Outreach marketing may be a successful strategy for NHS libraries.

This dissertation study investigates the ways that NHS libraries are currently marketing their services within their organisation and was submitted as part of the MA Library and Information Management at the University of Sheffield in 2019. This paper presents the findings from twelve semi-structured interviews carried out with NHS library managers in the East of England to identify the most and least successful methods, and in comparison with that which is currently in the general marketing literature. The study found that outreach marketing was the most effective and that librarians are currently conducting marketing to the best of their ability, but they lack time and funding to be able to make the most of their promotional campaigns. F.J.

Entenda a infodemia e a desinformação na luta contra a COVID-19 / Entender la infodemia y la desinformación en la lucha contra la COVID-19 / Understanding the Infodemic and Misinformation in the fight against COVID-19

Conforme declarado pela OMS, o surto de COVID-19 e a resposta a ele têm sido acompanhados por uma enorme infodemia: um excesso de informações, algumas precisas e outras não, que tornam difícil encontrar fontes idôneas e orientações confiáveis quando se precisa. A palavra infodemia se refere a um grande aumento no volume de informações associadas a um assunto específico, que podem se multiplicar exponencialmente em pouco tempo devido a um evento específico, como a pandemia atual. Nessa situação, surgem rumores e desinformação, além da manipulação de informações com intenção duvidosa. Na era da informação, esse fenômeno é amplificado pelas redes sociais e se alastra mais rapidamente, como um vírus.

Según ha declarado la OMS, el brote de COVID-19 y la respuesta correspondiente han estado acompañados de una infodemia masiva, es decir, de una cantidad excesiva de información ‒en algunos casos correcta, en otros no‒ que dificulta que las personas encuentren fuentes confiables y orientación fidedigna cuando las necesitan. El término infodemia se refiere a un gran aumento del volumen de información relacionada con un tema particular, que puede volverse exponencial en un período corto debido a un incidente concreto como la pandemia actual. En esta situación aparecen en escena la desinformación y los rumores, junto con la manipulación de la información con intenciones dudosas. En la era de la información, este fenómeno se amplifica mediante las redes sociales, propagándose más lejos y más rápido, como un virus.

What is the Infodemic? As stated by the WHO, the COVID-19 outbreak and response has been accompanied by a massive infodemic: an overabundance of information ­ some accurate and some not ­ that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it. Infodemic refers to a large increase in the volume of information associated with a specific topic and whose growth can occur exponentially in a short period of time due to a specific incident, such as the current pandemic. In this situation, misinformation and rumors appear on the scene, along with manipulation of information with doubtful intent. In the information age, this phenomenon is amplified through social networks, spreading farther and faster like a virus.

Gestores de referencias como herramientas del día a día. Zotero / Reference managers as day-to-day tools. Zotero

Los gestores de referencias son herramientas surgidas en los años ochenta para facilitar la labor de citación y referencia en los textos académicos. Con los años, han aparecido nuevos gestores que incluyen nuevas funcionalidades, como localizar referencias en Internet, su descarga y almacenamiento, gestión, adición de información de cada referencia, e incluso algunos van más allá y facilitan la visibilidad y comunicación entre los investigadores. En este artículo nos centramos en los gestores de carácter gratuito, más concretamente en Zotero, explicando sus características, instalación y uso, y se hace una breve comparación con Mendeley. Los gestores de referencias son herramientas muy útiles e indispensables hoy en día que ahorran mucho tiempo y preocupaciones a cualquier persona que necesite presentar un trabajo académico o publicar un artículo

Reference managers are tools that appeared in the 1980s to facilitate the work of citation and reference in academic texts. Over the years, new reference managers have appeared that include new functionalities, such as locating references on the internet, downloading and storing them, managing and adding information to each reference, and some even go beyond this and facilitate visibility and communication among researchers. In this article we focus on free managers, more specifically Zotero, explaining their characteristics, installation and use, and making a brief comparison with Mendeley. Reference managers are very useful and indispensable tools today that save a lot of time and worries for anyone who needs to present an academic paper or publish an article

Exploring the research culture in the health information management profession in Australia.

