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2. Current awareness
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Provides high quality, relevant and recent information to health care professionals and consumers.

3. Collaboration of Irish Health Librarians
Joanne Callinan, Librarian, Milford Care Centre, Limerick
Marie Carrigan, Librarian, St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network
Bernadette Colley, Librarian, Temple Street University Hospital
Isabelle Delaunois, Librarian, University Hospital Limerick
Catherine Dillon, Librarian, HSE
Louise Galligan, Irish Cancer Society
Grace Hillis, Librarian, St. Vincent’s, Navan Road
Aoife Lawton, Librarian, Dr. Steevens (HSE)
Anne Madden, Librarian, St. Vincent’s University Hospital
Margaret Morgan, Librarian, Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar
Caroline Rowan, Librarian, St. Michael’s Hospital
Niamh O’Sullivan, Librarian, Irish Blood Transfusion

4. Evidence Based Practice is “the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.” (Sackett D, 1996)
“Information specialists can assume a key role in providing health professionals with high quality information to support evidence based practice” (Wilkinson, 2008)

5. “Cuddling kittens can kill you, warn scientists”
Horton, H. The Telegraph, 19th September, 2016.

6. Gregory A. The Mirror, 15 June, 2015.
Agency, The Telegraph, 24 December, 2015.
Thistlethwaite, F. Express, 23rd June, 2015.

7. Cyberchondria

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9. All issues available from open repository http://www.lenus.ie/hse/
Topic
Publication Date
Ovarian Cancer
March 2015
Bowel Cancer
April 2015
Mental Health
June 2015
Heart Health
September 2015
Breast Cancer
October 2015
Prostate Cancer
November 2015
Getting Active/Eating Healthily
January 2016
Palliative/End of life care
March 2016
Skin Cancer
June 2016
Medical Resources
September 2016
Diabetes
November 2016
All issues available from open repository

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11. “HEAR is an excellent reference for me with lots of very useful information and articles” Aideen Murphy, Cancer Information Services Nurse, Irish Cancer Society. “
“Well done to all the librarians involved. A great initiative”. Jim Maguire, Lecturer Mental Health Nursing, Athlone, IT
“Can I just compliment you on the excellent report for ovarian cancer” Sharon O’Toole. Dept. Obs & Gyn. Histopathology. St. James’s Hospital.
“This is a brilliant initiative!I would like to see it spread throughout the HSE and posted on the HSE site.” Patricia Gibbons, HSE National Quality Improvement Division.
“We are very interested in linking your work to our website” Juliette Casey, Trustee, Emer Casey Foundation

12. HEARS OPEN FOR QUESTIONS??
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St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin