Internet Connection for Rural Primary Care Clinics

描述(由申请人提供)： 俄勒冈健康科学大学(OHSU)护理学院(SON) 波特兰，经营着3个乡村护理研究生和本科生校区 教育。位于路易斯安那州东俄勒冈大学(EOU)的儿子校园 格兰德经营着两家由执业护士管理的乡村初级保健诊所。这个 联合家庭健康中心(UFHC)和埃尔金家庭健康中心(EFHC)是 分别距离拉格兰德15英里和22英里。此互联网连接 健康相关机构拨款建议安装网关设备以 通过EOU将这两家诊所连接到州教育系统网络。 目前，没有高速互联网连接为 这些网站上的医疗保健提供者。 这笔赠款中提议的活动有三个明确的目标：1)提供护士 实践者、护理研究生和本科生以及管理人员 这些偏远诊所的工作人员可以高速访问基于互联网的 信息和图书馆资源；2)建立安全电子邮件 诊所、大学和外部资源之间的服务，如 国家和州机构以及其他生物医学信息来源；3) 为卫生专业人员和学生提供最先进的信息 技术和对资源的访问，如NLM数据库，以支持 临床决策和患者护理，以及4)建立连接 支持未来农村和农村之间远程医疗发展的基础设施 OHSU医学中心的诊所和医学专家，以及实施 一份电子病历。 为了实现这些目标，赠款资金将用于购买和安装 UFHC和EFHC的网关硬件和软件，以及一年的 每个站点的电信线路费用。OHSU和EOU将提供 在项目开始时向互联网用户提供培训和技术支持 并在持续的基础上。 OHSU致力于建立永久电信系统，旨在 在提供高质量、轻松访问信息(语音/视频/数据)方面 提高俄勒冈州农村居民的健康水平？S。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) School of Nursing (SON), based in Portland, operates 3 rural campuses for graduate and undergraduate-nursing education. The SON campus based at Eastern Oregon University (EOU) in La Grande operates 2 nurse practitioner-managed rural primary care clinics. The Union Family Health Center (UFHC) and Elgin Family Health Center (EFHC) are located 15 and 22 miles from La Grande respectively. This Internet Connection Grant for Health-related Institutions proposes to install gateway equipment to connect the two clinics to the state educational system network via EOU. Currently, there is not a high-speed Internet connection that serves the health care providers at these sites. Activities proposed in this grant have three clear aims: 1) Provide nurse practitioners, graduate and undergraduate nursing students, and managerial staff at these remote clinics with high-speed access to Internet-based information and library resources; 2) Establish secure electronic mail services between the clinics, the University, and outside resources, such as national and state agencies, and other sources of biomedical information; 3) Provide health professionals and students with state-of-the-art information technology and access to resources, such as NLM databases, in support of clinical decision-making and patient care, and 4) Establish a connectivity infrastructure to support future telemedicine development between the rural clinics and medical specialists at OHSU Medical Center, and the implementation of an electronic medical record. To accomplish these goals, grant funds will be used to purchase and install gateway hardware and software at UFHC and EFHC, and one year of telecommunications line charges to each site. OHSU and EOU will provide training and technical support to Internet users at the outset of the project and on an ongoing basis. OHSU is committed to establishing a permanent telecommunications system aimed at providing high quality and easy access to information (voice/video/data) to improve the health of Oregon?s rural residents.