PMID- 11337950
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20010920
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 0025-7338 (Print)
IS  - 0025-7338 (Linking)
VI  - 89
IP  - 2
DP  - 2001 Apr
TI  - The Patient Informatics Consult Service (PICS): an approach for a 
      patient-centered service.
PG  - 185-93
AB  - The Patient Informatics Consult Service (PICS) at the Eskind Biomedical Library 
      at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) provides patients with 
      consumer-friendly information by using an information prescription mechanism. 
      Clinicians refer patients to the PICS by completing the prescription and noting 
      the patient's condition and any relevant factors. In response, PICS librarians 
      critically appraise and summarize consumer-friendly materials into a targeted 
      information report. Copies of the report are given to both patient and clinician, 
      thus facilitating doctor-patient communication and closing the 
      clinician-librarian feedback loop. Moreover, the prescription form also 
      circumvents many of the usual barriers for patients in locating information, 
      namely, patients' unfamiliarity with medical terminology and lack of knowledge of 
      authoritative sources. PICS librarians capture the time and expertise put into 
      these reports by creating Web-based pathfinders on prescription topics. 
      Pathfinders contain librarian-created disease overviews and links to 
      authoritative resources and seek to minimize the consumer's exposure to 
      unreliable information. Pathfinders also adhere to strict guidelines that act as 
      a model for locating, appraising, and summarizing information for consumers. 
      These mechanisms--the information prescription, research reports, and 
      pathfinders--serve as steps toward the long-term goal of full integration of 
      consumer health information into patient care at VUMC.
FAU - Williams, M D
AU  - Williams MD
AD  - Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical 
      Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8340, USA.
FAU - Gish, K W
AU  - Gish KW
FAU - Giuse, N B
AU  - Giuse NB
FAU - Sathe, N A
AU  - Sathe NA
FAU - Carrell, D L
AU  - Carrell DL
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Bull Med Libr Assoc
JT  - Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
JID - 0421037
SB  - IM
MH  - Drug Information Services/instrumentation/organization & administration
MH  - Humans
MH  - Information Services/*organization & administration
MH  - Patient Education as Topic/*organization & administration
MH  - Patient-Centered Care/*organization & administration
MH  - Referral and Consultation/*organization & administration
MH  - Tennessee
PMC - PMC31726
EDAT- 2001/05/08 10:00
MHDA- 2001/09/21 10:01
PMCR- 2001/04/01
CRDT- 2001/05/08 10:00
PHST- 2001/05/08 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/09/21 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/05/08 10:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2001/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Bull Med Libr Assoc. 2001 Apr;89(2):185-93.