Development of a clinical information tool for the electronic medical record: A case study

Epstein, BA and Tannery, NH and Wessel, CB and Yarger, F and Ladue, J and Fiorillo, AB (2010) Development of a clinical information tool for the electronic medical record: A case study. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 98 (3). 223 - 227. ISSN 1536-5050

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Question: What is the process of developing a clinical information tool to be embedded in the electronic health record of a very large and diverse academic medical center? &Setting: The development took place at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System. &Method: The clinical information tool developed is a search box with subject tabs to provide quick access to designated full-text information resources. Each subject tab offers a federated search of a different pool of resources. Search results are organized ''on the fly'' into meaningful categories using clustering technology and are directly accessible from the results page. &Results: After more than a year of discussion and planning, a clinical information tool was embedded in the academic medical center's electronic health record. &Conclusion: The library successfully developed a clinical information tool, called Clinical-e, for use at the point of care. Future development will refine the tool and evaluate its impact and effectiveness.

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Creators	Email	Pitt Username	ORCID
Epstein, BA	bepstein@pitt.edu	BEPSTEIN
Tannery, NH	tannery@pitt.edu	TANNERY	0000-0003-3478-3720
Wessel, CB	cbw@pitt.edu	CBW	0000-0002-5018-0156
Yarger, F	yarger@pitt.edu	YARGER
Ladue, J	john.ladue@pitt.edu	JOL25
Fiorillo, AB