saving timeand money adl2008

Saving Time & Money:

Southern Regional AHEC

Fayetteville, NC

In a perfect world, you would never have to worry about money.

. . .but this isn’t a perfect world!But this isn’t a perfect world!

Reality. . .

Regulations increase Costs increase Needs increase Funding often doesn’t

Traditional Library Services

Excellent but expensive

Tempting short-term cost-cutting targets

Expensive long-term consequences

No library. . .so what?

Administrators miss out new ideas for cutting costs and improving performance

Clinicians miss out on new treatment guidelines and clinical developments

Patients miss out on comprehensive consumer health information

JCAHO (The Joint Commission)Inadequate access to current medical information can lower JCAHO scores.

IM9

Knowledge- Based Resources

Need for Information vs. Cost?

The AHEC Digital Library

One-stop medical information shopping for North Carolina’s health professionals and students.

What does ADL include?

Full-text medical and nursing journals Numerous full-text medical textbooks Clinical practice guidelines Patient handouts in English AND Spanish

Literature Databases Medline (Medical) CINAHL (Nursing & Allied Health) HealthStar (Health Administrators) Evidence-based Medicine Reviews

ADL Centers of Excellence

Evidence-Based Medicine

Nursing Pharmacy Health

Administration

Minority health Alternative and

complementary therapy

Mental Health Disaster

Preparedness

ADL vs. Google?

ADL is filtered—only the good stuff!

No extraneous results Medically focused Effectively organized

Selected Resources:Cost as of November 2007

Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Surgical Nursing

119.00

AORN (annual subscription) 105.00

Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine

145.00

Hurst’s The Heart, 12th ed. 179.00

Total Cost for 4 resources 548.00

ADL Annual Subscription Costs, 2008

Package Includes Annual Cost

Individual 900+ Full Text Journals

60+ Full Text Books

Evidence Based Medicine Tools

Patient Education Materials

$150

Advantages of ADL

Accessible anytime from any computer with an Internet connection

No waiting or additional charge for interlibrary loan or document delivery

No waiting for “checked out” materials to be returned

Professional Support

Medical librarians are available to answer questions by phone, visit & email

Free training for individuals or groups

Try before you buy!

Enjoy a free ten day trial membership Schedule a live group or individual

demonstration at your convenience

For more information. . .Southern Regional AHEC Medical Library

910-678-7276

Kathleen.Claspell@sr-ahec.orgor

Susan.Strong@sr-ahec.org

Slideshow prepared by Jane Moran, MLS