Intelligent purchasing in Trent: information for decision-making in the region's health authorities.
The realization of an evidence-based health service presents opportunities for libraries to make a direct contribution to the decision-making process in the delivery of health care. An example of such an opportunity is given through a description of the Trent Working Group on Acute Purchasing, a network of health authority purchasers that takes a research-based approach to making purchasing decisions. The Working Group is supported by a multidisciplinary research team, which includes an Information Officer. The role of the Information Officer in supporting the process of the Working Group is described below; namely in the setting of research priorities, in contributing to research projects and in disseminating the outputs of the Working Group. The benefits of being involved in such a project, both to the information service and to the Information Officer, are summarized.
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School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK.
D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004739:England; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006126:Group Processes; D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007999:Library Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration