title: Development of a clinical information tool for the electronic medical record: a case study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  What is the process of developing a clinical information tool to be embedded in the electronic health record of a very large and diverse academic medical center?
  
  
  METHODS
  The development took place at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical information tool developed is a search box with subject tabs to provide quick access to designated full-text information resources. Each subject tab offers a federated search of a different pool of resources. Search results are organized "on the fly" into meaningful categories using clustering technology and are directly accessible from the results page.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After more than a year of discussion and planning, a clinical information tool was embedded in the academic medical center's electronic health record.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The library successfully developed a clinical information tool, called Clinical-e, for use at the point of care. Future development will refine the tool and evaluate its impact and effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. bepstein@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: Nancy H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Tannery
authors.forename: Charles B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Wessel
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yarger
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: LaDue
authors.forename: Anthony B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fiorillo
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*