Project INFORM

描述（由申请人提供）： INFORM（农村医学信息）项目建议建立一个电子医疗保健信息和教育网络，该网络将连接木兰花地区健康教育中心（AHEC）、格鲁吉亚南方大学（GSU）亨德森图书馆、纪念健康大学医学中心（MHUMC）以及格鲁吉亚东南部的11家社区医院和精神卫生设施。该项目有两个广泛的目标：1）为农村卫生保健设施（没有图书馆或图书馆有限）提供GSU、MHUMC和其他地方提供的卫生保健信息资源; 2）提供关于获取和评估高质量消费者健康信息的培训。 这一合作项目的具体目标是：（1）雇用一名外联图书管理员提供服务、培训和宣传;（2）在各站点升级、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）培训站点联系人和现场保健专业人员; 5）培训消费者和卫生保健专业人员寻找和评估消费者健康信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project INFORM (Information for Rural Medicine) proposes the establishment of an electronic health care information and education network which will link the offices of the Magnolia Coastlands Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Henderson Library of Georgia Southern University (GSU), Memorial Health University Medical Center (MHUMC), and eleven community hospitals and mental health facilities in southeast Georgia. 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, MHUMC, and elsewhere; and 2) to provide training on accessing and evaluating quality consumer health information. The specific aims of this collaborative project are: 1) to employ an Outreach Librarian to provide services, training and promotion; 2) to upgrade, add, or introduce computer equipment at the sites; 3) to provide Internet connectivity and access to resources statewide by means of the Georgia Interactive Network for Medical Information (GaIN); 4) to train site contacts and health care professionals on-site; 5) to train consumers and health care professionals in finding and evaluating consumer health information.