A scientific collaboration tool built on the facebook platform.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008;:41-5
Authors: Bedrick SD, Sittig DF
We describe an application ("Medline Publications")written for the Facebook platform that allows users to maintain and publish a list of their own Medline-indexed publications, as well as easily access their contacts lists. The system is semi-automatic in that it interfaces directly with the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database to find and retrieve citation data. Furthermore, the system has the capability to present the user with sets of other users with similar publication profiles. As of July 2008,Medline Publications has attracted approximately 759 users, 624 of which have listed a total of 5,193 unique publications.
PMID: 18999247 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Web screening of US nursing homes by location and quality.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008;:576-80
Authors: Pearson G, Gill M, Thoma G
To assist American families who will one day need to find a nursing home for a loved one, NLM is developing a Web 2.0 interface to important evaluative information about nursing homes in the US. Currently in prototype form, our Nursing Home Screener locates homes on a Google Map. It allows nursing home quality, indicated by map icons, to be surveyed in any of four major categories: staffing, fire safety deficiencies, healthcare deficiencies, and quality of care inferred from residents health. Within each category, options can be tailored to user preferences. Furthermore, home attributes can be used to selectively hide home markers of less interest. The goal is to offer the public a timely, easy to use site for the rapid location and comparison of nursing homes, thus identifying those worth further review or a personal visit.
PMID: 18998890 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
A prototype system to support evidence-based practice.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008;:151-5
Authors: Demner-Fushman D, Seckman C, Fisher C, Hauser SE, Clayton J, Thoma GR
Translating evidence into clinical practice is a complex process that depends on the availability of evidence, the environment into which the research evidence is translated, and the system that facilitates the translation. This paper presents InfoBot, a system designed for automatic delivery of patient-specific information from evidence-based resources. A prototype system has been implemented to support development of individualized patient care plans. The prototype explores possibilities to automatically extract patients problems from the interdisciplinary team notes and query evidence-based resources using the extracted terms. Using 4,335 de-identified interdisciplinary team notes for 525 patients, the system automatically extracted biomedical terminology from 4,219 notes and linked resources to 260 patient records. Sixty of those records (15 each for Pediatrics, Oncology & Hematology, Medical & Surgical, and Behavioral Health units) have been selected for an ongoing evaluation of the quality of automatically proactively delivered evidence and its usefulness in development of care plans.
PMID: 18998835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Saturday, January 09, 2010
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Weekend update
Friday: Did errands, worked at both places (although only for a short time at the gas station), did notes, and watched Painkiller Jane.
Saturday: Off! I ran errands, took a night off from notes, and visited with a friend. I also stopped by my mom's workplace to pick up the new car registration. Ah, the smell of nursing homes. It brought back memories from my childhood, where I spent days and a few nights at a home in Louisiana when my father was on temporary duty. I remember being there during a rain when frogs seemes to sprout from the very raindrops. And I was there on July 7, 1977, a day I remember because of all the 7s. A resident taught me how to play dominoes, including scoring. I used to help the activities director/social worker, too. The only Catholic service I've attended was in a nursing home chapel. I used to 'play' the piano (which strained my mother's nerves, but I desperately wanted to take lessons and never got them, so one can't blame me for being bad at it). I remember there was one poor lady who had lost a child when she was younger who carried a baby doll with her everywhere she went. It was pretty educational, in a way, and even at a young age I realised I never wanted to be dumped in a place like that. It wasn't horrible--although I know now there are truly horrible nursing homes. It was clean, it was comfortable. But they were pretty much abandoned by their families, and that was so sad. Walking into her workplace brought up all those memories.
Sunday: Game! Preparations before, then game, then notes. Margaret and I were the only ones there. Brenda should be back next week. Who knows with Dee--she just started radiology tech school and so we may see her in a couple of years. It was time for her character to go for training anyway, at least.
