Central Arizona Biomedical Libraries (CABL) members are librarians/information professionals 
in central Arizona who serve the medical community in a variety of settings 
including hospitals, universities, public libraries, patient/family libraries, corporations and military bases.  Join us!

Please join us for the MLA Webcast:

Now's the Time: Understanding the Electronic Health Record Maze and Health Sciences Librarians' Roles

Objectives:

·         To remove the ambiguity and confusion revolving around the electronic health environment. Technology, management, and the exchange of health information will be discussed.

·         To illustrate the emerging electronic health information environment by profiling working electronic medical records (EMRs), electronic health records (EHRs), and personal health records (PHRs).

·         To highlight the recent involvement health sciences librarians have had with EMRs, EHRs, and PHRs.

Receive 2 Continuing Education credits.
Webcast details available at: http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/ehr/index.html

Date:           Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Time:          10:45am-11:00am Sign in and lunch (provided by CABL)

11:00am-1:00pm Web cast

1:00pm-2:00pm CABL Meeting

Location:   University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix
  in Partnership with ASU
550 E Van Buren
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Site Coordinator: Please register with Bryan Nugent, email: bryan.nugent@bannerhealth.com or phone: 480-321-4472.

Directions:

http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/about/phoenix/mapphoenix.cfm

Parking:

Enter campus off of 7th Street, north of Van Buren. Park behind Building 3. There is a parking pass kiosk/dispenser at the southeast corner of the lot; fees are $2/hour for the first 2 hours and then $1/hour up to $8/day.  Metered parking is available along 5th Street as well. View campus map.

CABL meeting after the Webcast.

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Dues for 2010 now due – Use this form.

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Become a Mentor to Future Academy Members

• This is your opportunity to help shape the future of your profession - Medical Librarianship.
• Please consider becoming a mentor to new members of the Academy at the Provisional level and earn one Academy point per mentee per year. This level is for new medical librarians with less than five years experience in the field. Details are listed at http://www.mlanet.org/academy/mentor.html
• To sign up as an MLA Provisional Mentor, visit the http://www.mlanet.org/mentor /Mentor Database, sign up, and select expertise area "Mentor to Provisional Academy members." Further questions can be directed to mailto:janna.lawrence@uiowa.edu--Janna Lawrence, 2009-2010 Credentialing Chair.

·        MLA Awards Offered

Nominations are being accepted for the Thomson Reuters/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions in applying technology to the delivery of health sciences information. The recipient will receive a cash award of $500 and recognition at the 2010 Annual MLA Meeting.  All nominations are due November 1, 2009. Visit  http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/awards/rogers_nom_20090714.pdf for more details and the nomination form. Contact Maribeth Slebodnik, Jury Chair (765.494.2917) or slebodnik@purdue.edu with questions.

Do you have a colleague willing to give the extra measure every day or to whom others look to as a mentor?  Consider a nominee for sustained service to the Medical Library Association and the health sciences by nominating them for the Virginia L. and William K. Beatty MLA Volunteer Award. For further information see link below:  http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/awards/beatty__app20090713.pdf   or contact attwood.carol@mayo.edu

MLA Awards (PDF)

CABL - Central Arizona Biomedical Libraries
www.samaritan.edu/cabl