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UK Models. Muir Gray, KBE. Muir Gray, KBE. Director, Clinical Process, Knowledge and Safety, National Programme for IT Director, UK National Screening Committee, National Health Service formerly Director / Co-Director, National electronic Library for Health. Muir Gray, KBE.
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Muir Gray, KBE • Director, Clinical Process, Knowledge and Safety, National Programme for IT • Director, UK National Screening Committee, National Health Service • formerly Director / Co-Director, National electronic Library for Health
Muir Gray, KBE Manifesto for librarians • More librarians • More librarians close to clinicians and management; they are even more valuable outside the library • The library service to be as highly valued as IT • Better valued librarians • Librarians empowered to run knowledge systems delivering knowledge where and when it is needed
Muir Gray, KBE "...by getting what we know into practice we will have a bigger impact on health and disease than any drug or technology likely to be developed in the next decade." March 2003
Muir Gray, KBE “Knowledge is the enemy of disease.”
UK Models • Library Advisor to the National Health Service Executive • Library and Knowledge Development Network • Funding of libraries through post-graduate education body of Dept. of Health
National electronic Library of Health (NeLH) • Know How • Knowledge • Specialist Libraries (by subject and by profession) • Editorial Resources
National electronic Library of Health (NeLH) • 200,000 visits per month • For patients & the public: NHS Direct • nurse consultants via phone • web site (NHS Direct Online)
NeLH Specialist Libraries • Cancer • Cardiovascular Diseases • Child Health • Clinical Genetics • Diabetes • Emergency Care • ENT & Audiology
NeLH Specialist Libraries • Health Informatics • Health Management • Infection • Knowledge Management • Learning Disabilities • Medicines • Mental Health
NeLH Specialist Libraries • Musculoskeletal • Oral Health • Primary Care • Public Health • Respiratory • Screening • Skin Conditions • Women's Health
NeLH Specialist Libraries • By Profession: • Community Practitioner / HV • Dietitian • Librarian • Midwife • Nurse • Occupational Therapist
NeLH Specialist Libraries • By Profession: • Orthoptist • Patient Advice and Liaison Services • Physiotherapist • Podiatrist • Radiographer • Speech Therapist
NeLH Core Content Clinical Databases • Medline • Cinahl • Psycinfo • Embase
NeLH Core Content Clinical Databases • AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine) • British Nursing Index • DH-Data • Zetoc • Images MD • King's Fund
NeLH Core Content Journals and Books • A-Z List of Electronic Journals (1,200) • BioMed Central • Mental Health e-books For Patients • Treatment Notes
National Library of Health • Evolution / expansion of NeLH • End of a phase of developing digital services separately from traditional library services
National Library of Health • Equitable access for all NHS staff • Greater use of digital services • Development of a shared approach to marketing
National Library of Health Vision • Network-based, rather than a centralised service • Library staff will continue to have a central role in the development and delivery of knowledge and information services
National Library of Health • Primary care answering service
National Library of Health • Collaboration with • NHS University • NHS National Programme for IT
UK Models What would work for Canadian health professionals?