Richard E. Wainerdi and the Texas Medical Center by William Henry Kellar

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-234
Author(s):  
Don R. Byrnes
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
Texas Medical

scholarly journals OpenAthens odyssey: challenges of implementing federated authentication for a multi-institutional user population

2021 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Romano ◽  
Nha Huynh
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Preparation Methods ◽  
Texas Medical ◽  
Single Sign On ◽  
Active User ◽  
Authentication System

Background: The Texas Medical Center (TMC) is home to one of the world’s largest cohorts of faculty, students, researchers, and clinicians who rely on seamless and immediate access to digital biomedical and health resources. This group is served by the TMC Library, with a collection that includes over 380,000 ebooks and 59,000 ejournals. In 2018, the TMC Library implemented OpenAthens, a federated authentication system to replace a locally hosted instance of EZproxy.Case Presentation: The TMC Library is unique in its multi-institutional user population, which presents distinct challenges in adopting a single sign-on authentication system. Our project involved OpenAthens technical support, information technology teams from six academic institutions, and over thirty publishers. Implementation included the creation of an OpenAthens parent account, an active user directory, a resource catalog, and installation of our OpenAthens credentials at each publisher site. Because the TMC Library serves multiple institutions, OpenAthens built a custom login page and a portal to support both single sign-on and a generic username and password option. This case report discusses the reasons why OpenAthens was chosen, the preparation methods for implementation, the various challenges encountered and resolved, and recommendations for other health sciences libraries considering this system.Conclusions: The OpenAthens system provides important benefits: granular usage reports, single sign-on access, and data to negotiate reduced pricing for online resources. With prior knowledge and preparation, health sciences libraries can successfully implement OpenAthens with customizations tailored to their specific resources and user population.

News and Announcements

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-168
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Baylor College ◽  
Information Contact ◽  
International Meeting ◽  
Texas Medical ◽  
Pediatric Neurology ◽  
Pediatric Subject ◽  
Guest Speakers

PERCEPTUAL PROBLEMS OF THE PEDIATRIC SUBJECT: Annual pediatric postgraduate symposium, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, February 5 and 6, 1976. Guest speakers include: Drs. Roger Fouts, Janet M. B. Hardy, Sarah E. Howell, Doris J. Johnson, Joseph M. Wepman, and Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk. Registration fee: $125. For information contact: Office of Continuing Education, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77025 (713-790-4941). FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY: Organized by the Neurology and Neurosurgery Service of the Hospital Del Nino IMAN (Mexico City), February 18 to 21, 1976.

scholarly journals Adult seafood allergy in the Texas Medical Center: A 13-year experience

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. ar.2011.2.0019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faria Khan ◽  
Frank Orson ◽  
Yoshiko Ogawa ◽  
Crystal Parker ◽  
Carla McGuire Davis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Respiratory Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Texas Medical ◽  
Fish Allergy ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Age Of Diagnosis ◽  
Shellfish Allergy

There is a paucity of data regarding prevalence and characteristics of adult seafood allergy in United States cohorts. This study was designed to determine the characteristics of patient-reported seafood allergy in a large allergy referral adult population. Retrospective analysis was performed of laboratory and clinical characteristics of seafood-allergic patients in three allergy clinics in the Texas Medical Center between January 1,1997 and January 30,2010. Of 5162 patients seen in this adult allergy referral population, 159 had physician-diagnosed seafood allergy with an average age of diagnosis of 50.2 (18–81 years) years. Shellfish allergy (59.1%) was more frequent than fish allergy (13.8%). Crustacean allergy (82.6%) was more frequent than mollusk allergy (7.2%). Shrimp (72.5%), crab (34.8%), and lobster (17.4%) were the most common shellfish allergies and tuna (28.6%), catfish (23.8%), and salmon (23.8%) were the most common fish allergies. One-third of seafood-allergic patients reported reactions to more than one seafood. Shellfish-allergic adults were more likely to experience respiratory symptoms than fish-allergic adults (p < 0.05). The likelihood of having anaphylaxis (32%) was not statistically different between shellfish- and fish-allergic subjects. Severe reactions were 12.9 times more likely to occur within the 1st hour of ingestion compared with nonsevere reactions (p < 0.005). The percentage of seafood allergy in this adult allergy referral population was 3.08%.

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