BARRETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT

说明(改编自摘要)： 巴雷特纪念医院(BMH)是一家公立非营利性医院，拥有32张床位 服务于蒙大拿州西南部的比弗黑德县，人口8,424人， 平方英里面积(每平方英里1.5人。)医院在狄龙， 它有4,008人口。最近的医院和医学图书馆， 也是一个乡村设施，在60英里外。 BMH要求7935.00美元购买计算机系统，传真 机器，复印机，来自国家医学图书馆？S信息 Access Grant，以便更好地获取15名成员的医疗信息 医务人员和147名成员医院和社区卫生中心工作人员。这个 医疗界往往没有通常在较大范围内可用的资源 人口更密集的地区。医学图书馆在以下方面发挥着重要作用 提供对医疗信息的访问，这直接影响到患者护理 在这个与世隔绝的地区。满足信息需求的能力将是 这些资本项目的增加大大增强了这一点。 BMH将建造一座新的医疗办公楼以缓解过度拥挤 条件在1999年夏天，就在现有的医院旁边。《医院》 董事会已承诺在新大楼内建造416平方英尺的医学图书馆 (附录1)。这一专用空间是持续发展的一个重大进步 1997年开始努力建立一个正式的图书馆。然而， 目前的图书馆在一个共享的地下室区域，唯一的设备 可以转移到新空间的将是一台单独的计算机。申请的资金 这笔赠款将允许医学图书馆购买必要的办公室 否则需要数年时间才能获得的设备。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from the Abstract): Barrett Memorial Hospital (BMH) is a public non-profit, 32-bed hospital that serves Beaverhead County in southwest Montana, population 8,424 in a 5,500 square mile area (1.5 people per square mile.) The hospital is in Dillon, which has a population of 4,008. The closest hospital and medical library, also a rural facility, is 60 miles away. BMH is requesting funds of $7,935.00 to purchase a computer system, fax machine, photocopier from the National Library of Medicine?s Information Access Grant in order to better obtain medical information for the 15-member medical and 147 member hospital and community health center staff. The medical community is often without the resources typically available in larger more densely populated areas. A medical library plays an important role in providing access to medical information, which directly affects patient care in this isolated area. The ability to meet the information needs will be greatly enhanced by the addition of these capital items. A new medical office building will be built by BMH to alleviate overcrowded conditions in the summer 1999, next to the existing hospital. The Hospital Board has committed 416 square feet in the new building for a medical library (Appendix 1). This dedicated space is a major advancement in the continuing efforts that began in 1997 to establish a formal library. However, the current library is in a shared basement area and the only equipment transferable to the new space will be a single computer. The requested funds from this grant will allow the medical library to purchase essential office equipment that would otherwise take years to obtain.