Information Needs and Barriers to Accessing Electronic Information: Hospital-Based Physicians Compared to Primary Care Physicians

This article focuses on the information needs of physicians in the UK; the frequency physicians formulate questions and then search the literature electronically; physicians' use of information technology (IT) and their desire to use such equipment; physicians' preferences in locating evidence; and perceived barriers to accessing electronic information to assist in clinical decision making. Physicians working in the hospital environment are...