Episode 131: NLM Is Changing Health Care Through the Power of Data

Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), one of the 27 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health, joins Nancy Houlihan, MA, RN, AOCN®, ONS president, to discuss PubMed, NLM's free database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics, and NLM's strategic plan for leveraging the library's resources to accelerate data-driven health care.   Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod  Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0  The planners and faculty for this episode have no conflicts to disclose, and the episode has no commercial support. ONS is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation  Episode Notes  Check out these resources from today's episode:  The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities. ONS Voice article: Nurse Takes Helm at NIH National Library of Medicine  ONS Voice article: Nurses Are Advancing Research in Data-Powered Science  Clinicaltrials.gov  LitCovid, NLM's curated literature hub on the COVID-19 coronavirus  MedlinePlus (for providers)   MedlinePlus Connect (for patients and caregivers)  Patricia Brennan's blog, NLM Musings From the Mezzanine  PubMed database  PubMed New and Noteworthy overviews of the improvements to the new PubMed  PubMed user guide  PubMed and Medline resources guide