larger, more comprehensive health systems are often able to provide a broader range of services and a wider network of specialists than independent practices. Partly in response to these changes, the amount of physicians in solo practices in Washington state has dwindled since 1997.
Thirty-eight percent of physicians… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 10, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Annie Zak Source Type: news
Three Resources for Small Practices at HIMSS15
Attending HIMSS15 from a solo or small medical practice? A primary-care physician recommends three stops to make during your time in Chicago. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - April 9, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Keith L. Martin Tags: HIMSS15 Health IT Operations Source Type: news
Every Monday, Two Psychologists Dish Out Free Therapy To Those Who Can't Afford To Pay
It all started with a WhatsApp message. Six months ago, in September 2014, the psychologist Jorge Fresco sent a text to one of his patients reminding her about her next appointment. To his surprise, she replied that she was thinking about abandoning therapy despite her recent improvement and positive results. She said she couldn't continue due to economic reasons.
“At that moment, I thought, ‘I want to keep on treating her, I want to help her,’” Fresco told The Huffington Post in a phone interview.
For Fresco, the WhatsApp message was a turning point. He discussed it with his partner, Antoni Martínez, and the...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
