摘要：THE DEPARTMENT of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston has conceived and developed a program to consolidate the management of its clinical information needs. These needs include efficient access not only to the world's biomedical literature, but to departmentally generated patient information, research data, and instructional materials as well. The Clinical Information System (CIS), as the program is called, has five components: (1) an automated clinical file; (2) a clinical librarian service; (3) a departmental library; (4) educational materials for orthopaedic patients; and (5) assistance in manuscript preparation.
