Project INFORM

描述(由申请人提供)： INFO(农村医学信息)项目建议建立一个电子保健信息和教育网络，该网络将连接木兰海岸地区健康教育中心(AHEC)、佐治亚州南部大学(GSU)亨德森图书馆(GSU)、纪念卫生大学医学中心(MHUMC)以及佐治亚州东南部11家社区医院和精神卫生机构的办公室。该项目有两个广泛的目标：1)向农村保健设施(没有图书馆或有限的图书馆)提供GSU、MHUMC和其他地方现有的保健信息资源；以及2)提供关于获取和评估高质量消费者健康信息的培训。 这一合作项目的具体目标是：1)雇用一名外联图书馆管理员，提供服务、培训和推广；2)升级、增加或引进网站的计算机设备；3)通过佐治亚州医疗信息互动网络(GAIN)提供互联网连接和全州范围内的资源访问；4)现场培训网站联系人和医疗保健专业人员；5)培训消费者和医疗保健专业人员寻找和评估消费者健康信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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), Memorial Health University Medical Center (MHUMC), and eleven community hospitals and mental health facilities 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, MHUMC, and elsewhere; and 2) to provide training on accessing and evaluating quality consumer health information. The specific aims of this collaborative project are: 1) to employ an Outreach Librarian to 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 train site contacts and health care professionals on-site; 5) to train consumers and health care professionals in finding and evaluating consumer health information.