Abstract
Libraries and electronic health records: focus on “evidence” as part of treatment and care, not on “the library”
Highlights
The following are personal and candid reflections concerning the selection, implementation, and administration of an electronic health record (EHR)
There, I am a member of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (DHH) Information Systems Steering Committee (ISSC), a group reporting to the board of governors
My first thesis concerning libraries and EHRs is that the librarian community may have a bucolic, rosy, and—perhaps—naive view of how our clinicians use library resources and services in the context of an EHR
Summary
The following are personal and candid reflections concerning the selection, implementation, and administration of an electronic health record (EHR). My perspective is primarily that of a member of a leadership and oversight group for information technology at an academic health center.
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