Hospital Library Caucus: HLC Immersion Resources

Consumer Health Articles

• Brock, Ashley (2022). Health Information on Demand: Library Orders in the Electronic Medical Record. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 22(4), 326-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2022.2127299
• Epstein, Helen-Ann Brown (2023). Building Health Literacy by Enhancing Electronic Health Records With Information Connections: A Partnership of Health Science Librarians and IS Departments. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 27(2), 225–231. https://doi.org/10.1080/15398285.2023.2204721
• Hansen, Judy (2019). Librarian Consults Through Epic: New Opportunities for Collaboration and Education” Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 38(3), 293-299. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2019.1623610
• Lake, Erica & Steidinger, Shawn (2020). Embedding Library Support into the Electronic Health Record: Key Considerations When Developing a New Service. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 20(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2020.1705148
• Volk, Ruti, and Obeid, Nabeel (2019). What Can We Do about Dr. Google? Using the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to Prescribe Reliable Online Patient Education. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 107(4), 606–608. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.774

• Brown Epstein, H. A. (2023). Come aboard the Magnet Journey. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 42(1), 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2023.2160130
• Thomas, W. S., & Hoey, M. (2020). Hospital Inter-Professional Collaboration: A Clinical Librarian’s Experience. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 20(1), 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2020.1702850
• Willis, C., Daniels, K., & Gettis, M. (2021). A Collaborative Effort to Build an Evidence-Based Practice Project Repository. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 40(2), 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2021.1912574

Notes:

Purchase Certification Books 

       Magnet requires nurses to have higher certifications.

      These books are an inexpensive way for a library to support the Magnet journey

 Nursing Research Council

Sit on your hospital's Research Council.  It's a great way to get know what research is going on and to contribute

A good opportunity to meet nurses from other departments

Citation Management Software

Learn a software citation package.  Zotero and Mendeley are free.  

This can be a useful skill to help nurses with their publications

Artificial Intelligence Table Summary

Each table discussed in this session discussed a current or past project according the topic of the table. Since Artificial Intelligence (AI) is relatively new and there may be few if any projects to discuss the table decided to AI within libraries and hospital and academic medical institutions.

It is essential to get involved in some way, examples of involvement were:

• LibGuide with AI information library patrons to learn more
• Sponsor research studies
• Host discussions
• Get on committees or working groups
• Partner/assist with educators on how to wrap AI into the curriculum responsibly
• Work with students on using AI responsibly
• Be the copyright or licensing authority regarding library resources your institution might want to use as data for the AI
  • Involve legal department regarding licenses and copyright
• Help create a rubric or checklist for departments to use to determine if they have the basics to create an AI feasible and the time and personnel to accomplish it

• It is important for librarians to be more aware of different types of AI and different AI programs.

• Not all AI’s are LLM generative AI programs like ChatGPT
  • Many people do not know difference between generative AI and machine learning
• There are a lot of legitimate and helpful AI programs one can use as tools in the work place
  • Grammarly, Scite.ai, ResearchRabbit, etc.
• Need to know more about what the AI is designed to do and what type of information it is using for data.
  • Important to know for bias
  • Important to know for how to use

• Knowing more about the types of AI and their differences is important not just from a usability perspective but also to help others within the institution if they want to create one.

• Ithaka S&R Generative AI Product Tracker
• AMA. 2023. Advancing AI in medical education through ethics, evidence and equity.
• Health AI Partnership
• World Health Organization. 2024. Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health: Guidance on large multi-modal models.

Well-being Resources

Well-being is a positive state experienced by individuals and societies. Similar to health, it is a resource for daily life and is determined by social, economic and environmental conditions. -World Health Organization

Wellness is the active pursuit of activities, choices and lifestyles that lead to a state of holistic health. -Global Wellness Institute

ALA-APA Wellness Eight Elements of Wellness https://ala-apa.org/wellness/

APA Bystander Intervention Guide https://www.apa.org/pi/health-equity/bystander-intervention

Be Well MLA https://www.mlanet.org/be-well-mla

CDC Disability and Health Promotion https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/index.html

CDC The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Impact Wellbeing Guide https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/impactwellbeing/guide/default.html

Funaro, M. C., Rojiani, R., & Norton, M. J. (2019). Improving community well-being through collaborative initiatives at a medical library. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 107(3), 425–431. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.486

Global Wellness Institute Wellness Evidence https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/wellnessevidence/

Keller, S., & Heimlich, L. (2024). Connection Between Knowing and Doing? A Mixed Methods Exploration of Librarian Wellness Behaviors. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2024.2323909

The WHO-5 Well-Being Index is a questionnaire that measures current mental well-being (time frame the previous two weeks). https://www.psykiatri-regionh.dk/who-5/who-5-questionnaires/Pages/default.aspx

Clinical Librarian Journal Articles

• Blake, L., Yang, F. M., Brandon, H., Wilson, B., & Page, R. (2018). A Clinical Librarian Embedded in Medical Education: Patient-Centered Encounters for Preclinical Medical Students. Medical reference services quarterly, 37(1), 19–30.  https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2018.1404384
• Brian, R., Orlov, N., Werner, D., Martin, S. K., Arora, V. M., & Alkureishi, M. (2018). Evaluating the impact of clinical librarians on clinical questions during inpatient rounds. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 106(2), 175–183. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2018.254
• Carlson, R., & Towner Wright, S. (2021). Essential Services of Clinical Librarians in Academic and Health Care Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study. Medical reference services quarterly, 40(2), 168–187.  https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2021.1912570
• Hartfiel, N., Sadera, G., Treadway, V., Lawrence, C., & Tudor Edwards, R. (2021). A clinical librarian in a hospital critical care unit may generate a positive return on investment. Health information and libraries journal, 38(2), 97–112. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12332
• Zarghani, M., Nemati-Anaraki, L., Dinpajoo, Z., Ghamgosar, A., Khani, S., & Khazaee-Pool, M. (2021). Skills and key education needed for clinical librarians: an exploratory study from the librarians' perspectives. BMC medical informatics and decision making, 21(1), 240. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01601-y

Research Books

• Booth, A., Papaioannou, D., & Sutton, A. (2016).  Systematic approaches to a successful literature review (2^nd ed.) . Sage Publications Ltd.

