New Books Added to the Library Collection

Wondering how to manage virtual teams, deal with change, make a presentation, coach team members, manage your time, or provide service excellence?  Check out the Leadership Collections available at 2501 Main in Stevens Point and the Health Science Library at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh.  Over 500 leadership/management books are available.  You can also peruse the collection here and we can send books to you. 

Several new books have recently been added to the Leadership Collection.  Please contact Deb Knippel if you would like to check out any of these new materials or existing books. 

The HCAHPS Handbook:  Tactics to improve Quality and the Patient Experience by Lyn Ketelsen, RN, MBA; Karen Cook, RN, and Bekki Kennedy.  This is an updated and revised edition. 

Own the Gap:  Building a Team-Based Daily Kaizen Culture by Mike Martyn and Bryan Crowell

Crucial Accountability:  Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ran McMillan, and Al Switzler.    This is the updated second edition of Crucial Confrontations. 

Service Excellence is as Easy as PIE (Perception Is Everything) by Liz Jazwiec.   Liz Jazwiec also wrote Eat That Cookie!  and Hey Cupcake! We Are All Leaders and has been a keynote speaker for our Clinical Conferences. 

Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) from NIH

Holly Ann Burt, Outreach and Exhibits Coordinator from the Greater Midwest Region NLM Library has shared the following announcement: 

The National Library of Medicine Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) has collaborated with the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) on a new database containing dietary supplement label information. ODS is the lead NIH Institute for dietary supplement information.

The new database, Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), captures information on dietary supplements' labels and allows the searching, sorting, and filtering capabilities needed by researchers. Its data can be saved and analyzed. It is a significantly larger effort than the current NLM Dietary Supplements Labels Database and already contains 17,000 labels and images of labels. It is expected to grow rapidly over the next three years, eventually covering most of the 55,000 dietary supplement products sold to American consumers.  

More information can be found on the NIH website located here:  http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2013/nlm-17.htm.

Health Insurance Marketplace Education

From the National Network of Libraries of Medicine:
The Obama administration kicked off the Health Insurance Marketplace education effort with a new, consumer-focused HealthCare.gov website and the 24-hours-a-day consumer call center to help Americans prepare for open enrollment and ultimately sign up for private health insurance.  The new tools will help Americans understand their choices and select the coverage that best suits their needs when open enrollment in the new Health Insurance Marketplace begins October 1. 

HealthCare.gov is the destination for the Health Insurance Marketplace.  Americans may now access new educational information and learn what they can do to begin to get ready for open enrollment this fall.  The website will add functionality over the summer so that, by October, consumers will be able to create accounts, complete an online application, and shop for qualified health plans.  For Spanish speaking consumers, CuidadoDeSalud.gov will also be updated to match HealthCare.gov’s new consumer focus.

Between now and the start of open enrollment, the Marketplace call center will provide educational information and, beginning Oct. 1, 2013, will assist consumers with application completion and plan selection.  In addition to English and Spanish, the call center provides assistance in more than 150 languages through an interpretation and translation service.  Customer service representatives are available for assistance via a toll-free number at 1-800-318-2596 and hearing impaired callers using TTY/TDD technology can dial 1-855-889-4325 for assistance.

If you’re not a consumer looking for health insurance--and you want resources for your organization, technical Marketplace information, or press materials-- visit these sites respectively:

·         Marktplace.CMS.gov

·         CMS.gov/CCIIO

·         HHS.gov/HealthCare

To view the new look and new focus of the website, visit www. HealthCare.gov.

HHS is on target for open enrollment in the Marketplace, which begins Oct. 1, 2013, and other key milestones approaching in the months ahead.  Coverage will begin Jan. 1, 2014.

Questions or Concerns? Contact HHSIEA@hhs.gov. 

NEW Recipe Database Search Interface

Natural Standard is pleased to announce the availability of a new advanced search interface within the increasingly popular Recipe Database.

In addition to regular exercise, well-balanced meals and sensible portions are important to overall health. The Natural Standard Recipe Database, launched in May 2012, features a wide range of healthy recipes in the following categories: Beans & Legumes, Dairy, Eggs, Fruit, Meat, Pasta, Poultry, Rice & Grains, Seafood, Vegetables and Nuts, Fats & Oils.

