This research on geographic access to PCI has important mplications for makers creating regionalized care models for cardiac care. The authors conclude that culturally based prevention, treatment and harm-reduction programs are urgently needed to ress this serious public health problem. The study also evaluated how the ition of four hypothetical facilities would affect access.
S Health Introduction to this portal The idea for the HLWIKI - Canadian consumer health information. Is a term used to describe the provision of health and medical information for consumers. 6117690964 13 s Posted by Dean Giustini Haiti - Searching for reliable information after an earthquake Posted on January 26, 2010 - 15:16 Introduction On January 12th, 2010, a 7.
S Specialized Information Services - Haiti earthquake resources FEMA Disaster Information NLM. From its early beginnings in hospitals and public libraries, CHI has grown into an important area for health librarians. He writes in a new ary published today in Open Medicine.
Community-based Data Interoperability Networks 2009. A business research engine - 728 open-access business ejournals, and open research texts Google scholar - largest open tool searching across academic disciplines GoPubMed - knowledge-based search engine for biomedical texts HighWire Press - Largest Repository of Free Full-Text Life Science Articles in the World IngentaConnect - a range of items across academic disciplines JURN: A curated academic search-engine, indexing 3,205 free ejournals in the arts. From Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, participated in the study.
Whereas the difference in QAS time was greater, at 0. ABSC Conference in Winnipeg, the wiki team engaged in discussion what we could do to create a set of files to support consumer health information. While some disciplines and research areas have institutional, national and international supports in place for data management, this support is neither coordinated nor comprehensive.
301 Late last year, the appointment of Bernard Prigent, vice-president of medical affairs at Pfizer Canada, to the governing council of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. Infection among Aboriginal youth who use drugs and to identify risk factors associated with HCV infection in this specific population. 1 Posted by Dean Giustini Medical video-sharing sites for 2010 Posted on February 18, 2010 - 15:18 Introduction See also Podcasts and Videocasts and Top Web 2.
Entrez - Life sciences search engine - meta-search tool ERIC Education Search - education research FUSE. Should geographic analyses guide the creation of regionalized care models for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Interpretation: Studies that assume equal weights for the components of composite outcomes may overestimate or underestimate treatment effects.
0 and physicians try to keep current with changes in evidence-based health care. By incorporating HRQL into survival analyses, the impact of the various components of the outcome can be assessed more directly. Emergency Preparedness Canada Emergency Preparedness - Vancouver Health Canada - Emergency Preparedness Operation HESTIA in Haiti World Vision Canada French: Bibliothèque des resources familiales.
0 Services in Medicine - 2010 Video-sharing in medicine is extremely popular due to the portability of mobile devices such as iPhones and the rise of web 2. With traditional survival analysis, the net gain was 0. Dean T Eurich, Sumit R Majumdar, Finlay A McAlister, Ross T Tsuyuki, Yutaka Yasui, Jeffrey A Johnson Abstract HTML PDF Background: Composite outcomes that weight each component equally are commonly used to study treatment effects.
PCI, in which a balloon catheter is used to restore blood flow to the heart, is currently the recommended treatment for ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction. Adequate provision of CHI is increasingly recognized as a factor in patient empowerment for informed decision-making and health maintenance. Images blog Open Access Archivangelism Open Access Librarian PLoS blogs The Search Principle blog Searching for grey literature in medicine 2010 Posted on March 4, 2010 - 14:26 Finding the hard to finds: searching for the grey literature in medicine View more presentations from Dean Giustini.
Gov DiscoverEd Creative Commons Drug Industry Document Archive. Humanities Lalisio literature - arXiv, PubMedCentral. This guide will provide a starting place for information.
For each of the 2 studies, the composite outcome was partitioned into its components, to which utility weights derived from the literature were assigned. Its archival element is often referred to as data curation. 6117690964 Follow Open Medicine on Twitter and Identi.
Canadian Disaster Database Disaster Recovery Information Exchange. Have access to primary percutaneous coronary intervention. CHI is also a kind of biblio- or information therapy.
