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Invite yourself to the table: librarian contributions to the electronic medical record
Susan Brandes1, Karen Wells, Margaret Bandy
1Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center, Lafayette, Colorado 80026, USA. susan.brandes@exempla.org
Abstract:
Librarians from Exempla Healthcare hospitals initiated contact with the chief medical information officer regarding evidence-based medicine activities related to the development of the system's Electronic Medical Record (EMR). This column reviews the librarians' involvement in specific initiatives that included providing comparative information on point-of-care resources to integrate into the EMR, providing evidence as needed for the order sets being developed, and participating with clinicians on an evidence-based advisory committee.
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