Hess Dean R
Department of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Respir Care. 2004 Apr;49(4):389-99; discussion 399-400.
We need current information to support effective practice. This information can be accessed relatively quickly and inexpensively, using nothing more than a computer and an Internet connection. This demands skills in searching and accessing that information. In many hospitals, computers with an Internet connection are readily available in the clinical wards, allowing those with skills in retrieving medical information to find that information near the bedside where it is needed. This report describes techniques to access information on the Internet from various sources. This information exists at high levels, such as PubMed, the National Guideline Clearinghouse, and the Cochrane Library. However, there is also much information available on the Internet that has not been validated or subjected to peer review. Thus, it is important not only to find information but also to separate useful from useless information.
我们需要最新信息来支持有效的医疗实践。仅使用一台计算机和互联网连接，就能相对快速且廉价地获取这些信息。这需要搜索和获取该信息的技能。在许多医院，临床病房里随时都有带互联网连接的计算机，这使得具备检索医学信息技能的人能够在床边需要的地方找到这些信息。本报告描述了从各种来源在互联网上获取信息的技术。这些信息存在于诸如PubMed、国家指南库和考科蓝图书馆等高级别资源中。然而，互联网上也有许多未经证实或未经过同行评审的信息。因此，不仅要找到信息，还要区分有用信息和无用信息，这一点很重要。
