TY - JOUR AU - Giovanna Miranda PY - 2017/01/12 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Publications and new products JF - Journal of EAHIL JA - JEAHIL VL - 10 IS - 3 SE - Publications and new products DO - UR - http://ojs.eahil.eu/ojs/index.php/JEAHIL/article/view/205 AB - Dear Colleagues,Services provided by librarians to clinicians have been shown to be effective in saving time for health professionals andproviding relevant information for decision-making. Patients’ length of stay was reduced when clinicians requestedliterature searches related to a patient's case (L. Perrier et al., J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 May 28).Moreover, librarians have become more involved in developing high quality systematic reviews (P. Cruse and S.Protzko. Med Ref Serv Q. 2014;33:327).A study compared Wikipedia articles on the most costly medical conditions with standard, evidence-based, peerreviewedsources. The conclusion is that caution should be used when using Wikipedia to answer questions regardingpatient care (R.T. Hasty et al. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2014;14:368). ER -