Mandate Professional Librarians in Hospitals

Year: 2010

Resolution Number: 14

Action Taken: No Action

Status:

Author(s): Ponon Dileep Kumar, MD

Sponsor: Ponon Dileep Kumar, MD

On behalf of: St. Clair County Delegation

Committee: E (Science & Education Affairs)

Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with the Joint Commission to include the availability of professional librarians in hospitals as a necessary precondition for Joint Commission credentialing.RATIONALE: The resolution is consistent with AMA policy, H-215.987, which lends its support to efforts which will maintain Health Sciences Libraries at a level which ensures adequate learning resources for the present and future. The Committee believed that this implies the availability of librarians.

Fiscal Note: NULL

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