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SYNOPSIS OF STANDARDS OF PRACTICE

Standard 1: The librarian serves as the primary department head responsible for managing resources and services to meet the KBI needs of the organization. The library has its own budget, and the library director/manager, as a department head, reports to the senior management of the organization.

Standard 2: Health care research and reference information systems and services are directed by a qualified librarian. Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) membership is preferred.

Standard 3: Informed by MLA’s commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion, library staffing formulas and service level agreements guide human resource allocation.

Standard 4: The health sciences librarian, as the principal KBI professional in the organization, collaborates with the information technology team to ensure online resources and services are functional and available at the point of need, including in the EHR.

Standard 5: Evidence provides the scientific basis linking KBI and improved patient care; enhanced patient education; support for performance improvement projects; patient safety functions; and student, nursing, medical, graduate, and continuing medical education.

Standard 6: The librarian provides evidence of an ongoing assessment of the information needs of the organization, and the development and implementation of a plan to provide appropriate resources, services, and technology to meet those identified needs.

Standard 7: The librarian actively promotes KBI services and resources to all user groups and provides documented evidence thereof. Standard 8: All KBI functions are performed in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations including but not limited to copyright, HIPAA (patient privacy and confidentiality), and vendor licensing agreements.

Standard 9: KBI resources are available to staff twentyfour hours a day, seven days a week.

Standard 10: The term library refers to the department— physical, virtual or a combination thereof—and includes a qualified librarian and support professionals, services, and resources that when put together, best meet the information needs of the health care organization.

Standard 11: IT resources are available to support the library’s mission of providing KBI resources and services.