Information Prescriptions: Providing Health Information at the Inpatient's Point of Medical Need

摘要

The Geisinger Community Health Library initiated its InfoRx program in 2008 as a partnership between physicians and the librarian to deliver health information to inpatients and their family members. Using the system's electronic health record (EHR), EPIC, the physician sends an information prescription to the librarian, who finds and delivers appropriate health information, then documents it in the EHR. Patient feedback surveys are designed to compile data on how the information was used. Physician surveys assess use/failure to use and any observed impact of the information prescription on their patients' health behavior.