Physicians' assessment of the value of clinical information: Operationalization of a theoretical model

Roland Grad, Pierre Pluye, Vera Granikov, Janique Johnson‐Lafleur, Michael Shulha, Soumya Bindiganavile Sridhar, Jonathan L. Moscovici, Gillian Bartlett, Alain C. Vandal, Bernard Marlow and Lorie Kloda

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2011, vol. 62, issue 10, 1884-1891

Abstract: Inspired by the acquisition–cognition–application model (T. Saracevic & K.B. Kantor, 1997), we developed a tool called the Information Assessment Method to more clearly understand how physicians use clinical information. In primary healthcare, we conducted a naturalistic and longitudinal study of searches for clinical information. Forty‐one family physicians received a handheld computer with the Information Assessment Method linked to one commercial electronic knowledge resource. Over an average of 320 days, 83% of 2,131 searches for clinical information were rated using the Information Assessment Method. Searches to address a clinical question, as well as the retrieval of relevant clinical information, were positively associated with the use of that information for a specific patient. Searches done out of curiosity were negatively associated with the use of clinical information. We found significant associations between specific types of cognitive impact and information use for a specific patient. For example, when the physician reported “My practice was changed and improved” as a result of this clinical information, the odds that information was used for a specific patient increased threefold. Our findings provide empirical data to support the applicability of the acquisition‐cognition‐application model, as operationalized through the Information Assessment Method, in primary healthcare. Capturing the use of research‐based information in medicine opens the door to further study of the relationships between clinical information and health outcomes.

Date: 2011
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