What's in a name: putting the skills of librarianship back into circulation

Brice, Anne; Grant, Maria J.

doi:10.1111/hir.12080

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“…In addition, by delivering knowledge in actionable formats, for example clinical decision support systems or decision aids, there will be more options to support KM processes. (Brice & Grant, ; Brice & Muir Gray, ; Davies et al, ; Keeling & Lambert, ; Lacey Bryant et al, ; Lacey Bryant et al, ; Plaice & Kitch, ).…”

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Factors influencing the success of knowledge management process in health care organisations: a literature review

Ayatollahi

Zeraatkar

2019

Health Info Libraries J

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Introduction: Knowledge is a strategic resource in health care organisations and knowledge management (KM) is applied as an effective solution to overcome challenges, such as rising health care cost and increasing demands for improving quality of care. The aim of this review was to identify factors influencing the success of KM process in health care organisations of developed and developing countries. Methods: This review was conducted in 2018. The sources used for searching relevant papers were PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, Web of Knowledge, EMBASE and Google Scholar, and the time frame was between 1980 and 2017. The search terms were KM, health care services administration, health care organisation, hospital and clinic which were combined by using AND/OR Boolean operators. Results: In this review, 13 papers were included. The main success factors influencing KM implementation in health care organisations were organisational culture, information technology, organisational structure, and performance evaluation and measurement. In developed countries, organisational culture was the most frequent factor, while in developing countries, organisational culture and information technology were the most frequent ones. Conclusion: It seems that in developed and developing countries, organisational factors are the most frequent factors influencing successful KM in health care organisations.• There are different factors influencing a successful implementation of knowledge management projects in health care organisations.• Developing countries can learn from developed countries to implement successful knowledge management projects.• Health sciences librarians can help health care organisations and health care staff as knowledge brokers to gain the relevant skills and knowledge to make evidence based decisions leading to excellent and safe patient care.• More formal education and continuing professional education are needed to make the knowledge brokers able to implement knowledge management initiatives in health care organisations.

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