Laure Perrier|Ann Farrell|Ana Patricia Ayala|David Lightfoot|Tim Kenny|Ellen Aaronson|Nancy Allee|Tara Brigham|Elizabeth Connor|Teodora Constantinescu|Joanne M. Muellenbach|Helen-Ann Brown Epstein|Ardis Weiss
Effects of librarian-provided services in healthcare settings: a systematic review
St. Michael's Hospital|Mayo Clinic in Florida|University of Toronto|St. Michael's Hospital|West Hills Community College District|A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Mayo Clinic in Florida|Citadel|Jewish General Hospital|Commonwealth Medical College|Cornell University|Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
assess effects librarianprovided services healthcare settings patient healthcare provider researcher outcomesmedline cinahl eric lisa library information science abstracts cochrane central register controlled trials searched inception june 2013 studies involving librarianprovided services patients encountering healthcare system healthcare providers researchers eligible inclusion librarianprovided services healthcare settings considered intervention including hospitals primary care settings public health clinicstwentyfive articles fulfilled eligibility criteria including 22 primary publications three companion reports majority studies 1522 primary publications examined librarians providing instruction literature searching healthcare trainees measured literature searching proficiency studies analyzed librarianprovided literature searching services instruction question formulation well impact librarianprovided services patient length stay hospital studies found investigated librarians providing direct services researchers patients healthcare settingslibrarianprovided services directed participants training programs eg students residents improve skills searching literature facilitate integration research evidence clinical decisionmaking services provided clinicians shown effective saving time health professionals providing relevant information decisionmaking two studies indicated patient length stay reduced clinicians requested literature searches related patients case