[Note, this campaign took place in 2017/2018. We are no longer receiving signatures to the Charter but if you have evidence of your value or impact, please contact us at contacthslg@gmail.com]
The key message for the ‘Evidence Informed Healthcare’ campaign is that “Libraries and library staff enable evidence informed healthcare.”
On 31st July, 2017 an Evidence Informed Healthcare Charter was
launched. The charter sets out the principles of evidence informed healthcare and the role of patients, providers, policy makers and librarians in enabling evidence in practice.
The charter is for people in receipt of healthcare (patients and clients), people who provide care (healthcare professionals), people who manage health policy (civil and public sector) and people who enable evidence informed healthcare (health librarians).
Who is the charter for?
The charter is for people in receipt of healthcare (patients and clients), people who provide care (healthcare professionals), people who manage health policy (civil and public sector) and people who enable evidence informed healthcare (health librarians).
Why should I sign it?
You are encouraged to sign the charter for the following reasons:
1) to help promote awareness of the importance of evidence informed healthcare in Ireland among patients, healthcare practitioners and health policy makers.
2) to raise the profile of health librarians in enabling evidence informed healthcare.
How can I sign it?
Please sign the charter using this online form. Alternatively, please download the Word version of the charter here, sign it and return to: National Health Service Librarian, HSE, Rm. 2.58, Dr. Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin 8.
What happens next?
If you use Twitter, please tweet a link to your signed charter or simply Tweet “I signed the #evidenceinformedhealthcare charter @hselibrary”. If you are not using Twitter, we will capture signatures and make them available on these webpages.
Who has signed the Charter?
Please search Twitter using #EvidenceInformedHealthcare to see who has already signed the Charter. A full list of names will be made available at the end of 2017. Please see signatures from the Department of Health and the National Health Service Librarian.
I have more questions, who can I contact?
If you need further information please contact hselibrary
Health librarians and libraries acquire, organise and make accessible best available evidence to answer the 100,000 healthcare questions that arise annually in the HSE as part of the delivery of modern standards of patient care. Whether at ward or departmental level, or in supporting National Clinical Programmes such as the National Clinical Effectiveness Committee, National Patient Safety Office or the National Cancer Control Programme, the expertise of librarians in sourcing best evidence is making a key contribution to the wider quality and safety agenda.