As a new year begins, NLM in Focus takes a light-hearted look back at 2017 and forward to 2018.
How’d we do with our predictions? What do you think will be in or out in the new year?
Comment below.
IN for 2018 |
OUT with 2017 |
|---|---|
| All of Us | Me, myself, and I |
| Personalized medicine | Standardized treatments |
| Empowered patients | Passive patients |
| Patient communities | Isolated patients |
| Lab test information on MedlinePlus | Confusion about lab tests, such as the hemoglobin A1 test |
| Care between the care | Limited health care encounters |
| The Good and the Bad—cholesterol (on MedlinePlus in English and Spanish). | Less understanding about coronary artery disease |
| Citizen science | Ivory towers |
| Data sharing | Data hoarding |
| Biomedical literature + data | Standalone literature |
| Data visualization | Data tables |
| Datasets in PubMed Central | Where can I upload my data? |
| Claims data for research | Claims data for payment |
| Data on FHIR | Data at rest |
| Interoperability | Data silos |
| Communities of genes | Genes in isolation |
| Preprints | Waiting for publication |
| The Cloud | Endless racks of servers |
| R | Perl |
| Hackathons | What the heck?! |
| Standardization | Incompatibility |
| Pfishing (Beware!) | Spam |
| New MeSH headings for academic success, popular culture, and more. | Who are you kidding? MeSH terms never go out of style! |
| Musings from the Mezzanine | Memos from the mezzanine |
| Space planning | Solar eclipse |
| BioArt | Bare walls |
| Collaboratories | Conference rooms |
| MedlinePlus for all | NIH Senior Health |
| Open science | Closed minds |
| Strategic plan | Planning meetings |
| One NLM | Organizational silos |
NLM in Focus 
I appreciate the links to the articles on Open Science and Pre-prints – I hadn’t noticed them yet and they were good reads! Thank you for the nice year-end review.
Hi Karen,
We’re glad that you’re enjoying our IN/OUT list and that you found the links to be helpful. Thanks so much for posting.
Kathryn McKay, editor
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