3 s Posted by Dean Giustini Prevalence and incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among Aboriginal youth Posted on December 16, 2009 - 15:43 This week in Open Medicine - December 16, 2009 NEW RESEARCH:Prevalence and incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among Aboriginal young people who use drugs: results from the Cedar Project Little is known the extent of the hepatitis C. Articles across science and humanities Scirus - science, Elsevier content, PubMed Scitopia - science-technology, plus patents and government data Scopus - 435 million scientific web pages. In this editorial, the editors of Open Medicine present an official response from CIHR to a ary and analysis piece by Steven Lewis, also published today in the journal.
CHI includes information diseases and may also deal with health prevention. Cedar Project Partnership For regular updates from the editors of Open Medicine, join the journal. Offices, health and public libraries or via the Web.
1 The preliminary results of a recent survey of corresponding authors conducted by the editorial staff of JAMA found that over one-quarter of articles published in six major general medical journals in 2008 had guest authors. In New Brunswick, for example, only 15 percent of adults age 40 and older have access to PCI in that time frame, while in Ontario that number is 73 percent. Total QAS time determined for each treatment by the QAS analysis was compared with the results from traditional survival analyses based on Cox proportional hazards regression.
Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education. This is because Canadian health librarians currently do not have any coherent mechanism to locate local, provincial and national materials in CHI. Spanish: Central American Network for Disaster Health Information.
Ghost authorship occurs when someone makes a significant contribution to a manuscript without due acknowledgement of their role. Com References Boulos MN, Maramba I, Wheeler S, et al. Sharing Publication-Related Data and Materials: Responsibilities of Authorship in the Life Sciences.
CHI is found in pharmacies, grocery stores, health food stores, bookstores, physicians. The results of this study inidcate the prevalence of HCV infection in this population is 34. Data curation for e-science in the UK: an audit to establish requirements for future curation and provision.
Some futurists believe we are entering a post-textual era and that demand for video will only continue. Database TRIP Database - evidence-based meta-search tool, U. S ghost and guest authorship Posted on January 19, 2010 - 13:42 Open Medicine.
Content WolframAlpha - Computational Knowledge Engine - trillions of pieces of curated data and millions of lines of algorithms WorldCat see OAIster. Published today in Open Medicine, approximately 64 percent of Canadian adults. S Disaster Information Management Center International Center for International Disaster Information Cochrane Evidence Aid: resources for Haiti earthquake International Committee of the Red Cross Wikipedia.
Digital Preservation: Setting the Course for a Decade of Change. 302 Steven Lewis, a health consultant based in Saskatoon and a of Open Medicine. Org - open access and institutional repository meta-search tool POPLINE - reproductive health literature 1970-present.
Found that only 3 organizations out of 110 systematically archived data in repositories and of those all were archived in the United States. Ko, Mark Eisenberg, Thao Huynh, Stéphane Rinfret, Merril Knudtson and William Ghali http. However, some research suggests that prevalence of HCV infection among Aboriginal people, as well as the number of new cases, is significantly higher than among non-Aboriginal people.
IngentaConnect NLM Gateway - search all NLM files, biomedicine, bioinformatics OAIster - OCLC via WorldCat. In the coming weeks and months, health librarians will be asked to provide assistance in locating information to assist with recovery efforts and complex health issues arising from the quake. 9 s Posted by Dean Giustini This week at Open Medicine - new research Posted on February 2, 2010 - 15:53 Access to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Canada: A Geographic Analysis.
Authors: Kevin Craib, Patricia Spittal, Sheetal Patel, Wayne Christian, Akm Moniruzzaman, Margo Pearce, Lou Demerais, Christopher Sherlock, Martin Schechter. Methods: We tested our hypothesis using data from 2 published clinical studies of treatment for heart failure, one comparing metformin and sulfonylurea and the other comparing digoxin and placebo. It is quite another to refuse to recognize and substantively engage with the very real ethical issues at its core.
6 s Posted by Dean Giustini Data management in Canadian health research Posted on January 11, 2010 - 14:01 See also Digital Libraries Glossary, Open access in Canada and Research for librarians - portal Data management is the process of ensuring the accuracy, currency, storage, security and accessibility of data sets and other digital files in perpetuity. 11-12 Sally Murray, Jay Brophy, Anita Palepu HTML PDF. Generated much controversy and two hearings by a Standing Committee on Health of the House of Commons.
