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Patient Education Resources

The following PDF contains local electronic resources for patient education on four major topics: Bariatric surgery, diabetes, heart failure and stroke. An emphasis is on video education rather than primarily handouts to be printed, although those are listed too.

How to use this PDF:

Each page contains live links to various databases & platforms available locally.
There are two categories, subscribed resources (found within the IP range of the hospital) and open access (found on the public internet).
From there, each education topic has various subtopics arranged in columns.
- Example: Stroke --> Post Stroke Depression
Next is a column of links, where you can find these resources.
Finally, a column of Notes described what the link opens to.
- Example: Handouts, videos in a database, videos hosted on Youtube

Access the PDF here.

Mobile Apps

I-medicalapps
"iMedicalApps is the leading online publication for medical professionals, patients, and analysts interested in mobile medical technology and health care apps. Our physician editors lead a team of physicians, allied health professionals, medical trainees, and mHealth analysts in providing reviews, research, and commentary of mobile medical technology. Our publication is heavily based on our own experiences in the hospital and clinic setting."
Medscape Mobile
8,500+ prescription and OTC drugs, herbals, and supplements
6,200+ Reference articles for decision-making support
Clinical tools: drug interaction checker, calculators, and pill identifier
And more!

Sanford Guide - Covid19 App "In the interest of providing the medical community with concise information about the rapidly changing SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 situation, Sanford Guide has made its resources related to the pandemic available without a digital subscription." Access is available on the Web, on IPhone or IPad, and Android devices.

Check out the Medical Algorithms Project, now called Medal The Medical Algorithms Company.

It has been around for over a decade, and has 1,000s of medical care algorithms for over 45 different specialties in medicine and nursing. It was developed by Dr. Sriram Iyengar, Ph.D., of the School of Health information Systems, University of Texas, Houston, and the Institute for Algorithmic Medicine. For individuals, it is still freely accessible at the URL below. You will need to register to gain access; it has iOS and Android apps available. Here is the URL below:

MEDAL The Medical Algorithms Company
This is an evidence-based clinical decision support tool, with over 22,000 plus calculators and risk scores.

Open Links to Catholic Bioethics Sites

National Catholic Bioethics Center
Easy access to the official position of the Catholic Church on issues of bioethics
Article on Catholic Bioethics and clinicians in PMC
Article authored by Hazel J. Markwell and Barry F. Brown and written for clinicians practicing under the tradition of Catholic Bioethics.
Catholic Health Association, USA
Web site of information and guides concerning end-of-life directives and other ethical-religious topics specific to the Roman Catholic Church.
Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services
This official text can be found on the website of the USCCB. It is the 6th ed., 2018, and developed by the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

Continuing Education

Interprofessional Continuing Education

"Our goal is to leverage technology to establish innovative training and education featuring internal subject matter experts from across Ascension and beyond. The new Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) website allows all associates - clinical and non-clinical - access to continuing education. The new cloud technology has simplified the process to apply, accredit and award continuing education as well as maintaining a repository of educational activities, transcripts and certificates. The IPCE site hosts the Ascension educational activity calendar for upcoming activities, livestream and on-demand education. Ascension associates can log in using their single sign-on for ease, and all others have access to the same high-quality education by logging in as a non-Ascension associate."

Profile Setup QRG

To access this education platform you will need to create a profile, please use link above for instructions.

Joint Commission has many open and free information sources on its web site. Click to access the valuable information on CLABSI with guidelines, prevention measures, etc.

Hospital & Ambulatory AMP E-Resources

Getting Started:

Browse the standards and requirements. From the left menu:
- Select a Product.
- Select an Effective Date.
- Select a Program.
- Click on Accreditation Requirements or Certification Standards.
- Select a Chapter and click on a specific Standard or requirement to see the details.
Enter a search phrase or standard number at the top left and click the search button.
For details click E-dition Help at the top right corner of the screen.

Health Disparities Resources

Be sure to also check our databases for e-books & e-journals specific to the patient population you are researching!

Refugee, Immigrant & Indigenous Resources

EthnoMed
A web site of health resources created by the University of Washington for addressing healthcare concerns of recent refugees, immigrants or indigenous peoples throughout the US
Maryland Immigrant and Refugee Health Resources
Maryland's Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene online immigrant and refugee health resources for providers.
National Library of Medicine's Online Books on Health Disparities
Topics over all areas of health disparities including gender, aged, immigrant, refugee, poor, children, urban populations, rural populations, indigenous. All of these are found in NLM's online Bookshelf
USCRI (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants)
Online resource library for service providers

The Center of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion helped create a web site of health disparities information. This resource also provides best evidence on this topic.

Healthy People 2030

The Surgeon General has a comprehensive web site on health issues pertinent to all Americans.

US Surgeon Generals website

The American Medical Association has information regarding disparities in health care, and offers continuing medical education credits for increasing your knowledge on these issues.

