Exploiting knowledge in health services

This new book is not just a revised edition of the predecessor to this work, Managing Knowledge in Health Services , but a completely new book providing a snapshot of what health library and information professionals need to know now: this book will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to deliver in today's demanding healthcare environment.
With individual chapters contributed by leading edge practitioners focusing on issues of contemporary relevance, this essential book is structured around three logical divisions: Part 1 looks at the context within which healthcare is delivered and examines the different users who have access to the knowledge base; Part 2 outlines the principles underlying the way health information resources and services are organized and managed; Part 3 discusses the skills required to use the knowledge base effectively, including new filtering and evaluation techniques. Readership : This is a valuable book for all health library and information service providers and students in the field. It is also of great use to the increasing number of healthcare professionals, such as research and development coordinators and clinical effectiveness/governance facilitators, required to access health information as part of their working roles.

Author Notes

Graham Walton PhD BSc(Hons) MA MBA MCLIP is Principal Officer in Learning Resources and Research Fellow, Information Management Research Institute, at Northumbria University.
Andrew Booth BA(Hons) MSc DipLib MCLIP is Director of Information Resources and Senior Lecturer in Evidence-based Healthcare at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield.

Graham WaltonValerie Monaghan and Jo CookeAndrew BoothAlison YeomanAlison TurnerAndrew Booth and Anne BriceSue Lacey BryantSusan ChildsDavid Peacock and Graham Walton and Andrew BoothAndrew BoothSharon DobbinsGraham WaltonDavid StewartSteve Rose and Angela GunnSusan RoeSusannah HanlonMaria J. GrantJohn BlenkinsoppSteve AshwellAlison WinningJanette BoyntonGraham Walton and Andrew Booth

Contributors	p. v
Introduction	p. xiii
Part 1 The context of managing the knowledge base in health services	p. 1
1 New structures and principles in health services	p. 3
2 The health and social care interface	p. 16
3 Clinical governance and National Service Frameworks	p. 27
4 Virtual outreach services	p. 38
5 The National electronic Library for Health	p. 49
6 Knowledge management	p. 60
7 Primary-care knowledge services	p. 75
8 Clinical librarianship	p. 89
9 The role of LIS in supporting learning	p. 99
Part 2 Managing the knowledge base	p. 113
10 Managing projects	p. 115
11 Working collaboratively	p. 125
12 Developing innovative services and managing change	p. 137
13 Continuing professional development	p. 147
14 Providing hybrid information services	p. 158
15 Creating portals and gateways	p. 167
16 Managing intellectual property	p. 179
Part 3 Using the knowledge base effectively: information sources and skills	p. 191
17 Accessing the knowledge base	p. 193
18 Appraising the literature	p. 204
19 Creating effective web pages	p. 214
20 Tapping into sources of research funding	p. 225
21 Supporting syntheses of the literature	p. 238
Conclusion: new roles and new challenges	p. 253
Index	p. 267

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