title: "Knowledge management" for health: what "tools" can improve the performance of workgroups, clinicians and patients?
abstract: This paper is a vision paper presenting a framework that describes a set of integrated "tools" for supporting "knowledge management". These "tools" span technical, organizational and human story telling. The framework is based on the authors' involvement in many research projects, the literature and conversations sounding the issues.
authors.affiliation: Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Bede House, All Saints Business Centre, Newcastle on Tyne NE1 2ES, UK. ian.purves@ncl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Purves
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003243:Consciousness; D003657:Decision Making; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D007256:Information Systems; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011787:Quality of Health Care