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Want information on the go? Impress your colleagues with instant access. You can get straight to the information you need via mobile apps. Which apps will help you? Mobile Essentials for NHS users Search from NHS-subscribed resources using apps or mobile-friendly websites. Including BMJ Best Practice, BNF & BNFc, Clinical Key, Cochrane Library, Pubmed and TRIP database. Check our web page for a suggested list. Mobile Essentials for Keele users Search from Keele-subscribed resources using apps or mobile-friendly websites. Including BNF & BNFc, Cochrane Library, Medicines Complete, Pubmed and Web of Science. Check our web page for a suggested list. More Help Check the Online Guides and Support section on our website for guides, tutorials, videos and how-to instructions on using our most popular resources Book a session with our training team if you need more help searching for information Contact Cheryl, our eresources librarian, for more help accessing online...

Pharmaceutical Press have developed a new and improved app for the BNF (British National Formulary) and BNFc (British National Formulary for Children) . It is a single app that allows you to switch between the BNF and BNFc. Features are listed as: Offline browsing and searching of content of the BNF and BNFC The ability to switch between adult and child content Autocomplete search with navigation panes for treatment summaries, drug monographs and medicinal products Powerful interactions checker Clinical content updated every month Update notifications when a new update is available Optimised for smart phones and tablets You do not need an NHS Athens username in order to access the new app. You can learn more from the BNF & BNFc App FAQs provided by the publisher . The existing NICE BNF & BNFc app will no longer be updated and is likely to be withdrawn by the end of the year.

Want to access resources on the go? Check out our Mobile Essentials for NHS web page to access our most useful evidence-based resources via your mobile devices.

NHS staff can access the BNF (and BNFc) online via: NICE Evidence Search BNF page  (no login required) Medicines Complete - see the Healthcare Resources page for the link, page down to the Medicines Complete link and login with your NHS Athens username BNF App - this is only available to NHS Athens users; see our help page for more information and check out the BNF error and fix BNF App Image

Do you want to go mobile? Check out our Mobile Essentials for the NHS page to find out about the essential healthcare resources we offer you that you can access via your mobile devices: Evidence-based support tools Search for research Mobile Apps Mobile-friendly websites

We have noticed that some people have had problems using the BNF App, where despite having a workable NHS Athens username / password the app appears to indicate that you are not allowed access. We have found a strange work-round that seems to work. Once you have set up your NHS Athens username go to the NHS HDAS databases and log in. If you are able to login OK, select a database (any will do), then log out. Then repeat the process of logging in and out again. Now go back to your BNF App; it should work OK and let you log in.

If you are looking for library resources that you can use on your mobile devices, then check out our Mobile page . You can find out where to access mobile versions of some of our essential resources. There are also guides to get you started.

You can now access the Keele Wifi service (Eduroam) across many of the main buildings at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. This includes all floors of the main Lyme, Trent and Maternity buildings as well as the Courtyard Annexe and HCSA. You may not find a Keele connection absolutely everywhere across the site and please be mindful that you won’t have the same bandwidth available in the main hospital areas as within Keele-based buildings (for obvious clinical considerations). However hopefully this will represent an improved service to Keele students and staff. Useful access that you might like to consider: Keele App – to access your library account BNF / BNFc App – for up-to-date drug reference (use your NHS Athens username) Dynamed – evidence-based point-of-care resources (use your NHS Athens username) Twitter App – keep up-to-date with news at the Health library by following our @CEClibrary twitter feed NHS staff wanting to use the hospital wifi sh...

Are you looking for apps to help patients keep track of healthy living activities or support with long-term conditions? The NHS Choices health app library is a good place to start looking. Here you will find lists of apps reviewed by the NHS and rated by users. Types of apps listed include: Specific conditions Healthy living support Service providers Social Care Some apps are free, others are paid for or require in app purchases (ie for advanced features). Please take care to read any terms and conditions, particularly regarding use of personal data.

Patient.co.uk have now developed a small range of apps designed to support patients. screen-shot of Apps available from patient.co.uk The main Patient.co.uk app provides access to patient-focused information leaflets on a wide range of conditions and diseases. You need to simply enter the search term you are looking for in the search box and you will be offered a number of results. Results are organised into sections for Health Information, Drug Information and Professional. The Health Information section is free, however an additional purchase is required for the Drug Information and Professional sections. Note: that there appears to be a small amount of advertising in the bottom corner.

The Ebsco databases include the main healthcare databases Cinahl, Medline and PsychInfo.  Keele students can download the Ebsco databases app so that you can search on the go. To get instructions and links relevant for the app: Go to your subject page on   the Health Library website , eg Nursing Databases, Midwifery Databases or Medical Databases Click the link for the Ebsco database you usually use eg Medline or Cinahl (note that it doesn’t matter which and the app allows you to search multiple databases) Login using the Shibboleth login option if prompted, entering your Keele University computer username and password when needed. Go to the bottom of the page and click the link “iphone and android apps” This asks you to enter your email address. Enter your Keele email address and instructions will be sent to you. Then on your mobile device: Go to your email and open the email. Follow the instructions it contains to: Install the relevant app (iphone or an...