BACKGROUND: Research is an important activity that informs knowledge and practice. The research culture within the Australian Health Information Management (HIM) profession has not been previously reported. OBJECTIVE: This study explored the perceptions of HIM practitioners about research in their role to establish if there is a research culture in the Australian HIM profession. METHOD: An online survey was distributed to the HIM community using a snowball recruitment strategy. RESULTS: Of the 149 respondents, more than half (54%) identified they possessed research skills from prior education, whilst 40% considered they had a strong knowledgebase in conducting research. However, only a quarter of respondents indicated that they should undertake research in their role. Barriers to undertaking research included recognition, organisational support and time. DISCUSSION: The findings from this study reflected other studies within clinical workforces. The lack of recognition and support to incorporate research into practitioner roles has implications for the profession and its body of knowledge. CONCLUSION: Advocating for research to be incorporated into practitioner roles is required to inform knowledge and practice. Increased professional development opportunities may create a stronger research culture within the HIM profession in Australia and strengthen the position of the profession within health.

Recent Developments and Digital Perspectives in Food Safety and Authenticity.

Food safety is of fundamental importance for the food processing industry, food retailers and distributors, and competent authorities because of its potentially direct impact on the health of consumers. Next to the prevention of microbiological, chemical, and physical hazards, increasing efforts are currently made to combat risks associated with food fraud or food authenticity. Food safety management systems nowadays comprise food safety, food defense, and food fraud prevention measures, trying to cope with the increasing complexity and globalization of the food supply chains. Future digital opportunities include the prediction of food safety and food authenticity issues by handling structured and unstructured data retrieved from various sources and origins to ensure the health of consumers and to minimize economical losses.

Infobarris: una herramienta interactiva para monitorizar y divulgar información sobre la salud y sus determinantes en los barrios de Barcelona / Infobarris: an interactive tool to monitor and disseminate information on health and its determinants in the neighbourhoods of Barcelona (Spain)

Para conocer la salud de la población es necesario realizar un análisis conjunto y continuado de su estado de salud y de sus determinantes. El objetivo de esta nota de campo es describir el desarrollo y el funcionamiento de la herramienta Infobarris, que permite visualizar una amplia batería de indicadores y determinantes de la salud de la población de la ciudad de Barcelona según el barrio de residencia. Para el desarrollo de Infobarris se ha usado una metodología ágil que permite el desarrollo de un proyecto de forma iterativa e incremental en etapas: selección de indicadores, diseño del prototipo, desarrollo de la herramienta de visualización, carga de datos, revisión y mejora de la herramienta. Infobarris permite la visualización interactiva de 64 indicadores de salud y de sus determinantes, mediante gráficos, mapas y tablas, lo que facilita la vigilancia de la salud y de sus determinantes en los barrios de la ciudad de Barcelona (AU)

In order to know about the health of the population, it is necessary to perform a systematic and continuous analysis of their health status and social and economic health determinants. The objective of this paper is to describe the development and implementation of the Infobarris tool, which allows to visualize a wide battery of indicators and social determinants of health by neighbourhoods in the city of Barcelona (Spain). For the development of the Infobarris tool, we used an agile methodology that allows the development of a project in iterative and incremental stages, which are the following: selection of indicators, design of the prototype, development of the tool, data loading, and tool review and improvements. Infobarris displays 64 indicators of health and its determinants through graphics, maps and tables, in a friendly, interactive and attractive way, which facilitates health surveillance in the neighbourhoods of Barcelona (AU)

Infectious Disease Information Collection System at the Scene of Disaster Relief Based on a Personal Digital Assistant.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to build a database to collect infectious disease information at the scene of a disaster through the use of 128 epidemiological questionnaires and 47 types of options, with rapid acquisition of information regarding infectious disease and rapid questionnaire customization at the scene of disaster relief by use of a personal digital assistant (PDA). METHODS: SQL Server 2005 (Microsoft Corp, Redmond, WA) was used to create the option database for the infectious disease investigation, to develop a client application for the PDA, and to deploy the application on the server side. The users accessed the server for data collection and questionnaire customization with the PDA. RESULTS: A database with a set of comprehensive options was created and an application system was developed for the Android operating system (Google Inc, Mountain View, CA). On this basis, an infectious disease information collection system was built for use at the scene of disaster relief. The creation of an infectious disease information collection system and rapid questionnaire customization through the use of a PDA was achieved. CONCLUSIONS: This system integrated computer technology and mobile communication technology to develop an infectious disease information collection system and to allow for rapid questionnaire customization at the scene of disaster relief. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:668-673).