Each recipe provides details on preparation time, difficulty, special diet and nutrition information, as well as direct links to Natural Standard evidence-based systematic reviews for studied ingredients.

The new advanced search interface allows users to quickly narrow results by various filters, including servings, cook time, difficulty, main ingredient, meal, cuisine, and special diet, simplifying the search process as the database continues to grow. Users may also continue to scroll through the complete list of available recipes if desired.

To try this NEW advanced search interface, please visit Natural Standard's Recipe Database. 

Natural Standard provides high-quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies, diets, exercise and nutrition. For more information, please visit www.naturalstandard.com.


Natural Standard:  Integrative Medicine Newsletter. (March 2013)  Retrieved March 28, 2013, from http://www.naturalstandard.com/eNews.asp

 

Free course on Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act

Coursera (sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania) is offering a free, online course called Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act with instructor Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD

This course will explore the American health care system and discuss the specific ways that the Affordable Care Act will impact access, quality, costs, as well as medical innovation.

This class is open to anyone that is interested in gaining a better understanding of the US health care system and the challenges of health care reform. There are no prerequisites or required knowledge of the health system.


For more information follow this link:  https://www.coursera.org/#course/healthpolicy

Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

The MCH Library at Georgetown University presents a new knowledge path, Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents. The knowledge path directs readers to a selection of current, high-quality resources about the prevention, identification, management, and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in homes, schools, and communities. Health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers can use the knowledge path to learn more about overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, improve care, develop programs, and locate training resources and information to answer specific questions.
View the knowledge path online at http://www.mchlibrary.org/KnowledgePaths/kp_overweight.html.
Companion resource briefs include the following:

Overweight and Obesity in Kids and Teens: Resources for Families http://www.mchlibrary.org/families/frb_overweight.html

Overweight and Obesity: Resources for Schools http://www.mchlibrary.org/schools/srb_overweight.html

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity in Child Care and Early Education Programs: Resource Brief http://www.mchlibrary.org/guides/ccnutrition.html

AAP Releases New C. Diff Guidance

An article in MedPage Today News announced the American Academy of Pediatrics release of new Clostridium difficile guidelines for infants and children.   The article can be found at:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/GeneralInfectiousDisease/36655

To access the full article, Clostridium difficile Infection in Infants and Children, Pediatrics 2013;131;196; click on the link below. 

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/1/196.full.html        


If you have any difficulty accessing these articles or would like additional searching on this or other topics, please contact Deb Knippel at Deb.Knippel@ministryhealth.org

Updated Practice Guideline for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis

Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]


Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis: 2012 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Shulman ST, Bisno AL, Clegg HW, Gerber MA, Kaplan EL, Lee G, Martin JM, Van Beneden C.

SourceDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Abstract

The guideline is intended for use by healthcare providers who care for adult and pediatric patients with group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The guideline updates the 2002 Infectious Diseases Society of America guideline and discusses diagnosis and management, and recommendations are provided regarding antibiotic choices and dosing. Penicillin or amoxicillin remain the treatments of choice, and recommendations are made for the penicillin-allergic patient, which now include clindamycin.

To access the full text click here:  http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/09/06/cid.cis629.full.pdf+html

Natural Standard Adds Healthy Recipes

Natural Standard recently added a Healthy Recipes database to their clinical decision support tool. You will find the recipes on the “TOOLS” pull-down at NaturalStandard.com .  


What makes the recipe database special is the ingredients link to their respective Natural Standard monographs. This allows clinicians to easily check for drug interaction, safety and allergy information when recommending these tasty meals. This is also a wonderful reference for planning healthy family meals. Check out chicken and artichokes with pasta to see how these recipes work.

Natural Standard was founded by clinicians and researchers to provide high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. This data base has an A – Z listing of Foods, Herbs, and Supplements that will provide you with in-depth, evidenced-based information on herbal medicines including uses, dosing recommendations, scientific evidence, safety, interactions, and references.


If you would like more information on and/or assistance in using the Natural Standard database, contact Deb Knippel.

June Issue of NIH News in Health

Check out the June Issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research. In this edition:

It’s a Kid’s Job - Playing Helps Kids Learn and Grow
     Research shows that active, creative play benefits just about every aspect of child development. Play, it turns out, is essential to growing up healthy.

