Tuesday 25 November 2008

Latest Health Informatics Community (HIC) content

Source: Health Informatics Community group at NHS CFH eSpace
Publication type: Listserv

In a nutshell: The latest Health Informatics Community (HIC) e-Bulletin is a regular bulletin highlighting latest health informatics news and activities. The latest features include:
*Web 2.0 and the Personal Health Record - can it deliver high quality care for all?’ Masterclass on 28 January 2009
*Making a case to your finance director for investing in health informatics
*Tackling concerns over systems for primary care online
*Opportunity to influence greater patient access to the Map of Medicine
*Can you advise an informatics officer on what they should do?

Some important notes:
You will need to register with the Connecting for Health NHS e-Space to access this content.
Link here for more information: http://www.espace.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/community/hic

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Commissioning Handbook to support information professionals

Source: Health Management Specialist Library
Year of publication: 2008
Publication type: Wiki

In a nutshell: The Commissioning Handbook wiki is being developed by information professionals, pooling knowledge resources and sharing good practice so that they can better support NHS staff involved in commissioning health services. It is open for all to access.

Link here for more information:
http://commissioning.pbwiki.com/

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Victoria Kirk

Friday 14 November 2008

'Making a positive impact on health'

Source: London Links
Publication type: Resources

In a nutshell: Presentations from the launch event of the Alignment Toolkit, 'Making a positive impact on health', are now available from the London Links web pages.

Link here to view the presentations
More information about London Links
More information about the Alignment Toolkit

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Wednesday 12 November 2008

Health Information & Libraries Journal is 25

Source: Health Information & Libraries Journal
Year of publication: 2008
Publication type: Journal

In a nutshell: The online early version of the 25th Anniversary Celebratory Issue of Health Information & Libraries Journal is available open access from the Wiley-Blackwell website.

Link here for more information: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120118368/grouphome/home.html

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Thursday 6 November 2008

News for social science librarians from ALISS

Source: Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences (ALISS)
Publication type: Website

In a nutshell: ALISS has updated its website to add the following news stories: *Libraries and facebook Libraries and facebook - slides from facebook event at Liverpool John Moores University, *Library Group Annual review now available, *New Tutorial on searching the internet for images, *New online resources from the United Nations, *Embracing the future: Embedding digital repositories in the University ofLondon- new report from RAND.

Link here for more information: http://www.alissnet.org.uk
Further dissemination: Please pass this information on to any colleagues within the Trust to whom it may be of interest.
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