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Results From The 2010-11 Readiness For Meaningful Use Of Hit And Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition Survey, Merle Cunningham, Anthony Lara, Peter Shin

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

This brief describes the status of health centers with respect to Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption, readiness to meet the health information technology (HIT) meaningful use (MU) standards, and readiness to achieve Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition.

Himmelfarb Headlines - November/December 2011, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Headlines (2009 - present)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users. Includes articles on BMJ Case Reports, personalized medicine, International Open Access Week, and profiles of James Cawley, MPH, PA-C, and George Paul.

A Natural Fit: Collaborations Between Community Health Centers And Family Planning Clinics, Rachel Benson Gold, Marcie Zakheim, Jillanne M. Schulte, Susan F. Wood, Tishra Beeson, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and family planning clinics funded through Title X of the Public Health Service Act are critical components of the health care safety net in urban and rural medically underserved communities. Although they share the common mission of serving vulnerable and low-income populations, health centers and Title X clinics possess different, but complementary, strengths. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) will expand coverage to an additional 32 million people while leaving 23 million uninsured. Most of the newly insured and the remaining uninsured will be residents of medically-underserved communities, and thus, positioning …

Collecting Overdue Library Books While Simultaneously Benefiting The Community: The Food For Fines Program, Catherine R. Harris, Kathe Obrig, Kathleen Lyons

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation is a detailed description of the background, process, promotion, results, and conclusions of an academic library community service project. The "Food for Fines" program, implemented at Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library was designed to encourage the collection of fines for overdue items. One non-perishable food item was accepted for every $1.00 in overdue fines, to a maximum of $20.00. These food items were donated to a local food bank in the Washington, DC, area.

Strengthening Our Collaborations: Building An Electronic Health Record Educational Module, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton, Laura E. Abate, Elizabeth Palena Hall

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Spurred by the growing adoption of electronic health records, librarians developed an online educational module for second year medical students which was integrated into existing curriculum. This poster presentation is a summary of the project, which required collaboration with staff from the faculty practice group's IT division, the library's web services division, and members of the reference department.

Capitalizing On Our Strengths: Teaching Health Informatics Courses, Anne Linton, Laura E. Abate

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presents the experiences of two health sciences librarians teaching health informatics in semester-length credit courses--one for undergraduate health sciences students in a distance education format and the other for graduate students in a health information technology program in a traditional classroom environment.

Librarians As Participants In A Medical School Advanced Teaching Program, Anne Linton, Laura E. Abate

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Librarians of Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library are now participating in a joint program of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the Graduate School of Education and Human Development of the George Washington University. The program, called the Master Teacher Leadership and Development Program (MTLDP), has increased library visibility and an expanded faculty understanding of how library resources and services can enhance education. This poster presentation is a general outline of the program's benefits to the library.

Vhs To Dvd--The Media Collection Upgrade Story At Himmelfarb Library, Catherine R. Harris, Kathe Obrig, George P. Paul

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

From the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library's collection of films, slides, audio and video tapes, and other similar "audiovisual" materials grew to over 1,000 items. After an assessment of the A/V collection, it was determined that the videocassette tapes (VHS) could be converted to or purchased in DVD format. This poster explains the background, process, results, and conclusions of how the VHS-to-DVD conversion and replacement project was implemented.

Strengthening E-Professionalism: Discussing Social Media Dos And Don'ts With Students And Faculty, Gisela Butera, Thomas Harrod, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation describes several incidents of medical professionals and students engaging in professional misconduct using social media online. It also gives advice on discussing and providing information sessions to students and faculty of health care learning institutions.

Community Health Centers And The Economy: Assessing Centers' Role In Immediate Job Creation Efforts, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

Federal investment in community health centers not only creates health care access but, based on previous studies, generates an estimated 8:1 return for medically underserved communities while creating thousands of jobs. Since our earlier 2008 economic impact study, Congress has made two major program investments: $2 billion under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009; and $11 billion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This analysis measures the economic and jobs-creation benefits of this cumulative investment in health centers, as well as the impact of legislation enacted in April, 2011, which reduced the first year of new …

Himmelfarb Headlines - September/October 2011, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Headlines (2009 - present)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users. Includes articles on Natural Standard, QR codes, and profiles of Nancy L. Falk, PhD, MBA, RN, and Elaine Sullo.

Creating Linkable Subject Bibliographies And New Book Lists In Symphony, Jolinda Thompson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Presents methods for creating subject bibliographies and new books lists in the SirsiDynix Symphony Integrated Library System. The links to these bibliographies can be used in other formats, such as library guides and web pages.

Bending The Health Care Cost Curve In North Carolina: The Experience Of Community Health Centers, Patrick Richard, Peter Shin, Kristina Vasilkovska, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

North Carolina is known for innovative practices in primary care delivery and education, and accordingly one might expect to see greater efficiencies overall in care delivery, and less direct, measurable impact by community health centers on cost and outcome. Of interest is whether community health centers (CHCs) are cost effective providers in states with a sophisticated primary care infrastructure and focus on the needs of medically underserved communities. Building on the large body of health services research literature that has documented the quality and cost-effectiveness of federally-funded primary health centers nationwide, as well as estimates of national savings that are …

Influenza Vaccination Of The Healthcare Workforce: Developing A Model State Law, Alexandra M. Stewart, Marisa A Cox

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Addressing The Challenges Of Reporting On Childhood Asthma In A Changing Health Care System: Building Better Evidence For High Performance, Meagan Lyon, Anne Rossier Markus, Maya Tuchman Gerstein, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

Childhood asthma is a serious and costly chronic disease that burdens children and families as well as the health care systems that serve them. A key element to improving asthma outcomes is access to timely and useful data that can improve the quality of care and inform programs and policies to best serve those communities most burdened by asthma. This Policy Brief examines the nation’s data collection framework for childhood asthma and considers steps that might be taken to strengthen it, including the development, collection and refinement of community-level data to inform local health care systems. Through a review of …

Rethinking Library Service To Distance Education Students: Analyzing The Embedded Librarian Model, Elaine Sullo, Alexandra Gomes, Thomas Harrod, Gisela Butera

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library has embedded librarians into Blackboard classes in the George Washington University School of Nursing and School of Medicine and Health Sciences. This poster is a summarized guide of how librarians can best support distance learning groups in the medical field.

