Patient Safety Awareness

Sure, we all know it is important for doctors to provide safe and effective health care, but did you know patients play a part in safety as well?

March 7-13th is Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) which is a national campaign for bettering patient care on a personal level. The National Patient Safety Foundation provides information and materials on how to be the best patient you can be. The first step? Asking the right questions.

Find out more!

Spring Library Newsletter

The latest issue of the Library’s Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.

Library Commons – Award Winning

The Library Commons renovation was awarded an American Institute of Architecture New Orleans Design Award in the category of Interior Architecture. The awards were also featured in the New Orleans Magazine March issue.

LSUHSC Library Commons

Good News for NOLA Patients

The Commonwealth Fund released a report mid-January on a 2009 Survey of Clinic Patients in New Orleans. “Coming Out of Crisis: Patient Experiences in Primary Care in New Orleans, Four Years Post-KatrinaÔÇöFindings from The Commonwealth Fund 2009 Survey of Clinic Patients in New Orleans” makes for interesting reading and is only 35 pages long. A quick quote that demonstrates the tone of the report, “The findings are encouraging: most patients reported having easy access to care, helpful communication with clinicians, good management of their chronic illnesses, and preventive care. When they needed care, costs did not deter them from seeking it.”

4th floor Color Printer

Color printing is now available on the 4th floor print station. Color printing costs 25 cents/page.

For now, black and white printing will be available on the 3rd floor, while color printing is available on the 4th floor.

In the near future, you will be able to print both black and white AND color on the new printer on the 4th floor.

Moodle Scheduled Downtime

Moodle will be down on campus from 11 p.m. this evening (Friday, Feb. 26th) until approximately mid-morning tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 27th) for server maintenance. Please plan your use accordingly.

Library Commons Closure

The Library Commons will be closed from midnight to 8 a.m. on Saturday, February 27th to accomodate electrical work in the building. Please plan your studying accordingly.

TVs in the Library Commons

The television sets in the Library Commons are available for use with a laptop. Just stop by the Circulation Desk to checkout the cables that are needed to make it work. Use of the TVs & the cables is on a “first come – first served” basis. Enjoy!

Historical Images

In need of an historical image to jazz up a presentation? Check out the Images from the History of Medicine Collection from the National Library of Medicine. NLM does not own the copyright to the images in the database, nor do we charge access or permission fees for their use. We do request, however, that published images include the credit line “Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.”

Dental Clinical at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. 1943

2010 County Health Rankings

The County Health Rankings ÔÇö the first time researchers have examined the multiple factors that affect health in each county in all 50 states ÔÇö a collaborative effort by the University of WisconsinÔÇÖs Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The 50 state reports help public health and community leaders, policy-makers, consumers and others to see how healthy their county is, compare it with others within their state and find ways to improve the health of their community.

Louisiana Summary report is available at
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/sites/default/files/CHR2010_LA.pdf

Winter Olympics & Exp Physiol

New Orleans was so busy with the Saints in the Superbowl and then Carnival that many missed that the Winter Olympics have started again. Experimental Physiology has issued a special themed issue (v95 n3 March 2010) in commemoration of the athletic event. The issue explores “the biological and environmental challenges elite winter athletes must overcome to win gold.”

Off campus access will require a Library barcode & PIN.

Happy Mardi Gras!

Both the Dental & Isché Libraries are closed today (February 16th) in honor of Mardi Gras. Hope you’re having a great day!

Mardi Gras/Spring Break @ Dental

The Dental Library will be open for reduced hours next week in observance of Mardi Gras and spring break at the Dental School. The schedule is as follows:

Have fun & be safe!

Mardi Gras Hours @ Ische

The Isché Library will have reduced hours for the final weekend of carnival and will be closed on Mardi Gras. The schedule will be as follows:

Have fun & be safe!

DSM-5 solicits comments

The fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be published in May 2013 and will reflect substantial changes for diagnosis of mental disorders. One of the biggest may concern children who are currently diagnosed as bipolar. In a move that could potentially change mental health practice all over America, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) includes a new diagnosis: “temper dysregulation disorder”, which would diagnose children with explosive moods as having a brain or biological dysfunction, and not necessarily lifelong condition such as bipolar.

The APA has published Proposed Draft Revisions to DSM Disorders and Criteria, and welcomes public comment.

The library offers full text online access to the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) through Psychiatry Online and Stat!Ref.