PROJECT INFORM - INFORMATION FOR RURAL MEDICINE PHASE 2

描述（改编自摘要）： INFORM项目（农村医药信息）第二阶段建议维持和扩大INFORM项目第一阶段建立的电子保健信息和教育网络。 该网络连接了木兰花地区健康教育中心（AHEC），格鲁吉亚南方大学（GSU）的亨德森图书馆，GSU的农村健康和研究中心（CRHR），卡尔文森退伍军人管理局医疗中心图书馆和格鲁吉亚东南部的12家医院的办公室。 该项目的第二阶段建议扩大这一网络，包括12个额外的网站。 该项目有两大目标：1）提供农村保健设施（没有图书馆或图书馆数量有限），可以访问GSU，CRHR，VA医疗中心和其他地方的医疗保健信息资源;和2）利用最新的计算机技术和AHEC及其母公司的资源，为每个站点的工作人员和地区卫生保健提供者提供合格的继续教育机会格鲁吉亚合作卫生人力教育计划（CHEP），Inc. 这一合作项目的具体目标是：（1）继续雇用一名外联图书管理员，以帮助提供服务、培训和宣传;（2）在新地点更新、增加或引进计算机设备;（3）通过格鲁吉亚医疗信息互动网络提供因特网连接和全州范围内的资源; 4）开发定制的电子产品（即，主页），以支持和促进信息技术和继续教育的机会;和5）培训现场联系人和卫生保健专业人员现场和通过远程教育技术。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from the Abstract): Project INFORM (Information for Rural Medicine) Phase 2 proposes the maintenance and expansion of an electronic health care information and education network which was established by Phase I of Project INFORM. This network links the offices of the Magnolia Coastlands Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Henderson Library of Georgia Southern University (GSU), the Center for Rural Health and Research (CRHR) at GSU, Carl Vinson Veterans Administration Medical Center Library and twelve hospitals in southeast Georgia. Phase 2 of the Project proposes to expand this network to include twelve additional sites. 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, CRHR, the VA Medical Center, and elsewhere; and 2) to provide credentialed continuing education opportunities for staff and area health care providers at each site using the latest computer technologies and the resources of the AHEC and its parent organization, the Georgia Cooperative Health Manpower Education Program (CHEP), Inc. The specific aims of this collaborative project are: 1) to maintain the employment of an Outreach Librarian to help provide services, training and promotion; 2) to upgrade, add or introduce computer equipment at the new sites; 3) to provide Internet connectivity and access to resources statewide by means of the Georgia Interactive Network for Medical Information (GaIN); 4) to develop customized electronic products (i.e., home pages) to support and promote information technologies and continuing education opportunities; and 5) to train site contacts and health care professionals both on-site and via distance education technologies.