Catching a Cold When It’s Warm - What’s the Deal with Summertime Sniffles?
     Summer’s a time to get away, get outside and have some fun. So what could be more unfair than catching a cold when it’s warm? Is there any way to dodge the summertime sniffles?

Click here to download a PDF version for printing.

NIH News in Health is happy to send a limited number of print copies free of charge for display in offices  or clinics. Just email NIH News or call 301-435-7489 for more information.

Online Directory for Children and Family Services

The MCH Library at Georgetown University has developed a new edition of the Community Services Locator, an online directory for finding services for children and families in the communities in which they live. The locator can be used by service providers and families to find available child care and early childhood education programs; developmental assessment and learning services; family support; financial support; and health and wellness care. View the locator online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_community.html.

The Health Resources and Services Administration has released a 7 minute video: “How Effective Healthcare Communication Contributes to Health Equity”.

This video offers a helpful introduction for all healthcare providers on how culture, language and health literacy support the elimination of disparities and promote health equity. 

Book Review

18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
By Peter Bregman

Many of us can identify with the stories related to time management, procrastination, and motivation that Peter Bregman discusses in his book, 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done. Bregman encourages readers to “focus your year on the five areas that will make the most difference in your life.” He provides a practical approach to being successful in your work and/or personal life by taking small bits of time out of your day to check in with yourself to make sure 95% of your actions are in your areas of focus. We often try to get it all done when in reality, it is impossible to get it all done. One particular thought stands out for me:

“The secret to surviving a buffet is to eat fewer things. And the secret to thriving in your life is the same: Do fewer things.”

The author challenges the reader “to choose the one thing you’ve read from this book that will make the most difference in your life and do it” and then see what happens. 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done is available from the Ministry Health Science Library. Contact Deb Knippel if you would like to check out this book from the library.

Oral Health for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women

The MCH Library and the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center at Georgetown University have developed a new edition of the knowledge path, Oral Health for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women. This knowledge path directs readers to a selection of current, high-quality resources that analyze data, describe effective programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to and quality of oral health care. The knowledge path can be used by health professionals, program administrators, and policymakers to learn more about oral health, for program development, and to locate training resources and information to answer specific questions. The knowledge path also links to separate resource briefs for families and for schools and to briefs on topics such as the dental home, dental sealants, and oral health for children and adolescents with special health care needs. View the knowledge path online at http://www.mchoralhealth.org/knwpathoralhealth.html.


MCH Library at Georgetown University
Website: http://mchlibrary.info

From the GMRLIST -- an email list for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine-Greater Midwest Region (NN/LM-GMR) members.

Electronic Table of Contents Service

Stay up-to-date with your favorite medical, nursing, and allied health literature by subscribing to Ministry Health Science Library Electronic Table of Contents (ETOC) service. You may choose selected journals and the library will email the table of contents to you each time a new issue of your selected journal is released. From this email, you will be able to access the full text of the articles you would like to read.

The ETOC service is a great way to stay current without having to search through the literature. You may select journals titles by:

• Reviewing the Top Ten List of journals on our website,
• Searching for specific titles via our online database, or
• Reviewing this extensive list of selected titles.

Send your list of selected titles to Deb.Knippel@ministryhealth.org. and you will be added to the ETOC distribution list for your selected titles. You will need to register individually for New England Journal of Medicine table of contents at this link https://www.nejm.org/nejm-alerts.

For questions about the ETOC service or obtaining library resources please contact Deb Knippel at 715-346-5091, 65091 or Deb.Knippel@ministryhealth.org.


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Conference Speakers’ Books are Available in the Library

This year’s clinical conference, “A Culture of Excellence: Inspired Care,” features Liz Jazwiec, RN, and Rich Bluni, RN. Both are nationally recognized speakers and authors of bestselling books that talk about their experiences in health care. These books are now available in the Ministry Health Care Health Science Library.

Eat That Cookie! Make Workplace Positivity Pay…For Individuals, Teams and Organizations, by Liz Jazwiec, offers strategies to create a positive workplace and discusses how these strategies can translate into improved patient care and employee satisfaction. Eat THAT Cookie! was chosen as a winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award in the leadership and management category.

