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PubMed1992

IAIMS at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: accomplishments and challenges.

The concept of "one-stop information shopping" is becoming a reality at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Our goal is to provide access from a single workstation to clinical, research, and library resources; university and hospital administrative systems; and utility functions such as word processing and mail. We have created new organizational units and installed a network of workstations that can access a variety of resources and systems on any of seventy-two different host computers/servers. In November 1991, 2,600 different individuals used the clinical information system, 700 different individuals used the library resources, and 900 different individuals used hospital administrative systems via the network. Over the past four years, our efforts have cost the equivalent of $23 million or approximately 0.5% of the total medical center budget. Even small improvements in productivity and in the quality of work of individuals who use the system could justify these expenditures. The challenges we still face include the provision of additional easy-to-use applications and development of equitable methods for financial support.

Academic Medical Centers↗
PubMed1988

Integrated Academic Information Management Systems (IAIMS). Part II. Planning and implementing integrated information services. IAIMS infrastructure: technological base.

The IAIMS concept calls for the logical integration of information derived from databases in the functional areas of administration, clinical care, education, libraries, and research. To accomplish this task a technological base must be established. It is suggested that such an infrastructure will consist of a systems component, the linked databases component, and a management component. An IAIMS should rapidly evolve into an information utility and, within a decade, provide a knowledge management system.

Academic Medical Centers↗
PubMed1975

A comparative report on an on-line retrieval service employing two distinct software systems.

A subjective evaluation comparing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration RECON and National Library of Medicine ELHILL 2 on-line information retrieval systems is presented as they relate to the delivery of a major service dealing with a collection of toxicological bibliographic references (TOXLINE). Comparisons of file structure, response time, command language, system environment, and other relevant features are made based upon actual experience with both systems.

Computers↗
PubMed2002

Steps toward mapping the human vasculature by phage display.

The molecular diversity of receptors in human blood vessels remains largely unexplored. We developed a selection method in which peptides that home to specific vascular beds are identified after administration of a peptide library. Here we report the first in vivo screening of a peptide library in a patient. We surveyed 47,160 motifs that localized to different organs. This large-scale screening indicates that the tissue distribution of circulating peptides is nonrandom. High-throughput analysis of the motifs revealed similarities to ligands for differentially expressed cell-surface proteins, and a candidate ligand-receptor pair was validated. These data represent a step toward the construction of a molecular map of human vasculature and may have broad implications for the development of targeted therapies.

Blood Vessels↗
PubMed1993

Implementing the Patient Self-Determination Act.

An interdisciplinary process action team developed policies and procedures for implementation of the Patient Self-Determination Act. Specific roles were defined for all involved in the process: Admissions Office, Unit Nurse, Social Worker, Attending Physician, Medical Records, Public Affairs, Patient Administration, Legal Office, Medical Library, Medical Law and Chaplain. An educational effort provides orientation for the hospital staff and the community on development of advance directives by patients.

Advance Directives↗
PubMed1995

Reorganization of the information technology program at a United States medical school: is there a lesson for academic medical informatics in Japan?

Reorganization of the information technology program at Baylor College of Medicine commenced with the goal of obtaining a client-focused organization instead of a classically departmental structure. Legacy organizations independently established by request or serendipity had gaps and overlaps in services and could no longer respond to new issues, such as integration of several hospitals, resource sharing of health care delivery, administration of a shared library, and an academic informatics program. The renewal of the information technology program has led to departments of Telecommunications, Enterprise Services, Client Services, and Medical Informatics, and has also allowed cross-departmental projects led by a technology architect. In contrast with that of Baylor, the approach of the Yamaguchi University School of Medicine in Japan may be construed as economic efficiency at the cost of client services. Effective client services by friendly and efficient staff groups is the most important factor for an academic information technology program, if the goal is to reorganize in anticipation of future challenges to the medical center.

Computer Systems↗
PubMed1971

Priorities in preparation for opening day.

The efforts of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine Library were channeled in the direction of overcoming obstacles; time, funds, space, staffing, and other problems that happen daily in preparing library facilities for the first class. Fortunately, however, these obstacles were minimized by a very co-operative and understanding administration and faculty. THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM RECOMMENDATIONS OFFERED FROM THE EXPERIENCES GAINED IN DEVELOPING A LIBRARY FOR OPENING DAY ARE: [List: see text]Naturally, these recommendations will vary, depending upon location, size of entering class, and the anticipated completion date of the new facilities.

Health Facility Planning↗
PubMed1987

Educational services in health sciences libraries: an analysis of the periodical literature, 1975-1986.

The periodical literature on group instructional services in health sciences libraries was analyzed to determine the nature of these services, their target audiences, and their institutional settings. Three kinds of reports were identified: descriptions of services (70%), reviews of the literature (10.5%), and future-oriented articles that advocate various group instructional services (19.5%). Five target audiences were identified: library users, staff, librarian peers, library science students, and patients. Instructional services were offered primarily in medical school/center libraries, hospital libraries, and the National Library of Medicine and its Regional Medical Libraries (RMLs). To a lesser extent, health sciences educational services are offered through other professional school libraries, library associations and consortia, and schools of library science. There are gaps in the literature in the areas of library experience with marketing, evaluation, administration of the offered educational services, and continuing education for health sciences librarians.

Education↗
PubMed1975

Cost-performance analysis of cataloging and card production in a medical center library.

The unit cost of cataloging current English language monographs was studies and compared with the cost of purchasing catalog cards from a commercial source. Two hypotheses were proposed: (1) in-library costs for cataloging and card production are higher than those for the purchased-card method; (2) throughput time is faster for the in-library method. In addition, the data can be used to develop an analytical cost-performance model for administrative purposes. The data presented support the hypotheses. The model developed provides a mechanism for arriving at a cost for different levels of service and can be used to measure the performance of other alternative methods of cataloging. Implications for the use of CATLINE are discussed and suggestions for further studies are described.

Cataloging↗
PubMed1964

LIBRARY TECHNICIANS: NEED, TRAINING, POTENTIAL.

The desperate shortage of librarians could be alleviated by training library technicians to work under the supervision of qualified librarians. Just as the training and accreditation of practical nurses have elevated standards of the registered nurses and freed them from routine duties, so could the training and accreditation of library technicians favorably affect programs of librarians. Courses have been given to assist untrained personnel supervising small libraries. However, our goals should be (1) to train technicians to perform nonprofessional library tasks; (2) to set standards for accreditation, ensuring a clear differentiation, one obvious to the librarian, the technician, and the administrator; (3) to advise administrators of the possibilities of developing small but effective libraries under a local system, using a trained librarian as supervisor and trained technicians in individual institutions; (4) to persuade doubting administrators of the worth of an efficient library. Action should come from authoritative bodies such as library schools and library organizations.

Accreditation↗
PubMed1986

The consumer health information library in the hospital setting.

Consumer health information has become an accepted and fast-growing facet of the consumer movement. The questions now center on the feasibility of providing such information and the best way of offering this service in the hospital setting. This paper examines one hospital-based lay health library and discusses staffing, services, administration, physical facilities, accessibility, and librarian liability.

Consumer Advocacy↗
PubMed1985

Program planning for the community teaching hospital medical library.

To respond to the increasing demand for information from medical educators and clinicians and to persuade administrators to purchase the newly available microcomputer library systems, medical librarians in community teaching hospitals may find it useful to engage in intermediate term (for example, five-year) program planning. To increase the probability that the plan which emerges will be implemented, the planning process should fit the organizational nexus. Planning involves needs assessment, prioritized program elements, a written plan, and facilities planning (if applicable), which lead to program implementation. Components of a model program plan are presented.

Hospitals, Community↗
PubMed2003

The benefits of library liaison programs for small libraries: an overview.

Library liaison programs are commonly used and provide a successful framework for communication in academic libraries. Liaison programs, whereby librarians are formally designated as the primary contact between the library and one or more departmental or administrative units, are proven to improve the transfer of information between the library and users, to improve the quality of collections and services, and to enhance the library's image. Previously published literature on liaison programs is primarily devoted to large-scale liaison programs in academic settings, the market where this model is commonly employed. Small hospital and other smaller libraries are nearly absent in the literature, reflecting the low level of liaison use in the smaller library setting. This article invites hospital and other smaller libraries to explore the liaison model by presenting common liaison goals and activities that are not only pertinent to, but also scalable, adaptable, and adoptable by smaller and larger libraries alike.

Academic Medical Centers↗
PubMed1985

An end user search service in an academic health sciences library.

This paper describes the experience of an academic health sciences library which made BRS/After Dark, an end user search service, available to its clientele as a complement to its mediated search service. The library environment, initial publicity efforts and administrative procedures are discussed. An attempt is made to evaluate the usefulness of the service in a library environment. This evaluation, covering a three-month period, is based on the observations of the librarians administering the service and an exit interview conducted with searchers over a two-month period. User satisfaction, both observed and recorded, was quite high; however, the librarians found that users had more difficulty in constructing appropriate search strategies than had been anticipated. Overall, the service is assessed as highly useful.

Evaluation Studies as Topic↗