Medical Libraries and Librarians of Hawaii: A Landscape of Value for Health Care
| dc.contributor.author | Trafford, Mabel A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Anderson, Kristen L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-17T02:13:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-17T02:13:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-11-16 | |
| dc.description | Former URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/59377 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Medical librarians occupy a place in Hawaii’s health care community. It was well-defined until electronic books and journals appeared. When the National Library of Medicine made the Medline database available to everyone for free, with the program Grateful Med, many in our profession thought it signaled the end for medical librarians. However, as some doors closed, others opened. Doctors and nurses do their own searches. There are many sources of medical information now, instantly available via mobile apps. Medical librarians select the most useful sources of information, make sure the latest download information is available, keep up with URLs that seem to change weekly, make sure license fees are paid, teach health care providers about the best resources to use to find the information necessary for patient care, research, and publication. We are using return on investment (ROI) algorithms to show that we return value for dollars spent on medical library staff and resources. Our services affect patient care decisions and contribute to the effectiveness of students and clinicians in their search for information. | |
| dc.format.extent | 1 poster | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10524/63120 | |
| dc.language.iso | en-US | |
| dc.subject | Library science | |
| dc.subject | Medical care | |
| dc.subject | Health care | |
| dc.title | Medical Libraries and Librarians of Hawaii: A Landscape of Value for Health Care | |
| dc.type | Presentation | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |