Join us to get an update on Meaningful Use and its impact on the healthcare environment – don’t just hear about it, know about it!

On May 14th at 10am Janice McCallum will be presenting Meaningful Use Briefing for MedLibs  hosted by the NNLM/NER – COI – Health IT. Janice is a leading authority on commercial applications of healthcare data across all stakeholder groups, including providers, clinicians, payers, life sciences, government and patients.

She currently works as Managing Director of Health Content Advisors, where she advises STM publishers, Health IT companies, healthcare analytics firms, and healthcare providers that produce data as a primary or secondary business.

Join us for a webinar on May 14, 2013 to learn more. 
Time: 10 – 11 AM EST
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Sound like a fairy tale? Exactly! A report format that follows a typical story-telling structure can help you communicate your project’s story so that stakeholders may actually pay attention. In this format, you use evaluation data to complement, not overpower, the most important messages you want to convey. Cindy Olney, from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Outreach Evaluation Resource Center, will describe how to use a story format to report evaluation findings. This format can be adapted for written reports, presentations, and even elevator speeches.

Join us for a webinar on February 14, 2013 to learn more.
Time: 2 – 3 PM EST
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Attend and earn 1 MLA CE.

Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Time: 2 PM
Earn 1 MLA CE unit

Come learn creative ideas for health information outreach projects. Guest speakers include: Irena Bond from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Margot Malachowski from the Baystate Medical Center, Elsie Flemings from the Healthy Acadia Healthy Maine Partnership and Manuela Raposo from the Dorcas Place Welcome Back Center. Our guest speakers will share stories from their health information outreach projects. You will learn tips to plan your project, apply for funding, identify community partners, foster collaborations, integrate assessment and evaluation into your project, cope with barriers, increase community support and sustain your project.

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This program is sponsored by the Healthy Communities, Community of Interest.

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (New England Region) is sponsoring a webinar on November 14th from 2-3 PM with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to provide an overview of free evidence-based research summaries designed to provide information about treatment options for various conditions.

The summaries are part of AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program, the leading Federal effort to compare treatments for health conditions and make findings public. The program provides evidence-based information about the comparative benefits and risks of treatments that helps doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and others work with patients to make more informed treatment decisions.

For instance, the clinician summary Effectiveness of Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring in Adults with Hypertension, reviews clinical evidence comparing the effectiveness and safety of self measured blood pressure.

Companion patient summaries include, Measuring Your Blood Pressure at Home: A Review of the Research for Adults and “ACE Inhibitors” and “ARBs” To Protect Your Heart, and many more. All summaries are based on a systematic review of the literature by the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science.

You can download copies of the all clinician and patient summaries from the AHRQ Web site. The clinician and patient resources, including free Continuing Medical Education (CMEs) courses are available at: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/research-summaries-for-consumers-clinicians-and-policymakers/?RPD. Free bulk copies of the summaries can be ordered by calling the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at 800–358–9295; use code C-02.

In addition to this, AHRQ offers other free resources for clinicians on the AHRQ Web site.
• Continuing medical education/continuing education (CME/CE)
• Webcasts, Web conferences, and downloadable presentations

For more information about AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program, visit www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov or you can contact the AHRQ Regional Office Lead, Tara Schuh at tara.schuh@ahrq.hhs.gov or 212.880.5209 with any questions.

Please join us for the webinar on November 14th from 2-3 PM. Check out the NN/LM NER Training Calendar to register for this and other upcoming programs.