Evaluation of a New Clinical Librarian Service

Vaughn, Cynthia J.

doi:10.1080/02763860902816750

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“…On further detailed reading, six failed to meet the inclusion criteria and four were duplicate publications. In total 22 11–32 publications were located representing 18 unique studies. Duplicate publications were located for three studies (study 1: Brookman et al.…”

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Evaluating clinical librarian services: a systematic review

Brettle

Maden-Jenkins

Anderson³

et al. 2010

Health Information &Amp; Libraries Journal

115

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Background: Previous systematic reviews have indicated limited evidence and poor quality evaluations of clinical librarian (CL) services. Rigorous evaluations should demonstrate the value of CL services, but guidance is needed before this can be achieved. Objectives: To undertake a systematic review which examines models of CL services, quality, methods and perspectives of clinical librarian service evaluations. Methods: Systematic review methodology and synthesis of evidence, undertaken collaboratively by a group of 8 librarians to develop research and critical appraisal skills. Results: There are four clear models of clinical library service provision. Clinical librarians are effective in saving health professionals time, providing relevant, useful information and high quality services. Clinical librarians have a positive effect on clinical decision making by contributing to better informed decisions, diagnosis and choice of drug or therapy. The quality of CL studies is improving, but more work is needed on reducing bias and providing evidence of specific impacts on patient care. The Critical Incident Technique as part of a mixed method approach appears to offer a useful approach to demonstrating impact. Conclusions: This systematic review provides practical guidance regarding the evaluation of CL services. It also provides updated evidence regarding the effectiveness and impact of CL services. The approach used was successful in developing research and critical appraisal skills in a group of librarians.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating clinical librarian services: a systematic review

Brettle

Maden-Jenkins

Anderson³

et al. 2010

Health Information &Amp; Libraries Journal

115

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“…A Canadian study demonstrated 63% cognitive impact on decision making in primary care and a large North American study found 95% cases resulted in a better informed decision. Some of the impact data collected can be compared with international studies, including positive impacts on diagnosis and choice of intervention/drugs/therapy pointing to an overall trend of the impact that CLs can make in this area.…”

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The impact of clinical librarian services on patients and health care organisations

Brettle

Maden²,

Payne

2016

Health Info Libraries J

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This study is unique in taking a wide view of potential and specific impacts to which CLs contribute across health care organisations. It is the largest UK evaluation of CL services to date and demonstrates CLs affect direct patient care, improve quality and save money. Future researchers are urged to use the tools presented to collect data on the same outcomes to build a significant and comprehensive international evidence base about the effectiveness and impact of clinical librarian services.

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“…As opposed to the time when the Index Medicus was in use, librarians now typicaüy orgarüze educafional programs and serve as key teachers for medical students in computerized searching, EBM, and often crifical analysis. In the literature, the CML has been recogrüzed by residents and physicians as an expert in searching for clinical answers using electronic resources [14][15][16][17].…”

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The effect of a clinical medical librarian on in-patient care outcomes

Esparza¹,

Shi²,

McLarty³

et al. 2013

J Med Libr Assoc

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Objective:The research sought to determine the effect of a clinical medical librarian (CML) on outcomes of in-pafients on the internal medicine service.Methods: A prospective study was performed with two internal medicine in-pafient teams. Team 1 included a CML who accompanied the team on daüy rounds. The CML answered quesfions posed at the point of care immediately or in emails post-rounds. Pafients on Team 2, which did not include a CML, as well as pafients who did not require consultation by the CML on Team 1, served as the control populafion. Numerous clinical and library metrics were gathered on each question.Results: Pafients on Team 1 who required an answer to a clinical question were more ill and had a longer length of stay, higher costs, and higher readmission rates compared to those in the control group. Using a matched pair analysis, we showed no difference in clinical outcomes between the intervention group and the control group.Conclusions: This study is the largest attempt to prospecfively measure changes in patient outcomes when physicians were accompanied by a CML on rounds. This approach may serve as a model for further studies to define when and how CMLs are most effecfive. Highlights

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Evaluation of a New Clinical Librarian Service

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Evaluating clinical librarian services: a systematic review

Evaluating clinical librarian services: a systematic review

The impact of clinical librarian services on patients and health care organisations

The effect of a clinical medical librarian on in-patient care outcomes

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