March 21, 2008
Ideas on Using RSS Feeds at the CRMC Hospital Library
Posted by judykammerer under consumer health, technology, tutorials | Tags: PubMed RSS feeds, RSS feed readers |Comments Off
Our hospital library has 4 computers connected to the Community Forum intranet network for the hospital staff. The library has its own website within the Community Forum intranet which I can add content to directly through the Red Dot content management system. I already put an RSS link to Medical News Today in the navigation bar called “Medical News.” Clicking on it brings in that day’s health news. I want to post a short tutorial I created for physicians on setting up RSS feed readers and using them to create feeds for ongoing PubMed search topics. I am thinking of creating a navigation bar link to New Technology and placing the tutorial there rather than adding it as a Library Update on my hybrid blog page.
The hospital library also has 1 computer connected by DSL to the internet which can be used by patients, their families, and nursing students. Since the library’s web page cannot be read outside of the Community Forum intranet, I am planning to set up a separate blog for patients and their families and will put an icon on that computer’s desktop for a direct link. Since RSS feeds are person-specific, I will probably just post a how-to page on setting up a feed reader and include a MedlinePlus RSS feed as an example.