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A web-based library consult service for evidence-based medicine: Technical development.

Alan Schwartz1, Gregory Millam,

  • 1Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA. alansz@uic.edu

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
|March 18, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Clinical librarians offer a web-based library consult service (LCS) to help physicians access and appraise evidence-based medicine (EBM) efficiently. This service supports evidence-based practice by providing timely, critical appraisals of literature for patient care.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Information Science

Background:

  • Clinicians need efficient access to valid clinical evidence for evidence-based medicine (EBM).
  • Current electronic systems often require excessive time for physicians to find relevant literature for patient problems.
  • Clinical librarians, acting as informationists, are well-positioned to support physicians in this process.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and implement a web-based system to enhance support for evidence-based practice.
  • To provide physicians with timely access to critically appraised, evidence-based literature.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a web-based Evidence-Based Medicine Library Consult Service (LCS) application.
  • Librarians utilize LCS to deliver full-text evidence and critical appraisals in response to clinical questions.

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  • The LCS platform is built on Free/Open Source Software.

    • Main Results:

    • Successful development and implementation of the LCS software in its first year.
    • Active use of a reference implementation of the LCS system.
    • Ongoing two-year evaluation of the clinical, educational, and attitudinal impact on users and staff.

    Conclusions:

    • A web-based library consult model is a feasible approach for informationists to assist clinicians.
    • This model can effectively support evidence-based practice in clinical settings.