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ArticleJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2014

The persistence of clinical questions across shifts on an intensive care unit: an observational pilot study.

Blair Anton, Sue M Woodson, Claire Twose, Nancy K Roderer

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Article in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Blair Antonbanton2@jhmi.edu , Associate Director, Clinical Informationist Services, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-212, Baltimore, MD 21287; woodson@jhmi.edu , Associate Director for Digital Collections, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 305, Baltimore, MD 21209; ctwose1@jhmi.edu , Associate Director, Public Health and Basic Sciences Informationist Services, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-213, Baltimore, MD 21287; nroderer@jhmi.edu , Professor Emerita, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-200, Baltimore, MD 21287.
Sue M Woodsonbanton2@jhmi.edu , Associate Director, Clinical Informationist Services, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-212, Baltimore, MD 21287; woodson@jhmi.edu , Associate Director for Digital Collections, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 305, Baltimore, MD 21209; ctwose1@jhmi.edu , Associate Director, Public Health and Basic Sciences Informationist Services, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-213, Baltimore, MD 21287; nroderer@jhmi.edu , Professor Emerita, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-200, Baltimore, MD 21287.
Claire Twosebanton2@jhmi.edu , Associate Director, Clinical Informationist Services, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-212, Baltimore, MD 21287; woodson@jhmi.edu , Associate Director for Digital Collections, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 305, Baltimore, MD 21209; ctwose1@jhmi.edu , Associate Director, Public Health and Basic Sciences Informationist Services, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-213, Baltimore, MD 21287; nroderer@jhmi.edu , Professor Emerita, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-200, Baltimore, MD 21287.
Nancy K Rodererbanton2@jhmi.edu , Associate Director, Clinical Informationist Services, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-212, Baltimore, MD 21287; woodson@jhmi.edu , Associate Director for Digital Collections, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 305, Baltimore, MD 21209; ctwose1@jhmi.edu , Associate Director, Public Health and Basic Sciences Informationist Services, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-213, Baltimore, MD 21287; nroderer@jhmi.edu , Professor Emerita, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1-200, Baltimore, MD 21287.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How do clinical questions emerge and move toward resolution in the intensive care setting over the course of 24 hours? In a 20-bed surgical intensive care unit in a large, tertiary-care teaching hospital, informationists shadowed clinicians for 2 48-hour periods to record questions, noting when they were asked and whether they were answered. Thirty-eight percent of 112 recorded questions remained unanswered. Some unanswered questions persisted across shifts, and clinicians' information-seeking behaviors changed over time. Clinical information services can be improved and integrated more fully into clinical workflows based on a fuller understanding of the life cycle of clinical inquiry.

Indexed as

Efficiency, OrganizationalInformation Seeking BehaviorIntensive Care UnitsInterprofessional RelationsHumansInternship and ResidencyMedical ErrorsMedical Staff, HospitalObservational Studies as TopicPilot Projects

Identifiers

PMID25031562
PMCPMC4076130

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