Name
Abstract | ||
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ALTHOUGH THE PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE CONTINUES to be a major source of continuing education for health care providers, and although libraries are often excellent sources of information that can benefit patient care, the problems in information delivery to clinicians have not yet been solved. The ever-increasing amount of information available and the time and effort required to obtain the appropriate piece of it when required both act as barriers to information use by busy clinicians. The following library-related services are discussed as important contributors to clinical information delivery; clinical librarianship; LATCH (Literature Attached to the Chart); end-user searching of computerized databases; quality filtering of the literature; and clinical information systems that integrate internally generated patient care information, such as the patient record, with access to library and information services. An important new role for the librarian is emerging in quality improvement programs that use the literature to assist health professionals in prospectively improving patient outcomes. Ongoing research into both information needs in clinical settings and the impact of library services is required as a basis for effectively meeting practitioners' information needs. |
Year | Venue | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
1993 | LIBRARY TRENDS | information services,information systems,information retrieval,information needs |
Field | DocType | Volume |
Information system,Health care,Scientific literature,Information needs,Computer science,Information seeking,Information access,Information Dissemination,Library science,Patient education | Journal | 42 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
1 | 0024-2594 | 2 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.57 | 4 | 1 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joanne G. Marshall | 1 | 3 | 1.20 |