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Studies

Patient care and clinical decision making is improved when health professionals use librarian-led information services and the library.

Do library services really have an impact on clinical decision making and improved patient care outcomes? How do physicians, residents, and nurses perceive the value of information they receive from the library and librarian?

Read these articles to learn how library services reduce hospital costs, length of stay, changes in diagnosis and clinical decision making and improved patient outcomes:

What did the 1987 “King Study” discover about the role of hospital library resources and services in hospital settings? Are these results still relevant today?

Read this landmark study and learn why 21st century researchers continue to develop studies built upon the “King Study”:

What is the value of using library and information services to the hospital/health care institution? What kinds of information does management recognize as valid measures of the contributions librarians make to the bottom line (i.e., cost-based accounting, return on investment)?

Read these articles and learn the tools and resources in these studies could be used to communicate your value.

MLA Funded Research

MLA advances a culture where analysis and application of health information research is commonplace—where health information practitioners use the best available evidence when making a decision.

Since 2003, the association has funded health information research studies through the Donald A.B. Lindberg Research Fellowship. Lindberg fellows conduct studies that expand the research knowledge base by linking the information services provided by librarians to improved health care and advances in biomedical research.

The following published studies were funded through MLA’s Donald A.B. Lindberg Research Fellowship.

For a complete listing of Lindberg Fellows visit the Grants and Scholarship page.