The JeffALERT emergency communications system, launching shortly, will provide an added means of rapid communication, in conjunction with other vehicles already in place at the University. Its effectiveness will depend on the availability of up-to-date personal contact information from students.
This summer the University engaged an organization called MIR3, a leader in emergency communications, [...]

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) has released its latest report, Cardiac Surgery in Pennsylvania 2005-2006..
The report includes information about approximately 34,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and/or valve surgeries performed in Pennsylvania hospitals in 2005 and 2006.  It shows the number of surgeries [...]

Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that it will publish the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), which was recently re-launched at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico.  After four years of collaboration with Medscape Journal of Medicine, which allowed JIAS to operate and grow under its umbrella, JIAS will now operate as an independent [...]

Psychiatry Online has added a new core textbook, and a new section of support for patients and their families.  You’ll find links to Psychiatry Online on JEFFLINE’s homepage (Quick links section), and on the Databases A-Z list.
From the publisher’s announcement:
TEXTBOOK OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS
Sure to become the standard text for all students and practicing [...]

Members of the Jefferson community:
The University Library Committee has prepared a draft of a policy for the withdrawal of print journal volumes.
As more journal publishers make older copy available in electronic format, the Committee wanted to ensure that a set of standards could be applied as decisions are made on a title-by-title basis to [...]

Natural Standard is our new source of evidence-based information about alternative and complementary therapies.  The publisher now offers free webinars for clinicians and health professionals.  Sign up now for one of the upcoming sessions this fall:
Acupuncture Therapy: Integrative Medicine for Patient-Centered Care
Presented by: David Sollars, MAc, LicAc, HMC

September 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern [...]

Times have changed on the Web since our last interface design was released in 2004, and AISR has changed the way we look at customer service. The 2004 site organized itself according to AISR’s departments and forced users (YOU) to figure out where in AISR to go for what you wanted.  The [...]