Access & Training for Rural and Inner City Practitioners

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• 批准号: 6673386
• 负责人: JANE L MUNRO
• 金额: $ 8.1万
• 依托单位: WESTERN NEW YORK RURAL AREA HLTH ED CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2004-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6673386
• 关键词: Internet; biomedical resource; computer assisted patient care; computer center; computer human interaction; computer network; health disparity; information dissemination; information systems; online computer; rural area; training; urban area

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Western NY Rural Area Health Education Center (R-AHEC) will collaborate with University of Rochester's Edward G. Miner Library and Rochester General Hospital's Werner Health Services Library to facilitate access to medical information for rural and inner-city practitioners at 13 clinics in a 6-county region. The goal is to ensure that health care professionals have access to and know how to use NLM databases and digital libraries, so that they can provide quality care for patients. Specific aims include: 1) provide equipment, installation, and Internet access, if needed; 2) provide a Loansome Doc account for each clinic with free delivery from Miner or Werner; 3) provide hands-on training and follow-up support for health care professionals and administrative staff onsite at each clinic in the use of PubMed, Loansome Doc, and MedlinePlus, as well as additional training in using local digital libraries; 4) encourage communication about the practical use of medical information between the clinics' preceptors and medical students, using an Educational Prescription assignment; 5) conduct a pilot project at 2 sites by providing Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), PDA software, and instruction in their use to physician preceptors who complete the digital library training session. Health providers in rural and underserved areas can become isolated from colleagues and current medical information. Accessing information online is ideal for their situation. The 13 clinics participating in this project are either in Health Professional Shortage Areas (5 clinics), or serve Medicaid clients or other underinsured or uninsured patients; 11 clinics are in rural areas, and 2 in the inner city. Although these clinics have computers for administrative uses, very few providers have computer access for finding medical information. Although 7 clinics are members of Rochester General Hospital's Circuit Librarian program, and physicians at 7 clinics precept University of Rochester medical students, most providers surveyed were not aware of the available information options. The participating clinics all are committed to dedicating the necessary time for providers to learn how to use these resources.

描述（由申请人提供）： 纽约西部农村地区健康教育中心（R-AHEC）将与罗切斯特大学的爱德华G。矿工图书馆和罗切斯特总医院的沃纳卫生服务图书馆，以方便在6个县的13个诊所的农村和市中心的医生获得医疗信息。 目标是确保医疗保健专业人员能够访问并知道如何使用NLM数据库和数字图书馆，以便他们能够为患者提供优质护理。具体目标包括：1）提供设备，安装和互联网接入，如果需要的话; 2）提供一个Loansome Doc帐户为每个诊所免费提供从Miner或Werner; 3）提供实践培训和后续支持，为医疗保健专业人员和行政人员在每个诊所现场使用PubMed，Loansome Doc和MedlinePlus，以及使用当地数字图书馆的额外培训; 4）鼓励诊所的导师和医学生之间关于医疗信息的实际使用的沟通，使用教育处方作业; 5）通过向完成数字图书馆培训课程的医生导师提供个人数字助理（PDA）、PDA软件及其使用说明，在2个地点进行试点项目。农村和服务不足地区的保健提供者可能与同事和当前的医疗信息隔绝。在线搜索信息非常适合他们的情况。参与该项目的13个诊所要么位于卫生专业人员短缺地区（5个诊所），要么为医疗补助客户或其他保险不足或未保险的患者提供服务; 11个诊所位于农村地区，2个位于内城。虽然这些诊所有计算机用于行政管理，但很少有提供者有计算机访问来查找医疗信息。虽然7个诊所是罗切斯特总医院巡回图书管理员项目的成员，7个诊所的医生指导罗切斯特大学的医学生，但大多数接受调查的提供者并不知道可用的信息选项。参与的诊所都致力于为提供者提供必要的时间来学习如何使用这些资源。