Brian E. Dixon|Katherine C. Barboza|Ashley Jensen|Katelyn Bennett|Scott E Sherman|Mark D. Schwartz
Measuring Practicing Clinicians’ Information Literacy
Health Services Research & Development|Veterans Health Administration|Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis|Regenstrief Institute|VA NY Harbor Healthcare System|VA NY Harbor Healthcare System|New York University|VA NY Harbor Healthcare System|New York University|VA NY Harbor Healthcare System|New York University|VA NY Harbor Healthcare System|New York University
summary background healthcare moves towards technologydriven population health management clinicians must adopt complex digital platforms access health information document care objectives study explored information literacy set skills required effectively navigate population health information systems among primary care providers one veterans affairs va medical center methods information literacy assessed 8month randomized trial tested population health panel management intervention providers asked use comfort two va digital tools panel management baseline 16 weeks postintervention 8item scale range 040 used measure information literacy cronbachs 084 scores study arms provider types compared using paired ttests anovas associations selfreported digital tool use information literacy measured via pearsons correlations results providers showed moderate levels information literacy 274 sd 65 significant differences mean information literacy physicians m264 sd 67 nurses m305 sd 52 p057 difference intervention m284 sd 65 control groups m251 sd 62 p012 difference information literacy correlated higher rates selfreported information system usage r0547 p0001 clinicians identified data access accuracy interpretability potential information literacy barriers conclusions exploratory nature cautioning generalizability study suggests measuring improving clinicians information literacy may play significant role implementation use digital information tools tools rapidly deployed enhance communication among care teams improve health care outcomes reduce overall costs