title: A comparison of clinicians' access to online knowledge resources using two types of information retrieval applications in an academic hospital setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The research studied whether a clinician's preference for online health knowledge resources varied with the use of two applications that were designed for information retrieval in an academic hospital setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  The researchers analyzed a year's worth of computer log files to study differences in the ways that four clinician groups (attending physicians, housestaff physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses) sought information using two types of information retrieval applications (health resource links or Infobutton icons) across nine resources while they reviewed patients' laboratory results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From a set of 14,979 observations, the authors found statistically significant differences among the 4 clinician groups for accessing resources using the health resources application (P<0.001) but not for the Infobuttons application (P = 0.31). For the health resources application, the preferences of the 4 clinical groups varied according to the specific resources examined (all P≤0.02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The information-seeking behavior of clinicians may vary in relation to their role and the way in which the information is presented. Studying these behaviors can provide valuable insights to those tasked with maintaining information retrieval systems' links to appropriate online knowledge resources.
authors: shunt1@umm.edu
authors: Sevgin
authors: S
authors: Hunt
authors: James J
authors: JJ
authors: Cimino
authors: Deloris E
authors: DE
authors: Koziol
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006785:Hospitals, University; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D007256:Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009519:New York City; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000523:psychology; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D000078329:Workforce
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