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Impact of a Hospital Library Service at a Regional Health Service in Australia.
- Source :
- Journal of Hospital Librarianship; Oct-Dec2022, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p271-283, 13p, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Being able to advocate for health library value and impact with local data is crucial to provide important indicators of service viability, staff engagement, as well as impact so these can be communicated effectively to management within organizations. As a part of its advocacy, continuous improvement and quality program, Ballarat Health Services Library, undertook a project, to understand its local impact on clinical decision-making, patient care, organizational governance, and staff education. Survey data demonstrated direct impact on modified clinical practice (65.57%); advice given to patients (43.44%); choice of medications (27.87%); diagnosis (22.13%); choice of tests (13.11%); and length of patient stay (12.30%). Perceptions of library impact were also high with 95.28% of respondents indicating impact on effective patient care. While service gaps were identified across advocacy and promotion of library services, the data from this study will inform strategic planning objectives and improve advocating the Library's impact to management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LENGTH of stay in hospitals
TEAMS in the workplace
CLINICAL governance
PROFESSIONAL employee training
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
HEALTH facility administration
HOSPITAL libraries
LIBRARY public services
HEALTH literacy
QUALITY assurance
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PATIENT care
DECISION making in clinical medicine
PATIENT education
EVALUATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15323269
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Hospital Librarianship
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160715153
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2022.2124796