Internet Connection for Rural Physician Clinics

描述（由申请人提供）： Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center（SPRHC）是一家农村医疗保健提供商，为1578平方英里的地区提供服务。为了克服获得医疗参考、记录和服务的障碍，南太平洋区域保健中心设法将四个农村医生诊所与医院的计算机主机连接起来。这将通过在这四个地点提供无线全向天线、电缆、集线器和网络接入码来实现。该项目的目标是使这些诊所网站，即医生，执行医疗记录更新，点对点接口和医疗参考搜索背后的安全网络防火墙在SPRHC到位。与主机相连的各地点将有受保护的无线上网途径，从而提供保密和有效的通信选择。利用互联网克服农村地区的准入障碍至关重要，这将确保这些医疗保健提供者能够以与城市地区的人平等的方式获得最新的医学研究、教育机会和参考资料。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center (SPRHC) is a rural healthcare provider servicing an area of 1578 square miles. In order to overcome obstacles of access to medical references, records, and services, SPRHC seeks to connect four rural physician clinics to the hospital computer mainframe. This will be accomplished by providing wireless Omni antennae, cables, hubs and network access codes at each of these four sites. The goal of this project is to allow these clinic sites, namely the physicians, to perform medical record updates, peer-to-peer interfacing and medical reference searches behind the secure network firewall in place at SPRHC. Sites connected to the mainframe will have protected, wireless access to the Internet, thereby providing confidential and effective communication options. The use of the Internet to overcome rural barriers of access is critical and will ensure that these healthcare providers are able to access up-to-date medical research, educational opportunities and reference materials in a manner equitable to those in more urban areas.