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Latest issue of Info-Rx: Newsletter of the Health Sciences Libraries
by carol_friesen＠umanitoba.ca 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Hi everyone, Please find the latest issue of Info-Rx: Newsletter of the Health Sciences Libraries below. To access the web version of this newsletter go to: http://myuminfo.umanitoba.ca/index.asp?sec=857 INFO-RX: Newsletter of the Health Sciences Libraries February/March 2011 Your prescription for quality health information We are happy to announce that the upstairs (the 300 level) of the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library is now open to the public. The unofficial opening took place at 10am, January 18, 2011. A grand opening event is planned for later in the year. It has been nearly a year since the February 1, 2010 announcement of our renovation project. And what a long year it has been: noisy, dusty, full of the comings and goings of construction workers, with much of the library behind hoardings for months on end, and study space reduced to a minimum. It hasn't been easy for you, our patrons. The new library is a much larger, brighter and better-designed "health information place." We hope you will take advantage of the newly renovated library, which offers comfortable new furniture and ample study space, twelve bookable high-tech seminar rooms, a large boardroom with computer and podium, and wheelchair-accessible public washrooms - and of course, the same knowledgeable and helpful staff. NEWS VALUE OF LIBRARY &AMP; INFORMATION SERVICES IN PATIENT CARE The purpose of the Value Study is to understand the impact of the health library, information services and the librarian. If you are nurse, resident or physician please take a moment to complete this survey. FINALLY, FULL ACCESS TO THE RENOVATED LIBRARY Bigger, brighter, usable - a true "health information place." SHARING ARTICLES UNDER NEW UM COPYRIGHT GUIDELINES Recent developments in the University of Manitoba approach to copyright and their impact on journal article distribution. TANIA GOTTSCHALK APPOINTED ACTING HEAD OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARIES Tania will serve as Acting Head for the next year as Ada Ducas takes an administrative leave. SEMINAR ROOMS AND CONFERENCE ROOM AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL USE The recent library renovation added 12 seminar/group study rooms and a conference room to the Bannatyne Campus facilities. FEATURES WHAT YOUR PATIENT READS: ANTIBIOTICS FOR IBS? PUBMED UPDATE: CHANGES TO MESH IN PUBMED /Info-Rx /is the electronic newsletter of the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries. Its purpose is to inform our primary audience of services or resources that will help them to access quality health information. /Info-Rx/ is published six times a year. Comments, questions, or letters to the editor should be addressed to: info-rx(a)umanitoba.ca -- Carol Friesen MA, MLIS Manitoba Health Outreach Librarian Manitoba Health Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library University of Manitoba Phone at MH: 788-6477 Phone at NJM Health Sciences Library: 480-1391 Email: carol_friesen(a)umanitoba.ca http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca

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New Report: Wait Times in Canada - a Comparison by Province, 2011
by Orvie Dingwall 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has released a new report: Wait Times in Canada - A Comparison by Province, 2011. The complete report is freely available from: https://secure.cihi.ca/estore/productFamily.htm?locale=en <https://secure.cihi.ca/estore/productFamily.htm?locale=en&pf=PFC1599> &pf=PFC1599 \ (To download the whole report, under "media type", click on "Action: Download") Report description: In 2004, Canada's first ministers agreed to reduce wait times in five priority areas: cancer treatment, cardiac care, diagnostic imaging, joint replacement and sight restoration. They also agreed to work towards meeting evidence-based benchmarks-or targets-for medically acceptable waits, which were established in late 2005 for some priority procedures. CIHI was mandated to collect wait times information and monitor provincial progress in meeting benchmarks. Wait Times in Canada-A Comparison by Province, 2011 is CIHI's sixth annual report in this series. Orvie Dingwall, BA, MLIS, AHIP Outreach Services Librarian Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library University of Manitoba email: <mailto:orvie_dingwall@umanitoba.ca> orvie_dingwall(a)umanitoba.ca phone: 204.977.5660 website: <http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/> http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/

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