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Read QxMD article alerting and current awareness app

Read by QxMD provides a single place to keep up with new medical and scientific research.  It is an app and web service that operates like a personal awareness service. 

When logging in with your elibrary account [OpenAthens] users can set up a personal awareness account and access full-text articles from HSE Journals of their choice sent to their device. They can access articles in full-text pdf format, save articles for reading off-line, annotate, highlight, or share with colleagues via email, Twitter, and Facebook.

What it means for staff:

• Better access –indications when the full-text is available and faster retrieval of the full-text through integration with NHLKS holdings.
• Boosted clinical quality improvement- this e-resource can disseminate important research that supports quality improvements initiative.

What it means for librarians:

• No need to manually send out TOC’s to staff. Just sign staff up for the app/web service
•  It will increase the usage of e-resources 
• It’s a great way of promoting new resources.
• Provides another avenue for users to discover and access research.

• Access to Analytics: provides data-driven insights into the education needs of medical and health staff.
  • Highlights the usage data of the community.
  • Showcases which journals are being accessed the most and which are being requested for access.

A more detailed video demo is available here https://institutions.readbyqxmd.com/mihn-eresources-procurement-group-demo/

Read by QxMD are hoping to put  CME/CPD accreditation into place next year via their parent company Medscape worldwide.