Inspired Nurse, by Rich Bluni, RN, will help readers reconnect to the inspired feeling that brought them to nursing in the first place. The strategies outlined in this book will help readers learn how to keep going when life and work becomes difficult.

To check out either of these books, contact Deb Knippel by phone at 65091 or 715-346-5091 or email at Deb.Knippel@ministryhealth.org.

Hospice Collection Now Available

A new collection of books on end-of-life issues, death, and grief is now available at your Ministry Health Care Library. The books are appropriate for staff, patients, and family members, including children. Sample books include:
• Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond: A practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life by Jane Brody
• Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communication of the Dying by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
• The Invisible String by Patrice Karst; a children’s’ story that addresses being separated from loved ones
Additionally we have a subscription to Spirituality & Health: The Soul/Body Connection. This is a bi-monthly magazine that addresses issues related to spirituality and health.

The collection is located in the Health Science Library at 2501 Main in Stevens Point. To obtain a complete listing of available books or to check out a book, contact Deb Knippel by phone at 65091 or 715-346-5091 or email at Deb.Knippel@ministryhealth.org.

New Book in the Library: The Relativity Diet: A Diet Theory of Everything

Written by Surgeon Shaun J. Melarvie, MD, on staff at Door County Memorial Hospital

"The Relativity Diet: A Diet Theory of Everything" is in its second printing and has been well-received by its readership since publication in January of this year. The author, Dr. Shaun Melarvie, has been pleased by the feedback he has received, with the consensus being that the book is fun to read and about as page-turning as a "diet book" could be. The truth is that the book isn't written like a conventional diet book. It is more like a philosophy of food and energy, based on science and personal experience, which is written in a conversational narrative that carries the

reader along from the beginning to the end. One reader commented, "The author uses a logical, step by step, scientific approach to a healthy lifestyle, debunking myths and pseudo-science. From the smallest detail, it reveals the mysterious world of quantum physics, re-caps chemistry, and eventually achieves Nirvana." Others have described the book as; "very well written", "a beautiful book" and "I found myself laughing out loud."

You can learn more at the Relativity Blog at www.relativityblog.com or contact a Ministry Librarian to borrow the book.

New edition of Cleveland Clinic: Current Clinical Medicine

The 2nd edition of Cleveland Clinic: Current Clinical Medicine is now available on MD Consult.

Current Clinical Medicine, written by the world famous Cleveland Clinic, is an internal medicine reference that gives you authoritative and actionable information wherever you are, whenever you need it. This new edition includes more than 40 updated chapters, 13 new chapters, and 30% new illustrations, ensuring that you’ll have access to the most up-to-date guidance.

For a complete list of your libraries on-line full-text books visit Ministry's Library Without Wall eBooks Page. 

New England Journal of Medicine Web Site

FROM NEJM:
In a matter of days NEJM will launch a redesigned website that offers a deeper, broader, and more engaging online experience. Creating a smooth transition for you to the new NEJM.org is our top priority.

We've prepared some information to help you know what to expect when the new NEJM.org launches and to ensure you take advantage of the additional value from the new site. For more detailed information about the new NEJM.org visit our FAQ page.
Confirm your account and get a free gift – it's quick and easy

After the new site launches the first thing we'll ask you to do is confirm your account. This is a quick and easy process that will allow you to access exciting new personalized features and functionality on NEJM.org, plus an exclusive free article collection.

The new NEJM.org requires your e-mail address to sign you into the site. If you currently use your e-mail address as your username, nothing will change for you, but you'll be asked to confirm your account the first time you sign in.

If your current NEJM.org username is not your e-mail address, you will be asked to verify your e-mail address the first time you sign in. Your e-mail address will become your username.

Either way, account confirmation is a simple process that will allow you to confirm your information and create your My NEJM account.

After you confirm your account you can:
* Get your exclusive free article collection
* Manage your profile in My NEJM and personalize your NEJM.org experience
* Participate in interactive features, including Interactive Medical Cases
* Stay current in your field and focus on the content that matters most with 19 new specialty pages, and your choice of topic specific e-mail updates
* Save articles and searches for future reference or to revisit when you have time
* ... and more