How the literature can help in medical treatment.
Experience from various hospitals has shown that the information received from journal literature, indexes and databases has a direct positive impact in improving patient care. Twenty percent of the doctors interviewed advised that the information supplied to them directly influenced their treatment of patients and altered their methods applied in patient care. Speed and precision is very important in supplying information to the medical doctors and health professionals in order to give them time to digest the information before the decision on treatment is made. Some of the indexes and databases are briefly described, which will give the necessary information with the minimum time and effort for use in medical treatment. Machinery of access to the databases and indexes is suggested with the accent on the microcomputer programs which will allow even the health professionals and librarians who might be unfamiliar with the search techniques to use the databases and indexes effectively.
D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D008838:Microcomputers