title: WAX ActiveLibrary: a tool to manage information overload.
abstract: WAX Active-Library (Cambridge Centre for Clinical Informatics) is a knowledge management system that seeks to support doctors' decision making through the provision of electronic books containing a wide range of clinical knowledge and locally based information. WAX has been piloted in several regions in the United Kingdom and formally evaluated in 17 GP surgeries based in Cambridgeshire. The evaluation has provided evidence that WAX Active-Library significantly improves GPs' access to relevant information sources and by increasing appropriate patient management and referrals this might also lead to an improvement in clinical outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics Unit, University of Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hanka
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heathfield
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Buchan
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D016251:CD-ROM; D003199:Computer Systems; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D013502:General Surgery; D006302:Health Services Research; D019451:Information Management; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D010346:Patient Care Management; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D018511:Systems Integration; D006113:United Kingdom