Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $285 (nonmember, $335)
Attendance Maximum: 30

Instructor(s): Kathleen Ann McKibbon, associate professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, and Ellen Detlefsen, associate professor, School of Information Sciences, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Offered: Saturday, May 20, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

This workshop is designed around two basic purposes: First, it gives librarians a broad understanding of what medical/health care informatics is, how and to what extent it overlaps with medical/health care librarianship, and what ton expect from more implementation of these systems in the organizations where librarians work. Second, it shows examples of how information is being integrated into health care delivery, where librarians can benefit from working with informatics systems, issues involved in implementation, and potential problems inherent with medical informatics systems.