The Impact of Medical Informatics on Librarianship

Abstract

She contrib-uted the chapter 'The Application of Systematic Research' to volume 8 of Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship, published by the Medical Library Association. She chaired the Research TaskForce that produced MLA's Research Policy statement. She has published numerous articles in bther relevant areas and recently completed a four-year term on the Biomedical Library Review Committee at the National Library of Medicine. She has practiced professionally in both hospital and academic libraries and directed the American Library Association's Office for Accreditation from 1992-1997.

The Emerging Informationist Specialty: A Systematic Review of the Literature

“…Understanding of the information environment includes knowledge of health policy issues and regulations such as privacy and confidentiality (e.g., the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA]) and the internal review board (IRB) [38,54]. In programs emphasizing informatics, understanding of the design and evaluation of systems, applied informatics and technology skills, and ability to function in a highly technical environment are necessary [50,75,76]. Among personal competencies, a sense of customer service was valued [77] (Figure 2).…”

Do bibliotecário médico ao informacionista: traços semânticos de seus perfis e competências

“…Isto redunda, necessariamente, na busca incessante da localização da "informação precisa" (França, 2006). Dalrymple (2002) explicita que a medicina baseada em evidência requer avaliação crítica da literatura médica e o uso consciencioso, explícito, e judicioso da melhor evidência atual, tomando decisões sobre o cuidado de pacientes de forma individual; assim, os bibliotecários clínicos têm contribuído com sua experiência em busca da medicina baseada em evidência (Mckibbon, Bayley, 2004, Ward, Meadows, Nashelsky, 2005. A partir dessa contribuição, todo o processo de busca, seleção e avaliação crítica da literatura para responder questões clínicas que permeiam o conceito de MBE favorece a integração do bibliotecário junto à equipe médica (SCHERRER, JACOBSON, 2002apud PINTO, 2005.…”