Susan J Rockliff

Addding value to increase the hospital library profile: a staff publications alerting service

Roni Wayne et al. — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:14:22 PST

Easy to set up and administer, a new service by The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Library alerts hospital staff to its collective publishing output. Along with boosting the Library's visibility, it would also seem to be fostering organisational pride.

Updating the evidence for the role of corticosteroids in severe sepsis and septic shock: a Bayesian meta-analytic perspective

J Moran et al. — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:42:23 PDT

Current low (stress) dose corticosteroid regimens may have therapeutic advantage in severe sepsis and septic shock despite conflicting results from two landmark randomised controlled trials (RCT). We systematically reviewed the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy in severe sepsis and septic shock.

Implementing library service agreements: the experience of Australian health libraries

Lindsay Harris et al. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:27:10 PST

There is little in the published literature on creating and implementing service agreements in libraries as distinct from reports on the outsourcing and contracting out of discrete functions or entire services. This paper examines the role of service agreements in Australian health libraries and their operation in libraries. Aspects considered are the definition of service agreements, what they are and are not, how they are developed, the scope and contents of such agreements and areas likely to cause difficulties. The experiences of Australian health libraries in the implementation of service agreements and key features in their success or failure are also discussed.

Results of the survey: “Barriers to Effective Use of Computer Based Resources and Systems in The Queen Elizabeth Hospital” conducted in November/December 2006.

Sue J. Rockliff — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:07:07 PDT

On behalf of the Information Management Services Committee, a survey of hospital medical, nursing and allied health staff was conducted to measure and identify the barriers to the effective use of computer-based resources and information systems by doctors, nurses and allied health staff in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The survey intends to identify the environmental factors that may prevent or hinder staff from completing their work involving the use of electronic resources in the most efficient and safe manner.

The Survey was run during November and December 2006.

Seven electronic resource systems were identified for survey. These were: • The Hospital network including email and help desk • The Library • OACIS • Homer • CHRIS (Human Resource system) • CentraWeb (Radiology) • TQEH Intranet

Results have been consolidated and are presented in sections relating to each resource.