An experimental program involving the use of a hospital information system was implemented and evaluated on four services at Methodist Hospital of Indiana, a 1120-bed, private teaching hospital. Ten other hospital services were assigned to a control group. The program utilized educationally influential physicians to disseminate information concerning the advantages of using predesigned computer...

IT HAS BEEN GENERALLy AGREED IN RECENT YEARS that information needs are growing more rapidly than the abilities of research libraries and information centers to · meet them. Most often, the reason given for this phenomenon has been the growth in the amount of pub. lished literature. Two additional reasons, which are little noted though perhaps more important, will be discussed here, along with ...

background:modafinil, a non-amphetamine central nervous system stimulant, is a wakefulness-promoting agent indicated for use in shift work sleep disorder, narcolepsy, and obstructive sleep apnea. the trend in modafinil overexposure over a ten-year period and the population likely to experience a resulting clinical effect is evaluated. methods: using data from the american association of poison ...