1 The prevalence of guest authors and ghost authors was highest in Nature Medicine. This study sought to estimate the prevalence and incidence of hepatitis C virus. Regional Disaster Information Center for Latin America and the Caribbean 10 s Posted by Dean Giustini Open Medicine.
In Preservation of electronic records: new knowledge and decisionmaking. Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate. Data sets, microarray, numerical data, clinical trial information, textual records, images, sound, etc.
80 percent of adults have access to PCI within a similar time frame. 0 magnitude earthquake struck the country of Haiti with an epicentre near Port-au-Prince. 6 s Posted by Dean Giustini Canadian consumer health information.
Family Resource Library, IWK Health Centre and Library United States NLM. Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society. William Ghali, Claire Kendall and Anita Palepu, editors, Open Medicine.
In fulfilling these preservation responsibilities, library organizations may take responsible for the overall management of data and will consider the needs of faculty and researchers while delegating some aspects of the process to outside suppliers. ABRC, the majority of research data is not being properly archived in Canada. More discouraging than the Prigent appointment in itself is the refusal of either government or the CIHR to acknowledge that the appointment raises even the possibility of conflict of interest.
Approach, which incorporates HRQL data to accommodate differential weights for 2 components. 23 million patents SumSearch - evidence-based meta-search tool, U. Put simply, research data generated in higher education is not managed in any coherent manner in Canada and much is under-utilized for knowledge-creation.
Results: In the observational study of metformin in heart failure, the risk of the composite outcome of death or admission to hospital was lower for those receiving metformin therapy than for those who received sulfonylurea. 304 This ary discusses the implications of new research by Patel et al. Canada - Haiti relations Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness.
1 Posted by Dean Giustini Composite outcomes in cardiovascular studies Posted on February 28, 2010 - 03:18 Analyzing composite outcomes in cardiovascular studies: Traditional Cox proportional hazards versus quality-of-life. One study of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Guest authorship, in contrast, occurs when an individual is named as an author of a manuscript when they do not meet authorship criteria.
They found that transit times vary greatly from province to province. Report of the Interagency Working Group on Digital Data to the Committee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council. We hypothesized that each component of a composite outcome would differentially affect patients.
A treatment for severe heart attacks, within 60 minutes. Studies show that accurate health information is important in reducing anxiety in patients. In the randomized trial of digoxin therapy, the risk of the composite outcome was lower for those receiving the intervention than for those receiving placebo.
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They can be viewed on most laptops, desktop computers and mobiles. Some health librarians find that video sites are helpful in supplementing their collections and in offering new services: 1. S editorial board, criticizes the appoint of Bernard Prigent, vice-president of medical affairs at Pfizer Canada, to the governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
This data is also distinguished by the fact that it is commonly accepted in the research community as a necessary source of information to validate research findings. The authors used geographic information systems and census data to estimate transit time to PCI facilities in Canada using ground transportation. PubMed - biomedicine and allied fields PubMedCentral - open access repository in biomedicine PubMedCentral Canada Science Commons ScienceDirect - 10 million.
Research Data: Unseen Opportunities An Awareness Toolkit commissioned by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. Due to its clear, non-technical presentation, CHI explains medical procedures, prescription drugs and healthcare systems to consumers. Direct personal and professional development via RSS s and 3.
CHI in Canada has seen tremendous growth in the last decade thanks to the Canadian Health Network. From January 25, 2010 to February 19, 2010 from major journals for healthcare professionals, librarians, and the public affected by the disaster. RSS Open MedicineA peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.
This wiki entry is a starting point or portal to information for health consumers and patients and for librarians working in Canada. Neoliberalism, conflict of interest, and the governance of health research in Canada. Several video-sharing sites allow embedding code into blogs and websites, and do not need require special equipment.
The rise of visual media continues as society moves into web 3. References Consumer health information Patient education 2 s Posted by Dean Giustini Deep web searching in medicine Part I Posted on December 20, 2009 - 14:58 ACM Digital Library Agricola - agriculture and allied disciplines arXiv - Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics Canadian Association of Research Libraries. Announced on January 25th that it would begin an Emergency Access Initiative.
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