Today: Home! I went to Danville and visited my grandmother, mother, and stepfather. My mom's worked 32 of the last 48 hours, so she was falling alseep at the dinner table. They brought their dog, Sassy, who apparently despises me (she was instantly jealous, and my mom kept hugging me to show her I was okay and it just set her off more, I think). She is not Chihuhua/Dachsund after all but it Chihuhua/Jack Russel--an unholy combination in my book, and hyper as all get out. She is cute, and she finally deigned to lick my fingers, but I'm afraid there was really no love lost between us. I may go back down the 20th to see my aunts and uncles who will be in. We'll see. It's not that long of a drive but with an older car you never know how things will go. I stopped by the Kroger at Brannon Crossing right over the county line in Jessamine County. I think it's what my neighbourhood Kroger is heading towards, a mega centre which sells everything but clothing. They even had furniture. I finally got distilled water! I got home, blogged briefly, laid down to nap and enjoy the distilled water in the humidifier, then got a phone call for a ride to work. Took that person in, made a quick grocery run for a friend. I got home around 9, went onto bed for awhile, then picked my friend up from work about 3 am. Now I'm going to head back to bed. Tomorrow is shed cleaning and a doctor's appointment, the last day of my vacation. I still haven't managed to straighten up the apartment. I'll try to do that a little at a time through the week.
Saturday: Off! I ran errands, took a night off from notes, and visited with a friend. I also stopped by my mom's workplace to pick up the new car registration. Ah, the smell of nursing homes. It brought back memories from my childhood, where I spent days and a few nights at a home in Louisiana when my father was on temporary duty. I remember being there during a rain when frogs seemes to sprout from the very raindrops. And I was there on July 7, 1977, a day I remember because of all the 7s. A resident taught me how to play dominoes, including scoring. I used to help the activities director/social worker, too. The only Catholic service I've attended was in a nursing home chapel. I used to 'play' the piano (which strained my mother's nerves, but I desperately wanted to take lessons and never got them, so one can't blame me for being bad at it). I remember there was one poor lady who had lost a child when she was younger who carried a baby doll with her everywhere she went. It was pretty educational, in a way, and even at a young age I realised I never wanted to be dumped in a place like that. It wasn't horrible--although I know now there are truly horrible nursing homes. It was clean, it was comfortable. But they were pretty much abandoned by their families, and that was so sad. Walking into her workplace brought up all those memories.
Sunday: Game! Preparations before, then game, then notes. Margaret and I were the only ones there. Brenda should be back next week. Who knows with Dee--she just started radiology tech school and so we may see her in a couple of years. It was time for her character to go for training anyway, at least.
Today: Home! I went to Danville and visited my grandmother, mother, and stepfather. My mom's worked 32 of the last 48 hours, so she was falling alseep at the dinner table. They brought their dog, Sassy, who apparently despises me (she was instantly jealous, and my mom kept hugging me to show her I was okay and it just set her off more, I think). She is not Chihuhua/Dachsund after all but it Chihuhua/Jack Russel--an unholy combination in my book, and hyper as all get out. She is cute, and she finally deigned to lick my fingers, but I'm afraid there was really no love lost between us. I may go back down the 20th to see my aunts and uncles who will be in. We'll see. It's not that long of a drive but with an older car you never know how things will go. I stopped by the Kroger at Brannon Crossing right over the county line in Jessamine County. I think it's what my neighbourhood Kroger is heading towards, a mega centre which sells everything but clothing. They even had furniture. I finally got distilled water! I got home, blogged briefly, laid down to nap and enjoy the distilled water in the humidifier, then got a phone call for a ride to work. Took that person in, made a quick grocery run for a friend. I got home around 9, went onto bed for awhile, then picked my friend up from work about 3 am. Now I'm going to head back to bed. Tomorrow is shed cleaning and a doctor's appointment, the last day of my vacation. I still haven't managed to straighten up the apartment. I'll try to do that a little at a time through the week.
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