Effects of librarian-provided services in healthcare settings: A systematic review

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1118-1124

  Perrier, Laure ^a   Farrell, Ann ^b   Ayala, A Patricia ^c   Lightfoot, David ^d   Kenny, Tim ^e   Aaronson, Ellen ^f   Allee, Nancy ^g   Brigham, Tara ^b   Connor, Elizabeth ^h   Constantinescu, Teodora ⁱ   Muellenbach, Joanne ^j   Epstein, Helen Ann Brown ^k   Weiss, Ardis ^l  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^f West Hills Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h Daniel Library   (United States)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j Janet Weis Children s Hospital   (United States)

^k WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^l Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIBRARIAN; MEDLINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; RESIDENT; SCIENTIST; SKILL; STUDENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84901102054     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002825     Document Type: Review

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