• Braun, V. & Clarke, V. (2013).  Successful qualitative research : A practical guide for beginners. SAGE Publishing.

• Davies C. A Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences. University of Wales Research Repository; 2022.  https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2017/
• Gillespie A, Glaveanu V, de Saint Laurent C. Pragmatism and Methodology: Doing Research that Matters with Mixed Methods. Cambridge University Press; 2024.
  https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009031066
• Hiebert J, Cai J, Hwang S, Morris AK, Hohensee C. Doing research: A new researcher's guide. Cham; 2023.  https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94988
• Vaughan, L. (2001). Statistical methods for the information professional: A practical, painless approach to understanding, using, and interpreting Statistics. ASIS&T/Information Today.

Becoming a member of a hospital or health system committee is an excellent way to learn about the needs, the mission, and the culture of your institution. Working closely with clinicians, researchers, and administrators can give you an insight into institutional priorities, accreditation requirements, and organizational growth opportunities.

Serving on a committee allows you to interact with colleagues from different areas, demonstrate your expertise, and showcase how the library supports your organization.

Here are a few tips on how to get on a committee and how to contribute:

• To get on a committee:
  • Look for ways to engage and make yourself visible – are there Grand Rounds, Schwartz Rounds, other professional events you can start attending?
  • Reach out to hospital leadership and ask to be invited.
  • Ask your library champions to advocate for a librarian to be included in meetings and committees.
  • Connect with nursing. Engage with:
    • Nursing Education
    • Nursing Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research
    • Nursing Quality and Safety
    • Nursing Leadership
    • Magnet and Pathways to Excellence leaders
  • Reach out to your Graduate Medical Education committee or residency faculty.
  • What other spaces could use your expertise?
    • Ethics
    • Policy
    • Patient Education and Health Literacy
    • Administration
    • Knowledge Management
    • Quality Management/Quality Improvement and Safety
    • Diversity Initiatives

• Once on the committee:
  • At first, just listen and learn (unless you happen to be an expert on a given topic or have something to contribute right away).
  • Consider how you can contribute to:
    • Knowledge – literature searches, targeted purchasing
    • Organization – for example, creating document sharing groups or vocabularies to describe documentation, knowledge sheets, policies
    • Education – literature searches, information literacy classes, scholarly communication review, etc.
    • Dissemination – through a repository, targeted posting, etc.

Resources

Journals:

Miles A. A solo hospital librarian’s experience in clinical informatics. Med Ref Serv Q. 2015;34(2):232-239. doi:10.1080/02763869.2015.1019762

Patterson JA. Committing to Committees: Proactive Outreach through Committee Participation and Involvement. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 2023;23(3):189-198. doi:10.1080/15323269.2023.2224145

Harvey S. Institutional Review Boards: Another Way for Hospital Librarians to Add Value to Their Organization. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 2003;3(2):99-102. doi:10.1300/J186v03n02_09

Brandes S, Wells K, Bandy M. Invite yourself to the table: librarian contributions to the electronic medical record. Med Ref Serv Q. 2013;32(3):358-364. doi:10.1080/02763869.2013.807087

Price C, Kudchadkar SR, Basyal PS, et al. Librarian integration into health care conferences: a case report. J Med Libr Assoc. 2020;108(2):278-285. doi:10.5195/jmla.2020.803

Larsen BA, Sinha DP. Librarians Embedded in Ethics. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 2016;16(3):199-208. doi:10.1080/15323269.2016.1188036

Zeblisky KA, Birr RA, Aguiñaga AL, Drachman D, Mathieson K. Rethinking Your Involvement: A Survey on Hospital Library Committee Participation. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 2013;13(1):47-58. doi:10.1080/15323269.2013.743361

Montague E, Day TE, Barry D, et al. The case for information fiduciaries: The implementation of a data ethics checklist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021;28(3):650-652. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocaa307

Schwartz DG, Blobaum PM, Shipman JP, Markwell LG, Marshall JG. The health sciences librarian in medical education: a vital pathways project task force. J Med Libr Assoc. 2009;97(4):280-284. doi:10.3163/1536-5050.97.4.012

Frumento KS, Keating J. The Role of the Hospital Librarian on an Institutional Review Board. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. Published online December 1, 2007. doi:10.1300/J186v07n04_08

Books:

Harnett SM, Cantwell LP, eds. Finding Your Seat at the Table: Roles for Librarians on Institutional Regulatory Boards and Committees. Rowman & Littlefield; 2022.

Dewey A, Holecek A, eds. The Nurse’s Healthcare Ethics Committee Handbook: Use of Leadership, Advocacy, and Empowerment to Develop a Nurse-Led Ethics Committee. Sigma Theta Tau International; 2018.