Rethinking Our Mobility: Supporting Our Patrons Where They Live, Alexandra Gomes, Elizabeth Palena Hall, Laura E. Abate

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

In anticipation of the release of a mobile VPN to access the George Washington University wireless network, the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library began developing materials and services to provide support to patrons. This poster is an outline of the mobile services that were implemented to reach patrons where they live.

Revising, Improving And Using A Locally-Developed Worksheet For Multiple Journal Requests To Simplify The Review Process, Steven W. Brown, Kathe Obrig

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

The Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library Serials Department implemented revisions to a previously developed worksheet used to aid in more effectively making collection development decisions. The worksheet as developed was used effectively, but subsequent questions and further input encouraged the original developer to identify additional parameters to measure, thus improving on the original worksheet. This poster presentation is a summary of the process and results of the improvements made to the worksheet.

Himmelfarb Headlines - May/June 2011, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Headlines (2009 - present)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users. Includes articles on the Health Policy Reference Center; highlighting and adding notes to web pages, e-texts, and PDFs; and profiles of Linda Werling, PhD, and Yvonne Lee.

Medicare's Accountable Care Organization Regulations: How Will Medicare Beneficiaries Who Reside In Medically Underserved Communities Fare?, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed regulations implementing the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The thrust of the MSSP is to promote savings to Medicare as well as the greater clinical integration of health care through incentive payments to accountable care organizations (ACOs) that meet Medicare standards for structure, performance, and health care outcomes. The effort to spur greater clinical integration through the MSSP was part of a broader set of reforms contained in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) whose aim was to improve health care quality and efficiency. Among these reforms …

Influenza Vaccination Of The Health Care Workforce: A Literature Review, Alexandra M. Stewart, Marisa A. Cox, Mallory O'Connor

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Since 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that all health care workers (HCWs) receive an annual influenza vaccination. The Healthy People objectives aimed for 60% coverage of HCW influenza vaccination by 2010 and 90% coverage by 2020. Although influenza vaccine uptake among HCWs has trended upward over the past several years, the percentage of immunized HCWs has remained approximately 40% between 2004 and 2008.

In order to complete the literature review, researchers identified and analyzed peer reviewed literature, news articles, professional organization position statements, and institutional policies published between 1991 and 2011. In the absence …

The Role Of Community Health Centers In Addressing The Needs Of Uninsured Low-Income Workers: Implications Of Proposed Federal Funding Reductions, Peter Shin, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

The severe economic downturn over the past few years has demonstrated the heightened importance of strengthening the health care safety net, particularly for working Americans who may have lost their health insurance coverage or do not have access to employer-sponsored benefits. Both historically and most recently during the current recession, health centers have played a critical role in providing services to the working poor, assuring that they continue to receive timely preventive care that obviates the need for, and minimizes use of, more costly services. We estimate that 1 in 4 low income, uninsured working adults depend on health centers …

The Health Care Access And Cost Consequences Of Reducing Health Center Funding, Peter Shin, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

For over four decades, community health centers have served a critical role in providing affordable access to quality care to some of the nation's most vulnerable populations. Health centers have historically enjoyed broad bipartisan support, based on the evidence documenting their high quality care, crucial role in both urban and rural communities, and ability to "bend the cost curve."

On February 20, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reduce discretionary health center funding by $1.3 billion in FY 2011 alone. Although the spending bill was rejected by the U.S. Senate on March 10, 2011, final spending measures for …

The Joseph Leiter Nlm/Mla Lecture At Mla '11, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Publications

Description of the 2011 Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture.

Enhance And "Mobilize" The Library Catalog With Cloud Services, Jolinda Thompson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Publications

Explores new products and services that make it possible to enhance and mobilize traditional library catalogs.

Who Are The Health Center Patients Who Risk Losing Care Under The House Of Representatives' Proposed Fy 2011 Spending Reductions?, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin, Leighton C. Ku

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

On February 20, 2011, the United States House of Representatives approved more than $61 billion in discretionary spending reductions for the remainder of FY 2011. The legislation includes $1.3 billion in direct spending cuts for community health centers. Using the NACHC patient estimates, we present evidence on the characteristics of patients whose continuing access to health center services is at risk. We arrived at these estimates using data from the Uniform Data System (UDS), the federal reporting system in which all health centers must participate, as well as national estimates from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), and published reports …

Who Are The Health Center Pati Ents Who Risk Losing Care Under The House Of Representatives’ Pr Oposed Fy 2011 Spending Reductions?, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin, Leighton C. Ku

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

No abstract provided.

Himmelfarb Headlines - February/March 2011, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Headlines (2009 - present)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users. Includes articles on large LCD monitors, GWUMC Research Commons, and profiles of Karen McDonnell, PhD, and Catherine Harris.

Himmelfarb Library Annual Report 2011, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Annual Report

No abstract provided.