Blue Ridge AHEC - Project REACH II

描述：(申请人提供) 项目REACH(区域电子接入=改变医疗保健)第二阶段 建议维护和扩展电子医疗保健 信息和教育网络由第一阶段建立 项目覆盖范围。这个网络连接了蓝岭地区卫生局的办公室 汉密尔顿弗洛伊德医学中心医学图书馆教育中心(AHEC) 医疗中心医学图书馆、肯纳索州立大学图书馆和十个 卫生保健设施。工程计划第二阶段建议扩建 网络将包括八个额外的站点。这一提议继续得到回应。 满足已确定的资源、信息获取和培训需求 年20个县的城乡卫生保健专业人员和机构 佐治亚州西北部(面积略大于康涅狄格州和 与夏威夷岛相同大小)，其中18个已被指定为 HPSA(卫生专业人员短缺地区)和16个AS MUA(医疗服务不足 区域)。这一山区吸引了迅速老龄化的退休社区 日益增长的老年人的独特问题和随之而来的保健需求 随着人口的增长，对老年学和老年学信息的需求也随之增加 在医疗保健专业人士中。 REACH项目有三个广泛的目标：1)提供保健服务 向卫生保健机构提供的信息资源有限或没有 图书馆服务；2)改善网络成员之间的访问和交流 有支持性的电子资源提供信息链接 科技；及3)向医护专业人员提供有关新科技的教育 信息技术。 该合作项目的具体目标是：1)维护 雇用外展图书馆馆长，协助提供服务、培训和 推广；2)升级、增加或引进新的计算机设备 网站；3)提供互联网连接和访问电子资源； 4)开发电子资源以支持通信和提供 与信息技术的联系；5)提供培训机会 电子获取、信息检索和卫生领域的新兴技术 护理专业人员；以及6)支持招聘和留住 蓝岭AHEC服务区内的医院和诊所。

DESCRIPTION: (provided by the applicant) Project REACH (Regional Electronic Access = Changing Healthcare) Phase Two proposes the maintenance and expansion of an electronic health care information and education network which was established by Phase One of Project REACH. This network links the offices of the Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Floyd Medical Center Medical Library, Hamilton Medical Center Medical Library, Kennesaw State University Library, and ten health care facilities. Phase two of the project proposes the expansion of the network to include eight additional sites. This proposal continues to respond to the identified needs for resources, information access and training of rural and urban health care professionals and institutions in 20 counties in Northwest Georgia (an area slightly larger than the state of Connecticut and the same size as the island of Hawaii), of which 18 have been designated as HPSA (Health Professional Shortage Areas) and 16 as MUA (Medically Underserved Areas). This mountain area attracts a rapidly aging retirement community with the unique problems and attendant health care needs of the elderly Growing with this population is the demand for geriatrics and gerontology information among health care professionals. Project REACH has three broad objectives: 1) to provide access to health care information resources to health care facilities that have limited or no library services; 2) to improve access and communication among network members with supportive electronic resources providing linkage to information technology; and 3) to provide education to health care professionals on new information technologies. The specific aims of this collaborative project are: 1) to maintain the employment of an Outreach Librarian to help provide services, training and promotion; 2) to upgrade, add or introduce computer equipment at the new sites; 3) to provide Internet connectivity and access to electronic resources; 4) to develop electronic resources to support -communication and provide linkage to information technology; 5) to provide training opportunities on electronic access, information retrieval and emerging technologies to health care professionals; and 6) to support the recruitment and retention efforts of hospitals and clinics within the Blue Ridge AHEC service area.