La web de un servicio médico como herramienta de información, formación y gestión / A medical service website as an information, training and management tool

Internet, Dr. Google, las redes sociales y la web social marcan un nuevo paisaje para el entorno sanitario. Un entorno marcado por los hospitales «líquidos» (H2.0) con profesionales sólidos. Los hospitales, los centros de salud y cualquier organismo sanitario se deben al paciente, al usuario, al ciudadano. Tenemos que ser excelentes y transparentes, tenemos que romper las paredes de nuestros edificios y debemos facilitar la formación y la información. Y todo lo anterior se consigue mejorando el camino de la comunicación. Porque la comunicación es compatible con el rigor y la ética científica, y los hospitales del siglo XXI y sus servicios médicos deben dar el salto a la web social, sin miedo y sin pudor, con sus «5C» (ciencia, conciencia, calidad, color y calor) y sus «4H» (hacerlo bien, hacerlo mejor, hacerlo juntos, hacerlo) y con los recursos de la web 2.0 (comunicación, difusión, colaboración y multimedia). Comentamos la experiencia con la web del Servicio de Pediatría del Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, una vez definidos nuestro porqué y para qué, nuestros objetivos, el fondo y la forma. La web nos ha hecho visibles, presentes y útiles a los profesionales sanitarios, al ciudadano (al usuario, al paciente) y a la sociedad más allá de su estructura física, y ha resultado útil como herramienta de información, formación y gestión. Y cuando nos hacemos visibles, siempre mejoramos: es una ley inexorable (AU)

Internet, Dr. Google, social media and social web draw a new environment for the healthcare industry. An environment marked by the «2.0» hospitals with solid professionals. The hospitals, health centers and any health organization is owing to the patient, the user, the citizen. We have to be excellent and transparent professionals, we have to break the walls and we must provide proper training and information. We can achieve all of that by improving the communication. Because communication is compatible with scientific rigor and ethics, XXI century hospitals and medical services should jump to the next level of social web without fear nor shame, but with science, awareness, quality, color and heat. Just do it, and do it the right way and together taking the advantages of the provided resources by the web 2.0, which mainly are communication, dissemination, collaboration and multimedia. In the article, we discuss the experience launching the website of the Department of Pediatrics of the Hospital General Universitario of Alicante, once defined our objectives, our «reason why», content and form. With this web site we became visible to the public and professionals, and useful not only to practitioners health but also to the citizens in general (the user, the patient) and to the society beyond its physical structure, and it has proved to be useful as a tool for providing information, training and management. And by becoming visible, we always improve: it is an inexorable law (AU)

A Technical Evaluation of Wireless Connectivity from Patient Monitors to an Anesthesia Information Management System During Intensive Care Unit Surgery.

Surgical procedures performed at the bedside in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia were documented using paper anesthesia records in contrast to the operating rooms, where an anesthesia information management system (AIMS) was used for all cases. This was largely because of logistical problems related to connecting cables between the bedside monitors and our portable AIMS workstations. We implemented an AIMS for documentation in the NICU using wireless adapters to transmit data from bedside monitoring equipment to a portable AIMS workstation. Testing of the wireless AIMS during simulation in the presence of an electrosurgical generator showed no evidence of interference with data transmission. Thirty NICU surgical procedures were documented via the wireless AIMS. Two wireless cases exhibited brief periods of data loss; one case had an extended data gap because of adapter power failure. In comparison, in a control group of 30 surgical cases in which wired connections were used, there were no data gaps. The wireless AIMS provided a simple, unobtrusive, portable alternative to paper records for documenting anesthesia records during NICU bedside procedures.

Real-Time Management of Multimodal Streaming Data for Monitoring of Epileptic Patients.

New generation of healthcare is represented by wearable health monitoring systems, which provide real-time monitoring of patient's physiological parameters. It is expected that continuous ambulatory monitoring of vital signals will improve treatment of patients and enable proactive personal health management. In this paper, we present the implementation of a multimodal real-time system for epilepsy management. The proposed methodology is based on a data streaming architecture and efficient management of a big flow of physiological parameters. The performance of this architecture is examined for varying spatial resolution of the recorded data.

