Journal article
Hospital Librarians' Contributions to Health Services' Accreditation: An Account of the Health Libraries for the National Safety and Quality in Health Services Standards (HeLiNS) Research Project, 2016-18
Ann Ritchie, Cecily Gilbert, Michele Gaca, Gemma Siemensma, Jeremy Taylor
JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION ASSOCIATION | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2020
Abstract
This article documents the Health Libraries for the National Standards (HeLiNS) research project. The project received the ALIA 2016 research award and was undertaken by a collaboration of the ALIA/Health Libraries Australia and Health Libraries Inc groups. The research aimed to explore the contributions made by Australian hospital libraries to assist their organisations to achieve accreditation against the National Safety and Quality for Health Services (NSQHS) Standards. The research clearly demonstrates that hospital libraries are integral to a hospital’s quality and safety systems. They make substantial and essential contributions through their professional information/knowledge manageme..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Australian Library and Information under ALIA Research Grant 2016; and ALIA/Health Libraries Australia under project funding 2016; and Health Libraries Inc under project funding 2016.