Point of Care Electronic Resources in Clinical Practice

Park, Jin Young

doi:10.69528/jkmla.2017.44.1_2.12

J Korean Med Libr Assoc 2017; 44(1_2):12-26

pISSN: 2383-8809

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69528/jkmla.2017.44.1_2.12

Article

임상진료시 사용되는 Point of Care (POC) 전자정보원

박진영 ¹ ^, ^*

Point of Care Electronic Resources in Clinical Practice

Jin Young Park ¹ ^, ^*

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¹서울대학교 의학도서관

¹Seoul National University Medical Library

^*Corresponding author:Park Jin Young, Seoul National University Medical Library, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea, Tel: 82-2-740-8054, Fax: 82-2-740-8080, E-mail: hennim2@snu.ac.kr

ⓒ Copyright 2017 The Korean Medical Library Association. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Oct 15, 2017; Revised: Nov 20, 2017; Accepted: Dec 16, 2017

Published Online: Dec 30, 2017

Abstract

Purpose:

Doctors are asking for information seeking to solve a variety of clinical questions confronting the clinic, and they are assisted by the Medical Information Service. Today, the number of information resources that can be accessed through the Internet is increasing, but there is a lack of knowledge and understanding of its characteristics. The purpose of this study is to collect various electronic information sources used in the medical field and analyze the specific information.

Methods:

After searching previous studies on Point of Care Electronic Information Sources conducted from 2010 to 2017, literature review on electronic information source comparative analysis was investigated and current characteristics of POC electronic information sources were collected and analyzed.

Results:

A total of 49 electronic information sources were analyzed through the review of five documents. The DB type of the POC electronic information source can be classified into three types: first, second document original fulltext DB, second document for searching DB, and summary information (tertiary document). Secondary text original DB provides systematic reviews, meta analysis, guidelines and so on, which are collected through the first evaluation on a single topic, through a critical evaluation. Secondary document search DB Uptodate, Dynamed plus, Best practice, etc., which collect the first and second documents related to various diseases and conditions, and edited by the final experts, are used.

Conclusion:

It is confirmed that the information required for clinical examination is not only a summary information providing DB but also a secondary document DB and a secondary document DB. It is possible to know the types and characteristics of electronic information sources used in clinical practice and to know the use and search methods of secondary literature as well as the use of summary information DB. In the library, efforts should be made to reflect this in resource services.

Keywords: Point of care; Information resources; Information seeking

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