Bibliometric analysis of AIDS literature

Sen‐Gupta, Indranil; Kumari, Lalita

doi:10.1007/bf02018160

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“…I included this study because it is one of the most recently published; it uses yet another method; it finds which questions can be answered; and it concerns a part of medicine where information is growing faster than in almost any other, where electronic databases are growing fast, and where some of the patients are as smart as the doctors—and possibly more adept at using modern information technology. The body of information on HIV doubles every 22 months,24 and, although half of that information is concentrated in 30 journals, the other half is spread through 593 25…”

Section: Aids: Information Needs When Knowledge Is Growing Fastmentioning

confidence: 99%

What clinical information do doctors need?

Smith¹

1996

BMJ

484

305

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This is the first article in a new section on managing clinical information that will appear regularly in the journal. This week, Richard Smith considers the information needs of doctors. He reviews existing research and draws conclusions about what information doctors need, what they think they need, how they try to find it, and how they determine its valueThe aims of this section are: * To help doctors understand that better management of clinical information will improve their treatment ofpatients and the management of their practices * To encourage rigorous evaluation of information management systems, particularly with respect to patient care * To empower doctors to shape the development of information management projects so that clinical needs are put before financial and administrative needs * To generate enthusiasm among doctors by demystifying clinical information management * To help doctors understand the information demands that will be made of them * To consider how information management can enhance doctors'relationships twith patients and the public

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Section: Aids: Information Needs When Knowledge Is Growing Fastmentioning

confidence: 99%

What clinical information do doctors need?

Smith¹

1996

BMJ

484

305

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“…This study was conducted with two goals in mind: 1) to determine what types of questions might be generated when examining medical charts of HIVinfected patients; and 2) to determine how well the available information sources can answer these questions. We asked the participating health care workers to review the information contained in patients charts from an AIDS outpatient clinic, and to consider each case as though they were the primary care providers.…”

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Information Needs of Health Care Professionals in an Aids Outpatient Clinic as Determined by Chart Review

Giuse

Huber

Giuse

et al. 1994

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

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Obiective JetTo examine the information needs of health care professionals in HIVrelated clinical encounters, and to determine the suitability of existing information sources to address those needs.Setting: HIV outpatient clinic.Participants: Seven health care professionals with diverse training and patient care involvement.Methods: Based on patient charts describing 120 patient encounters, participants generated 266 clinical questions. Printed and on-line information sources were used to answer questions in two phases: using commonly available sources and using all available medical library sources.Measurements: The questions were divided into 16 categories by subject. The number of questions answered, their categories, the information source(s) providing answers, and the time required to answer questions were recorded for each phase.Results: Each participant generated an average of 3.8 clinical questions per chart. Five categories accounted for almost 75% of all questions; the treatment protocols/regimens category was most frequent (24%). A total of 245 questions (92%) were answered, requiring an average of 15 minutes per question. Most (87%) of the questions were answered via electronic sources, even though paper sources were consulted first.Conclusions: The participating professionals showed considerable information needs. A combination of on-line and paper sources was necessary to provide the answers. The study suggests that present-day information sources are not entirely satisfactory for answering clinical questions generated by examining charts of HIV-infected patients.n J Am Med Informatics Assoc. 1994;1:395-403. Health care workers who treat AIDS patients often encounter difficulties due to the rapid evolution of knowledge about the HIV infection.1,2 This study examines the information needs of workers caring forAffiliations of the authors:

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“…There have been several bibliometric studies on AIDS publications, analysing the number, countries, authors and journals of these publications 20 – 22. Although these studies are not limited to ethical literature, they have also shown a rapid increase in publications on AIDS until 1990 21.…”

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confidence: 99%