How we developed eForms: an electronic form and data capture tool to support assessment in mobile medical education.

Mobile learning technologies are being introduced and adopted by an increasing number of medical schools. Following the implementation of these devices, institutions are tasked with the challenge of their integration into curriculum delivery and presented with the opportunity to facilitate data collection from large student cohorts. Since 2011, Manchester Medical School (MMS) has undertaken the largest deployment of iPads within UK Higher Education. Working towards the more efficient collation of students' compulsory workplace-based assessment data led us to evaluate how existing information management software could replace previously paper-based systems. Following an evaluation of six, and a trial of one, commercially available packages, the existing software solutions were found to be inflexible and unfit for purpose. This resulted in the development of a new digital solution that addressed the limitations of the previous system. "University of Manchester (UoM) eForms" consists of an app and a web-based administration system that respectively permit high volume data collection and management. UoM eForms has now replaced the preceding paper-based and electronic systems within MMS for workplace-based assessment administration, due to the improved usability and dynamicity built into its interface and infrastructure. This new system has found many further useful applications, including research data collection, feedback, placement evaluations, quality assurance and interview marking.

EpiBasket: how e-commerce tools can improve epidemiological preparedness.

BACKGROUND: Should an emerging infectious disease outbreak or an environmental disaster occur, the collection of epidemiological data must start as soon as possible after the event's onset. Questionnaires are usually built de novo for each event, resulting in substantially delayed epidemiological responses that are detrimental to the understanding and control of the event considered. Moreover, the public health and/or academic institution databases constructed with responses to different questionnaires are usually difficult to merge, impairing necessary collaborations. We aimed to show that e-commerce concepts and software tools can be readily adapted to enable rapid collection of data after an infectious disease outbreak or environmental disaster. Here, the 'customers' are the epidemiologists, who fill their shopping 'baskets' with standardised questions. METHODS: For each epidemiological field, a catalogue of questions is constituted by identifying the relevant variables based on a review of the published literature on similar circumstances. Each question is tagged with information on its source papers. Epidemiologists can then tailor their own questionnaires by choosing appropriate questions from this catalogue. The software immediately provides them with ready-to-use forms and online questionnaires. All databases constituted by the different EpiBasket users are interoperable, because the corresponding questionnaires are derived from the same corpus of questions. RESULTS: A proof-of-concept prototype was developed for Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) surveys, which is one of the fields of the epidemiological investigation frequently explored during, or after, an outbreak or environmental disaster. The catalogue of questions was initiated from a review of the KAP studies conducted during or after the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic. CONCLUSION: Rapid collection of standardised data after an outbreak or environmental disaster can be facilitated by transposing the e-commerce paradigm to epidemiology, taking advantage of the powerful software tools already available.

[Design and application of implantable medical device information management system].

Through the establishment of implantable medical device information management system, with the aid of the regional joint sharing of resources, we further enhance the implantable medical device traceability management level, strengthen quality management, control of medical risk.

Using Evernote as an electronic lab notebook in a translational science laboratory.

Electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) offer significant advantages over traditional paper laboratory notebooks (PLNs), yet most research labs today continue to use paper documentation. While biopharmaceutical companies represent the largest portion of ELN users, government and academic labs trail far behind in their usage. Our lab, a translational science laboratory at New York University School of Medicine (NYUSoM), wanted to determine if an ELN could effectively replace PLNs in an academic research setting. Over 6 months, we used the program Evernote to record all routine experimental information. We also surveyed students working in research laboratories at NYUSoM on the relative advantages and limitations of ELNs and PLNs and discovered that electronic and paper notebook users alike reported the inability to freehand into a notebook as a limitation when using electronic methods. Using Evernote, we found that the numerous advantages of ELNs greatly outweighed the inability to freehand directly into a notebook. We also used imported snapshots and drawing program add-ons to obviate the need for freehanding. Thus, we found that using Evernote as an ELN not only effectively replaces PLNs in an academic research setting but also provides users with a wealth of other advantages over traditional paper notebooks.

