Health Management Information Consortium

The health and social care database HMIC (Health Management Information Consortium) is available now. It’s listed on the Databases A-Z.

HMIC brings together two important health resources – the Department of Health’s Library and Information Services (DH Data)  and King’s Fund Information and Library Service.

Information on the resources (from NHS Evidence):

DH Data is the database of the Department of Health’s Library and Information Services and contains in excess of 174,000 records relating to health and social care management information. Coverage includes official publications, journal articles and grey literature on: health service policy, management and administration, with an emphasis on the British National Health Service; the quality of health services including hospitals, nursing, primary care and public health; the planning, design, construction and maintenance of health service buildings; occupational health; control and regulation of medicines; medical equipment and supplies; and social care and personal social services.

The King’s Fund Information and Library Service database holds records of the material in the library of the King’s Fund Information and Library Service, an independent health charity working to develop and improve the management of health and social care services. This library is open to the public. Its database contains over 70,000 records (1979 to date), mostly with a UK focus, on health management and services, social care, service development, and NHS organisation and administration. Records include books, pamphlets, government reports, abstracts of journal articles, and a wide range of grey literature.