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Information overload within the health care system : a literature review
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posted on 2008-02-29, 16:47 authored by Amanda Hall, Graham WaltonThere is a widespread view held by health clinicians that their work effectiveness
is impaired by ‘information overload.’ Building upon a previous work by
Wilson, a review of the literature was undertaken to look for the evidence of
this. It was found that the literature, particularly in the context of the clinical
environment, was limited. This review explores the diverse overarching theories
of information overload, effects of the phenomenon that are perceived to occur
and proposed solutions to this problem. Many of the papers noted an information
explosion but only three authors explicitly attempted to measure both the
quantity and the complexity of this information. It was also found that the
typology of the information studied was severely limited with most studies
exploring information such as guidelines, access to journals, research findings
and other knowledge intensive areas. Solutions proposed seem to concentrate
on technological means rather than exploring the use of humans either in management
of information or as a step in the filtering process.
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- University Academic and Administrative Support
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Citation
HALL, A. and WALTON, G., 2004. Information overload within the health care system : a literature review. Health information and libraries journal, 21, pp. 102-108Publisher
© Blackwell Science Ltd., published on behalf of the Health Libraries Group and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information ProfessionalsPublication date
2004Notes
This article is Restricted Access. It was published in the journal, Health information and libraries journal [© Blackwell Science Ltd.] and is available at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/HIRISSN
1471-1834Language
- en