Ebsco have released a new App for Dynamed : Easier to install No serial number required From Ebsco: Features that meet clinician’s needs: Free App (with UHNM subscription) Access content offline Bookmark Favorites Email topics Write and save notes about particular topics Dynamed is available to our UHNM users via their NHS Athens username. Easy download instructions: 1. Download the free DynaMed App from the iTunes Store or Google Play. 2. Log in to DynaMed ( see our Healthcare Resources page ). 3. Click on the DynaMed mobile access link from DynaMed and enter your email address. The link will be located at the top toolbar.  An authentication key will be emailed to you. Select "Mobile" from the top menu bar and insert your email address 4. Open the DynaMed email from your device. 5. Within 48 hours, tap on the link in the email to authenticate the app. Note: after 48 hours, users will need to request a new authentication key. ...

The App of the month for December is NICE Guidelines. NICE provide evidence-based  guidance and advice for a wide range of conditions, diseases and public health issues. You can access the NICE guidelines via your mobile device. Download the app and you will be able to refer to any guideline off-line – helpful in meetings or discussing the latest evidence with patients. For a quick step by step guide check the help page on our website. You will be able to: Browse through the NICE guidelines Search for a guideline Read guidelines off-line Bookmark sections that you need to refer to regularly Receive the latest updates and new guidance from NICE NICE Guidance App

Here is our App of the Month for November. Do you know that you can access your library account and search for books using your mobile devices? It is a bit complicated – you start with the Keele University app which has a section for the libraries. This will then also direct you to the Library Anywhere app and the Catalogue. For a quick step by step guide check the help page on our website . You will be able to: View the list of items you have borrowed View any outstanding fines Search the library catalogue for items View information about the Health Library Renew your borrowed items Screen-shot of borrower information

Over the coming year we will be telling you about a number of apps that can help you to make the most of the resources we have on offer via mobile / tablet devices. Let’s start with one of your essential resources: the British National Formulary (BNF). You can access the BNF and BNF for children on your mobile phone or tablet. You can download the app for free but will need your NHS Athens username / password during the registration process. The BNF and BNFc apps allow you to: Browse and search drug reference information Access details of medicines including their uses, cautions, contra-indications, side-effects and doses Keep up-to-date with the latest prescribing information Access information without access to a network connection Bookmark favourite pages We have a short guide to the BNF app to help you get started. Screen-shot of the BNF app home page There is a known bug with the BNF – see our bugs page for the easy fix.

Do you need access to the British National Formulary? There are a number of ways that you can access the BNF and the BNFc (for children). eBook – available to Keele and our NHS users. Search the catalogue for the title and you will find an entry for the BNF and the BNFc . You will need your Keele or NHS Athens username / password to access the full-text. Screen-shot of BNF ebook Medicines Complete – both the BNF and BNFc are ebooks available via the Medicines Complete collection. You can also access a range of other pharmacology-related ebooks from here. Our NHS users will find a link to Medicines Complete on the Healthcare Resources page ; Keele users will find a link on the Medical Databases page . You will need your Keele or NHS Athens username / password. Screen-shot of the BNF on Medicines Complete NICE BNF & BNFc Apps – NICE have developed apps to allow you to access the BNF and BNFc. This is only available to NHS Athens users. For more information...

Since we now have wifi for Keele users at the Health Library I thought that you might be interested in the Ebscohost app which allows you to search our main Keele-based healthcare databases such as Medline and Cinahl. Thanks to a student for bringing this to my attention. I have been able to set this up for an Android device, so I’m guessing that the iphone app will be very similar. To get instructions and links relevant for the app: Go to your subject page on the Health Library website , eg Nursing Databases, Midwifery Databases or Medical Databases Click the link for the Ebsco database you usually use eg Medline or Cinahl (note that it doesn’t matter which and the app allows you to search multiple databases) Login using the Shibboleth login option if prompted, entering your Keele University computer username and password when needed. Go to the bottom of the page and click the link “iphone and android apps” This asks you to enter your email address. Enter your Keele email addres...

Keele university wifi is now available to at the Health Library. This is delivered in association with UHNS IT. Due to security restrictions imposed by the UHNS IT department you will not be able to automatically pick up the network. You need to manually set up a hidden wireless network. Please contact the CEC IT department for more help. The team is based in room SF03 on the second floor of the Clinical Education Centre. You can contact Dan Bednarski on 01782 679547 or email him: d.bednarski@keele.ac.uk Or Neil Herbert on 01782 679548 or email him: n.a.herbert@keele.ac.uk There will be a drop-in session Friday 27th Sept in the Health Library Silent Study room, 12-2pm for anyone who needs any help. All students will have been sent further details via email – please check your university email for more information. NHS Users can use the Keele wifi network within the Keele buildings at the UHNS. You will need to sign for a temporary Keele network login and then set up the connection as a...

iPad edition just released by the Cochrane Library - "The research you need, when you need it - from the world's leading experts in evidence-based healthcare." You can: access abstracts read selected reviews view full-page summary of findings tables create a reading list tailored to your own interests All content in the app is free, and new issues will be downloaded regularly to your Newsstand.  For more information see the Cochrane website . Download the app from iTunes

We now have a short guide   listing some of the most relevant mobile apps and mobile-friendly websites that will help you to get to the health-related information you need. More information about mobile apps is available on our website .