NLM Launches Value Set Authority Center

The Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) is provided by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  One purpose of Value Sets is to support the 2014 Clinical Quality Measures prescribed for “Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records."

The VSAC provides downloadable access to all official versions of vocabulary value sets contained in the 2014 Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs). Each value set consists of the numerical values (codes) and human-readable names (terms), drawn from standard vocabularies such as SNOMED CT® , RxNorm, LOINC and ICD-10-CM, which are used to define clinical concepts used in clinical quality measures (e.g., patients with diabetes, clinical visit).  Their page is at https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/.

The State of America's Children 2014

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

This is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

his is a comprehensive compilation and analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, family income, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and gun violence. The report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk. - See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/#sthash.FMc7Q6M7.dpuf

A sobering look at the state of America's children.  Children in Kentucky are not doing too well. Report provides key child data showing alarming numbers of children at risk.

Paper or Online?

Why the smart reading device of the future might be paper.

 

Cites several studies on the topic indicating that paper may still be preferable for deep reading and retention, but does that change with the age of the reader?  Does the recent advances in reading devices make a difference?

The Jury is Still Out

"Many questions remain. If reading shorter texts on screen or paper is indeed a matter of preference, does the same hold for deep reading? Can interface designers find better workarounds for the physical limitations of screens? Will people eventually adapt, with screen-trained readers finding new ways of creating structures in the absence of tactile cues?"

NLM's Mobile Apps

Get your information on the go with these apps from the National Library of Medicine.

Doctors wearing Google Glass

How will Google Glass assist doctors?

How could Google Glass change medicine?

Three of the most incredible ways Google Glass could change the future of medicine.This article looks at applications for surgery, point of care, and self-care for patients with chronic conditions.

New Diagnostic App for Google Glass

A team of researchers from UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a Google Glass application and a server platform that allow users of the wearable, glasses-like computer to perform instant, wireless diagnostic testing for a variety of diseases and health conditions.