PROJECT INFORM--INFORMATION FOR RURAL MEDICINE

描述（改编自申请人？s abstract）： INFORM（农村医药信息）项目建议建立 一个电子保健信息和教育网络， 木兰花地区健康教育中心（AHEC）的办公室， 格鲁吉亚南方大学（GSU）的亨德森图书馆，农村研究中心 健康和研究（CRHR）在GSU，卡尔文森退伍军人管理局医疗 中心图书馆和格鲁吉亚东南部的12家社区医院。的 该项目有两大目标：1）提供农村保健设施， （没有图书馆或图书馆数量有限） GSU、CRHR、VA医疗中心和其他地方的可用资源;以及2） 为员工和地区提供合格的继续教育机会， 每个站点的医疗保健提供者使用最新的计算机技术， AHEC及其上级组织格鲁吉亚合作社的资源 卫生人力教育方案 这个合作项目的具体目标是：1）聘请一个外联 协助馆员提供服务、培训和推广; 2）提升、补充 或在现场引入计算机设备; 3）提供互联网 通过格鲁吉亚， 医疗信息互动网络（GaIN）; 4）开发定制 电子产品（即，主页），以支持和促进信息 技术和继续教育机会;以及5）培训现场 联系人和医疗保健专业人员现场和通过远程教育 技术.

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the applicant?s abstract): Project INFORM (Information for Rural Medicine) proposes the establishment of an electronic health care information and education network which will link the offices of the Magnolia Coastlands Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Henderson Library of Georgia Southern University (GSU), the Center for Rural Health and Research (CRHR) at GSU, Carl Vinson Veterans Administration Medical Center Library and twelve community hospitals in southeast Georgia. The project has two broad objectives: 1) to provide rural health care facilities (having no libraries or limited ones) with access to health care information resources available at GSU, CRHR, the VA Medical Center, and elsewhere; and 2) to provide credentialed continuing education opportunities for staff and area health care providers at each site using the latest computer technologies and the resources of the AHEC and its parent organization, the Georgia Cooperative Health Manpower Education Program (CHEP), Inc. The specific aims of this collaborative project are: 1) to hire an Outreach Librarian to help provide services, training and promotion; 2) to upgrade, add or introduce computer equipment at the sites; 3) to provide Internet connectivity and access to resources statewide by means of the Georgia Interactive Network for Medical Information (GaIN); 4) to develop customized electronic products (i.e., home pages) to support and promote information technologies and continuing education opportunities; and 5) to train site contacts and health care professionals both on-site and via distance education technologies.