title: Invite yourself to the table: librarian contributions to the electronic medical record.
abstract: Librarians from Exempla Healthcare hospitals initiated contact with the chief medical information officer regarding evidence-based medicine activities related to the development of the system's Electronic Medical Record (EMR). This column reviews the librarians' involvement in specific initiatives that included providing comparative information on point-of-care resources to integrate into the EMR, providing evidence as needed for the order sets being developed, and participating with clinicians on an evidence-based advisory committee.
authors.affiliation: Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center, Lafayette, Colorado 80026, USA. susan.brandes@exempla.org
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brandes
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bandy
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D016245:Librarians; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D024382:Professional Role; D014481:United States