One-Stop Shopping: Ask-A-librarian Technology in the Electronic Medical Record

ABSTRACT

This article describes the events that led to the implementation of the Ask-A-Librarian button within the hospital’s electronic medical record. Various marketing techniques used to educate health care professionals regarding the new service, as well as the significant increase in library usage results, are discussed. This article also provides insight as to why the librarians undertook such an ambitious project, and it is the authors’ hope that it will inspire others to do the same at their institution.

KEYWORDS:

• AHEC digital library
• Ask-A-Librarian
• electronic health record
• electronic medical record (EMR)
• EPIC
• info-button