%0 Journal Article %T IS IT POSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT A KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT? %A Velasco B %A Eiros JM %A Mayo A %A San Roman A %J Electronic Journal of Biomedicine %D 2011 %I Asociaci¨®n Red Uninet %X This paper describes a conceptual organizing scheme for managing knowledge within a health setting. In this paper we present a framework to implement a Knowledge Management System (KMs) to manage and evaluate the research activities in a Cardiology Department of a Public Hospital in Spain. This framework was derived from a review and analysis of the knowledge management literature and from the author¡äs own experience. %K Knowledge management %K Knowledge translation %K Health research %K Information technology systems %U http://biomed.uninet.edu/2011/n2/velasco.html