title: A clinically rooted approach to Knowledge Management in a large Italian community hospital.
abstract: A strategy for Knowledge Management (KM) implementation in a large hospital involved three areas: intranet/internet technologies for professional practice standardization and communication; multiprofessional group building for sharing and discovering of social perspectives; learning opportunities targeted to high quality information sources and information mastering methods. A cooperative prototyping approach assured high levels of user's acceptance and involvement, and initial results are encouraging, but measuring and sustaining clinical practice changes will require additional efforts.
authors.affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tringali
authors.forename: Donato
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Polla
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suraci
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D019451:Information Management; D007558:Italy