IFMH Inform Volume 11, Number 1
CONTENTS:
"All for one and one for all": a library and information service
to support a partnership in health
Steve Rose, Library and Information Service Manager, Health Services
Management Centre (HSMC), University of Birmingham
Steve Rose examines the issues involved in crossing boundaries within
health services, particularly boundaries between academia, the NHS and
the Civil Service.
Crossing the health and social care boundary: the implications for
health library and information services in Wales
Margot Greer, Library and Information Services Manager, Iechyd Morgannwg
Health
Staff in health library and information services have recently been
faced with new challenges in providing services to fit the wider government
agenda for health and social care. This article outlines the organisational
background particular to Wales in relation to this new way of working,
considers the key areas of joint working which affect the users of library
services in Wales and examines several initiatives taken by services to
respond to the challenges.
Information for a HAZ: dream or reality?
Stuart Pate, Information Manager and Sharon Ombler-Spain, Director,
Northumbria HAZ
The authors examine the implications of using information as a driver
for partnership and of sharing information across many agencies, with particular
reference to their own Health Action Zone.
Crossing the boundaries: a resource guide
Bertha Yuen Man Low, Regional Library Unit, West Midlands Collaboration
for Quality
An annotated listing of useful resources relating to interagency collaboration
and information sharing.
Surf's up
Lucy Johnson, King's Fund Library and Information Service
A review of selected Web sites.
Are you evidence based?
Maria Grant, Health Care Practice R&D Unit, University of Salford
Maria Grant provides an update on the work of the LINC Health Panel
Research Working Group.
Do you need HEED?
Moira Napper, Information Officer, Health Economics Research Unit,
Unversity of Aberdeen
The author offers an evaluation of this latest resource developed for
and by Health Economists.
Sidelines
Compiled by Su Golder, Lisa Mather, Kath Wright and Julie Glanville,
NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York.
A selection of recent articles of interest to health professionals.
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