AMA Health Disparities Web Resource

Additionally, there are private non-profit religious agencies or other government bodies which offer valuable and trustworthy information on the issues surrounding healthcare disparities, and which address barriers to standard healthcare. Below are some selected sites. Click on the links below to access these relevant and useful websites on health disparities.

NLM/NIH Pubmed's Health Disparities Literature
This subset of materials can be found on the PubMed website under PubMed tools. Choose the "Topic Specific Queries" if you are on the site itself. The link is above.
AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has a repository of reports and tools useful in addressing healthcare inequality. Here is the web site link above.
Health Literacy Online A Guide for Simplifying the User Experience
This research-based guide will help you develop intuitive health websites and digital tools that can be easily accessed and understood by all users — including the millions of Americans who struggle to find, process, and use online health information.

About The Library

Welcome to the Library! Our physical space is open to all Ascension Saint Agnes associates during open hours. All electronic resources are available throughout the hospital campus from any computer via The Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital website.

Writing a Case Study or Report? Be sure to investigate our online resources including these online journals & ebooks: A&A Case Reports, Journal of Medical Case Reports, Radiology Case Reports, Clinical Cases in Anesthesia etc...Be sure to check the Citation, Writing & Research Help page for helpful tips, videos and templates for personal statements, posters and other writing needs.

Do you need assistance with edits, brainstorming or composition? Make an appointment with the Librarian or send a draft to the library email and I will be glad to help.

Popular titles such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine can be accessed via our Discover Tool. Online journals, books and clinical overviews can also be found in our Clinical Key & Ovid databases. Systematic Reviews, Drug Trials & Meta Analyses are easily found in the Cochrane Library.

All physical books are to be checked-out and checked-in with the Librarian. Most books are available for 2 weeks, with a few exceptions for 1 week loans. Reference books & periodicals are not to leave the physical space but can be read in the library anytime.

Services provided by the Library include:

Literature searching and research assistance
Document delivery and discovery services as part of the National Library of Medicine library network
Study Space and Carrels

Borrowing - Use the Library Request Form or email us when your search does not connect you to our full-text subscriptions. The Librarian can be reached at stagneslibrary@ascension.org. Our library is a full member of the National Library of Medicine network of professional medical and health sciences libraries and as such can order articles from other institutions should we not have access to the article you need.

Physical space amenities include:

Wireless environment
Computers and Printer
Scanning
Copying -- Copying is self service only, and is to be used for actual work-related needs, or the CME/CNE requirements for certification. Use of the copier is circumscribed by relevant library and hospital policies regarding the same.

The Ascension Library department now has a national page! Here you can access information on what resources are available on a national level, what services are on offer and a comprehensive list of all Ascension librarians. Find it via the following link:

Ascension Library Services

Maryland Resources

This web site is the official site for the state of Maryland regulations -- COMAR. It is user friendly for searching. In cases of judicial proceedings, a firm paper copy of the COMAR register is considered to be the official format. The print format intact and updated can be found in our Library Reference section. No pages may be taken out to be copied -- instead pull from the online format and double check against the print.

Maryland Medicine Journal is now open access online. Archived issues from the last century are available under publications on the MEDCHI website.

Maryland’s health care delivery system consists of public and private hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, home health care services, hospices, providers, and health educators, among others. As a public health department, our goal is to improve the health status of every Maryland resident and to ensure access to quality health care.

Statistics Help

The National Library of Medicine and other public sites on the web have excellent overviews on finding and using statistics in your clinical research. Follow the links below for some excellent information and how-tos. Click below on their Finding and Using Health Statistics, and all the links following it.

NLM/NIH Finding and Using Health Statistics
A valuable and short online series of introduction modules on statistics
CDC's National Center for Health Statistics
Faststats and summaries of demographic health statistics grouped by topic and cross referenced
US Government Open Data Web Site
Publically accessible database of statistics gathered by the US Government
NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
Great accessible web site of the project at National Institute of Standards and Technology
AHRQ Data Resources
Various databases specific to medical specialty areas

Calculators:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Calculator
Accurate and fast online caculator for cost of living over the years to determine the real power of earnings
Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Assessment
Real earnings over time calculated geographically
Bureau of Labor Statistics Injury and Illness Calculator
Data coverning various employment sectors and industries for comparison of occurences

Medical and Biomedical Open Access Web Sites with Computational Tools:

Open-Epi Web site
A collaboration among several researchers at the CDC and universities with downloadable tools.
Open-Access Data and Computational Resources to Address COVID-19
COVID-19 open-access data and computational resources are being provided by federal agencies, including NIH, public consortia, and private entities. These resources are freely available to researchers, and this page will be updated as more information becomes available.

Lewis P. Gundry Health Sciences Library

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MARYLAND COMAR - Code of MD Regulations

What Is COMAR?

Health Disparities Resources

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