The value of library and information services in patient care: results of a multisite study.

Joanne Gard Marshall; Julia Sollenberger; Sharon Easterby-Gannett; Lynn Kasner Morgan; Mary Lou Klem; Susan K Cavanaugh; Kathleen Burr Oliver; Cheryl A Thompson; Neil Romanosky; Sue Hunter

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The value of library and information services in patient care: results of a multisite study.

March 6, 2013

Marshall JG, Sollenberger J, Easterby-Gannett S, et al. J Med Libr Assoc. 2013;101(1):38-46.

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Physicians and nurses both found access to library information services to be an important patient safety mechanism, enabling them to improve diagnostic accuracy and avoid adverse drug events.

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