scholarly journals A Computer System for Effective Management of a Medical Library Network

1971 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Richard E. Nance ◽  
W. Kenneth Wickham ◽  
Maryann Duggan
Keyword(s):  
Processing System ◽  
Network Activity ◽  
Arrival Time Distribution ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Elapsed Time ◽  
South Central ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Regional Medical ◽  
Library Program ◽  
Library Network

<p class="p1">TRIPS <span class="s1">(TALON </span>Reporting and Information Processing System) is an interactive software system for generating reports to NLM on regional medical library network activity and <span class="s1">constitutes </span>a vital part of a network management information system (NEMIS) for the South Central Regional Medical Library Program. Implemented on a PDP-lOfSRU 1108 interfaced <span class="s1">system, </span>TRIPS accepts paper tape <span class="s1">input </span>describing network transactions and generates output statistics on disposition of requests, elapsed time for <span class="s1">completing </span>filled requests, time to clear unfilled requests, arrival time distribution of requests by day <span class="s1">of </span>month, and various other measures of activ<span class="s1">ity </span>andjor performance. Emphasized in the TRIPS design are flexibility, <span class="s1">extensibility, </span>and <span class="s1">system </span>integrity. Processing costs, neglecting preparation of input which may be accomplished in several ways, are estimated at $.05 per transaction, a transaction being the transmittal of a message from one library to another.</p>

scholarly journals An historical overview of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, 1985–2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L. Speaker
Keyword(s):  
Health Resources ◽  
Consumer Health ◽  
National Network ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Academic Medical ◽  
Regional Medical ◽  
Library Program ◽  
The Many ◽  
Health Information Resources

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), established as the Regional Medical Library Program in 1965, has a rich and remarkable history. The network’s first twenty years were documented in a detailed 1987 history by Alison Bunting, AHIP, FMLA. This article traces the major trends in the network’s development since then: reconceiving the Regional Medical Library staff as a “field force” for developing, marketing, and distributing a growing number of National Library of Medicine (NLM) products and services; subsequent expansion of outreach to health professionals who are unaffiliated with academic medical centers, particularly those in public health; the advent of the Internet during the 1990s, which brought the migration of NLM and NNLM resources and services to the World Wide Web, and a mandate to encourage and facilitate Internet connectivity in the network; and the further expansion of the NLM and NNLM mission to include providing consumer health resources to satisfy growing public demand. The concluding section discusses the many challenges that NNLM staff faced as they transformed the network from a system that served mainly academic medical researchers to a larger, denser organization that offers health information resources to everyone.

AIDS: Mississippi Supreme Court Adopts New Standard for Fear of Exposure to AIDS

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-95
Author(s):  
Iris Lan
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Blood Sugar ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Reasonable Care ◽  
South Central ◽  
Legal Standard ◽  
Regional Medical ◽  
Regional Medical Center ◽  
Sugar Levels

On November 4,1999, in South Central Regional Medical Center v. Pickering, 1999 WL 1000703 (1999), the Mississippi Supreme Court created a new legal standard that allows patients to recover damages for fear of exposure to AIDS even though they cannot prove actual exposure. By adopting this standard, the Mississippi Supreme Court joined the minority of jurisdictions seeking to encourage providers to use reasonable care when handling instruments capable of transmitting disease.Plaintiff Jimmie Pickering is a female diabetic, who was receiving treatment at South Central Regional Medical Center (South Central) between September 30 and October 5, 1987 to regulate her blood sugar levels. Pickering used the hospital's Autoclix machine, which required that Pickering use lancets to prick her finger to draw blood.

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