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Complex palliative care environment: information needs for clinicians

Easy, fast and good : CareSearch creates and publishes search filters for clinicians to have ready reliable access to the best palliative care evidence Sarah Hayman and Jennifer Tieman 12 th Australian Palliative Care Conference 4 th September, 2013.

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Complex palliative care environment: information needs for clinicians

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  1. Easy, fast and good : CareSearch creates and publishes search filters for clinicians to have ready reliable access to the best palliative care evidence SarahHayman and Jennifer Tieman 12th Australian Palliative Care Conference 4th September, 2013

  2. Complex palliative care environment: information needs for clinicians • Residential aged care • Living Longer Living Better • Dementia • 9th national health priority

  3. Research, Evidence, Literature • Research • Understanding, efficacy, implementation • Evidence Use • Individual in clinical decision making • Service/Organisation for guidance • System for policy directions • Published Literature • Key mechanism by which research is made available

  4. Why evidence matters • Informs direct care • Guides decision making (policy and service) • Helps assess value or options • Provides a basis to disagree

  5. Challenges in finding literature • Search mediates information retrieval • Challenges in information retrieval • Information overload • Published? • In a bibliographic database? • Indexed? Thesaurus? • Rights to access? • Specific interface • Skills of searcher

  6. Easy to find? Characteristics of ideal search • Open access (no registration) • Pre written (easy) • One click (fast) • Retrieves what we need and excludes what we don’t (accurate) http://www.flickr.com/photos/25031050@N06/3292307605/

  7. From this … … to this - with simple clicks

  8. PubMed • Why PubMed? • Open access • Free to use • Hyperlinking(Able to create URLs) • Non indexed set • Choice of full text only

  9. Why use a search filter? • An “evidence based" search = known effectiveness • Benefits • Saves time • Increases likelihood of quality retrievals • Removes individual search burden • Embeds technical expertise • Facilitates knowledge translation

  10. Search Filter Methodology • Scoping Study • Expert Advisory Group • Gold Standard Selection • Term Identification • Search Filter • Post Hoc Relevance Assessment • PubMed Translation

  11. RAC Search Filter • Project Overview • Partners: external advisory group • Part of CareSearch RAC Hub Project • Performance • Recall in FVS: 73% • Post hoc relevance: 83%

  12. Dementia Search Filter • Project Overview • Partners: Hammondcare, Alzheimer's Australia, external advisory group • Part of resources for Integrated Care Framework: Dementia (ICF-D) • Performance • Recall in FVS: 97.17% • Post hoc relevance: 77.6%

  13. The filters in action …

  14. From this … … to this in one click!

  15. Conclusion • New search filters on CareSearch • Residential aged care • Dementia • Benefits for clinicians • Topic searches are targeted to clinical practice • Searches are fast and easy to use (no need to be an expert searcher) • Searches are reliable • Searches are free and open access (no need for logon or paid subscription) • Barriers to using evidence in practice can be reduced

  16. Currently in development … • Bereavement Search Filter • due for completion and launch later this year

  17. CareSearch would like to thank the many people who contribute their time and expertise to the project, including members of the National Advisory Group and the Knowledge Network Management Group. CareSearch is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. www.caresearch.com.au

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