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McGowan J, Hogg W, Campbell C, Rowan M. Just-in-time information improved decision-making in primary care: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 2008;3(11):e3785. Epub 2008 Nov 21.
PMID: 19023446 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=19023446%5Buid%5D
CONCLUSIONS: In this study, providing timely information to clinical questions had a highly positive impact on decision-making and a high approval rating from participants. Using a librarian to respond to clinical questions may allow primary care professionals to have more time in their day, thus potentially increasing patient access to care. Such services may reduce costs through decreasing the need for referrals, further tests, and other courses of action.
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Tanya
Tanya Feddern-Bekcan, MLIS, AHIP, MOT, OTR/L http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/libraryarticles.html formerly Tanya Feddern
305.243.6648 - [log in to unmask] - 305.325.9670 (fax) EBM Theme Co-Director & Reference and Education Librarian Louis Calder Memorial Library - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
"A library without a librarian is a reading room."-- Jenny Garcia of the University of Wyoming, MLS, AHIP
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