YSN Library October 30 - November 3

Here is the schedule for when I will be at YSN for this week.
Questions, comments, concerns? .... please email me
janene.batten@yale.edu

Monday 10/30
8:30 - 5:00

Tuesday 10/31
See me in the Medical Library for help 737-2962

Wednesday 11/1
See me in the Medical Library for help 737-2962
Class: 7-8pm RefWorks Basics

Thursday 11/2
See me in the Medical Library for help 737-2962
Class: 4-5pm PubMed Basics

Friday 11/3
12:00 - 5:00

Complete list of classes

New Resource on Maternal and Child Health History

The Maternal and Child Health Library has posted on its Web site a new resource, Maternal and Child Health History, which is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/history. This resource brings together documents and reports related to the history of maternal and child health in the United States and health services for children and families that are part of the Maternal and Child Health Library Collection and also links to significant resources at other libraries
and federal agencies.

To receive notification of updates to the history page and to other library resources in the future, you can subscribe to the MCH Alert (see http://www.mchlibrary.info/alert/default.html), a weekly electronic newsletter that provides timely reference to research, policy developments, recently released publications, new programs, and initiatives affecting the maternal and child health community.

2006 EBP Study

Sigma Theta Tau have published the results of a recent survey they did questioning registered nurses use of evidence-based practice in their practices. Some conclusions include:

• most nurses consistently need to find, access and provide care based on EBP
• 24% of nurses siad their familiarity with EBP was low - advanced practice nurses were more likely to indicate higher levels of familiarity
  
• 27% of nurses consider the current resources for EBP are inadequate
• nurses recently entering the field are more likely to think that availability and accessibility of resources is adequate
• prevailing challenges to finding and accessing the available information include lack of time (66%); findings difficult to appraise and analyze (45%)
  
• respondents who use resources to find EBP information also typically access more than one source including consulting with colleagues or peers and also use the internet. Books, reference manuals, print journals and medical libraries were also named as resources

A interesting finding was that there is an increasing focus on EBP in education. However, only 20% said that EBP was a significant part of their nursing education curriculum. Recent graduates (33%) with less than 5 years tenure were more likely to indicate that EBP was stressed during their education.

To see the full report, including the instrument
2006 EBP Study: Summary of Findings

HIPPA and talking with family caregivers

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (PL 104–191), known as HIPAA, has confused and unnecessarily alarmed many conscientious health care providers. Nurses in particular are likely to be on the front line of family caregivers' inquiries, because physicians are often difficult to reach and because family caregivers look to nurses as sources of reliable information. A major retraining of health care providers at all levels is needed to dampen the “HIPAA scare” and clarify what HIPAA does and does not say about communication with family caregivers.

Writing in the August 2006 American Journal of Nursing, the author clarifies communication guidelines between nurses and family caregivers under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

To read the full article:
Levine C. HIPAA and talking with family caregivers: what does the law really say?
Am J Nurs. 2006 Aug;106(8):51-3. PMID: 16905933

Other HIPPA websites of interest:
NIH - HIPPA Privacy Rule
Library of Congress links to the Law via Thomas
Health and Human Services HIPPA general information
Health and Human Services Office of Human Rights HIPPA information

YSN Library October 9 - October 13

Here is the schedule for when I will be at YSN for this week.
Questions, comments, concerns? .... please email me
janene.batten@yale.edu

Monday 10/9
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964

Tuesday 10/10
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964
Class: 4-5pm EndNote Basics

Wednesday 10/11
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964
Class: 7-8pm PowerPoint Basics

Thursday 10/12
11:30 - 5:00
Class: 4-5pm PowerPoint Basics

Friday 10/13
11:30 - 5:00

Complete list of classes

Health Affairs to launch blog

For twenty-five years Health Affairs’ goal as a journal has been to foster an ongoing dialogue on health policy issues of concern to a diverse audience of interested readers. They are about to launch a blog on their website www.healthaffairs.org.

Anyone is welcome to comment, but all must register and agree to terms of use, including the use of real names. Comments will be filtered for appropriateness and language.

The main elements of Health Affairs’ blog will include:

• invited posts from leading policy analysts;
• responses from a variety of health care stakeholders;
• comments from readers;
• links to timely information both within Health Affairs and from other sources;
• posts from Health Affairs’ editors on policy briefings, new reports, hot policy topics.

Writers during the first two weeks will include:
James Robinson, University of California, Berkeley, on Michael Porter’s new book
Alain Enthoven, Stanford University, writing his first-ever blog post
Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University
Alan Maynard, University of York
And much more.

Blog postings will not be peer-reviewed, but all will be vetted by the journal’s editors.
We invite you, our loyal readers, to join us in this new venture beginning October 5 at www.healthaffairs.org/blog

YSN Library October 2 - October 6

Here is the schedule for when I will be at YSN for this week.
Questions, comments, concerns? .... please email me
janene.batten@yale.edu

Monday 10/2
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964

Tuesday 10/3
12:00 - 5:00

Wednesday 10/4
1:30 - 5:00
Class: 7-8pm RefWorks Basics

Thursday 10/5
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964

Friday 10/6
8:30 - 5:00

Complete list of classes