Fuentes de información bibliográfica (XIII). Gestores de referencias bibliográficas: particularidades sobre RefWorks y Zotero / Sources of bibliographic information (XIII). Bibliographic reference managers: particularities about RefWorks y Zotero

En el anterior trabajo de la serie Fuentes de información en Pediatría, se presentaron las características básicas y funcionalidades generales de los gestores de referencias bibliográficas. En el presente artículo se pretende ahondar en dos de los gestores más demandados en la actualidad en nuestro país, RefWorks y Zotero, presentando sus capacidades y potencialidades y destacando sus puntos fuertes. Con este trabajo se intentará ofrecer una visión al lector para que adquiera los conocimientos básicos y le sirva de puente para comenzar su andadura en este universo de los gestores bibliográficos(AU)

In the last paper from the series Information Sources in Pediatrics, basic features and general functions of bibliographic reference managers were shown. This paper aims to examine two of the most demanded reference managers at the present in our country, RefWorks and Zotero, showing their abilities, potential, and highlighting their strengths. This work will try to introduce the basic knowledge to the reader in order to star this/her activity in this universe of reference managers(AU)

Linked Data como herramienta en el ámbito de la nutrición / Linked Data as a tool in the nutrition domain

En la actualidad existe una enorme cantidad de información en Internet que no puede ser interpretada y reutilizada por agentes software. Este hecho impone una importante limitación al potencial de las herramientas que es posible construir haciendo uso de los datos disponibles en la Web actual. Sin embargo, los recientes avances introducidos en el ámbito de la Web Semántica nos permiten crear una nueva generación de aplicaciones inteligentes capaces de ofrecer valor añadido al usuario. Este trabajo presenta los desafíos tecnológicos que es preciso abordar para, dentro del ámbito de la nutrición, partir de una o varias fuentes de datos convencionales y generar un repositorio web, basado en tecnologías semánticas, ligado con otras fuentes de datos públicas en Internet. Este enfoque permite que herramientas automáticas operen sobre esta información y presten nuevas funcionalidades altamente interesantes en el ámbito de la salud pública, como la generación automática de menús para escolares o asesores dietéticos inteligentes, entre otras. El presente artículo detalla el proceso para generar dicho soporte de información siguiendo las directrices de la iniciativa Linked Data e ilustra el uso de herramientas que sacan partido de este soporte para su adopción en otros casos de uso y entornos próximos (AU)

Currently, there is a huge amount of information available on Internet that can neither be interpreted nor used by software agents. This fact poses a serious drawback to the potential of tools that deal with data on the current Web. Nevertheless, in recent times, advances in the domain of Semantic Web make possible the development of a new generation of smart applications capable of creating added-value services for the final user. This work shows the technical challenges that must be faced in the area of nutrition in order to transform one or several old fashion sources of raw data into a web repository based on semantic technologies and linked with external and publicly available data on Internet. This approach makes possible for automatic tools to operate on the top of this information providing new functionalities highly interesting in the domain of public health, such as the automatic generation of menus for children or intelligent dietetic assistants, among others. This article explains the process to create such information support applying the guidelines of the Linked Data initiative and provides insights into the use of tools to make the most of this technology for its adoption in related use cases and environments (AU)

[Current requirements for image management in radiotherapy]. / Aktuelle Anforderungen an das Bildmanagement in der Strahlentherapie.

AIMS AND METHODS: Treatment techniques of increasing complexity such as dynamic/rotational techniques mandate digital management and increasingly image guidance. This constantly increases requirements for image management and archiving. This article discusses the current status of these requirements and will present potential image administration strategies. RESULTS: Fundamentals of image administration and storage/archiving are presented (DICOM Standard, radiotherapy-specific issues) along the typical patient pathway (demographic data, radiotherapy treatment planning, signatures/approval of plan and image data, archiving of plan and image data). Different strategies for image management are presented (archiving centered on individual application vs. integral approach with central archiving in a DICOM-RT-PACS governed by a radiation oncology information system (ROCIS)). Infrastructural requirements depending on the amount of image data generated in the department are discussed. CONCLUSION: Application-centered image management provides access to image data including all relevant RT-specific elements. This approach, however, is not migration-safe, requires significant administrative work to ensure a redundancy level that protects against data loss and does not provide datasets that are linked to respective therapeutic interventions. Therefore, centralized image management and archiving that links images to patients and individual steps in the treatment pathway within a standardized DICOM(-RT) environment is preferable despite occasional problems with visualization of specific data elements.