La Clinica del Pueblo Access to Medical Information

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项提议的目标是，提供者和患者将使用互联网访问临床环境中的医疗信息，以改善患者/提供者的沟通，患者和提供者双方的知情临床决策，以及临床效率。通过互联网随时访问数字医学图书馆，从业者将能够实践循证医学，以便更有效和高效地治疗患者。医生将使用计算机和互联网接入，在临床访问期间更恰当地向患者演示信息。此外，通过互联网访问诊所接待区的健康信息将使患者在医疗保健方面得到更多授权，并在做出健康决定时得到更多信息。为了实现这一目标，La Clinica del Pueblo向国家医学图书馆申请资金，用于购买检查室、诊所接待区和从业人员办公场所的计算机硬件和软件，并为这些计算机提供互联网接入。洛杉矶诊所建议在所有检查室放置笔记本电脑，以便于在患者就诊期间访问和共享医疗信息，并将计算机放置在提供者资源测试图室和办公室，以便访问临床 通过提供这种访问，La Clinica希望实现以下目标：1)在临床互动期间，患者和提供者将通过使用互联网进行信息共享，以便做出知情的健康决定。这一过程既增强了患者的能力，也有效地改善了患者/提供者的沟通。2)在资源/图表室和办公室中，提供者、住院医生和医学生将通过互联网访问最新的医疗信息，以便做出关于患者护理的知情的、基于证据的决定。3)病人在诊所接待区等候时将通过互联网获取健康信息，4)工作人员将接受有关使用计算机获取健康信息的培训和技术援助。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this proposal is that providers and patients will use Internet access to medical information in the clinical setting in order to improve patient/provider communication, informed clinical decision-making by both patients and providers, and clinical efficiency. By ready access to digital medical libraries through the Internet, practitioners will be able to practice Evidence-Based Medicine in order to more effectively and efficiently treat patients. Practitioners will use computers and Internet access to more appropriately demonstrate information to patients during the clinical visit. Additionally, lnternet access to health information in the reception area of the clinic will allow patients to be more empowered in their health care and more informed in their health decisions. In order to accomplish this goal, La Clinica del Pueblo requests funding from the National Library of Medicine to purchase computer hardware and software for examination rooms, the reception area of the clinic, and in practitioner office spaces, as well as to provide internet access to those computers. La Clinica proposes to place laptops in all exam rooms to facilitate access to and sharing of medical information during patient visits and place computers in the provider resource t chart room and offices to allow access to clinical evidence for provider decision-making, charting, etc.By providing this access, La Clinica expects to accomplish the following objectives: 1) Patients and providers will engage in information sharing through use of the Internet during the clinic interaction in order to make informed health decisions. This process is both empowering to the patient, as well as effective in improving patient/provider communication. 2) In the resource / chart room and offices, providers, residents, and medical students will access up-to-date medical information over the Intemet in order to make informed, evidence-based decisions about patient care. 3) Patients will access health information via the Internet while waiting in the reception area of the clinic, and 4) staff will receive training and technical assistance on the use of computers to access health information.