4--States InfoSystem:Health Information Network

描述(由申请人提供)： 四州信息系统：AHEC-SW卫生信息网将设计和 实施共享卫生信息资源的通信系统和 将卫生信息转移到服务不足的农村和市中心--城市 四个国家区域的人口。 西南地区健康教育中心(AHEC-SW)是 阿肯色医学大学(UAMS)，位于特克萨卡纳 (人口61,230)。阿肯色州/得克萨斯州线贯穿 该市与路易斯安那州和俄克拉何马州相距仅30至40英里。这座城市是 四个州区域的综合医疗中心。AHEC-SW的 图书馆，小石城和达拉斯之间最大的医学图书馆， 向健康专业人员提供相关和及时的生物医学信息 和学生。医学图书馆的地理位置和战略位置 在邻近的县提供外展服务。 目标1：建立互联网连接并在线访问NLM 用于执业健康专业人员和医疗保健的数据库和程序 28家医院、社区卫生诊所、三年级的专业学生 由19个县组成的四个州地区的大学和公共卫生单位。 目标2：为服务不足的6 300人提供保健信息 每年在AHEC家庭诊所就诊的城乡弱势患者，以及 通过规划和创建消费健康来满足区域农村人口的需求 图书馆，有书籍、录像带、来自Medline Plus的患者信息，以及 固定式和移动式售货亭。 这两个目标通过向三个人提供健康信息访问而联系在一起 不同的群体：卫生保健提供者、卫生专业学生和 病人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Four-States InfoSystems: AHEC-SW Health Information Network will design and implement a communications system for sharing health information resources and transfer of health information to underserved rural and inner city-urban populations in the Four-States Region. Area Health Education Center-Southwest (AHEC-SW) is an extension of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and is located in Texarkana (population 61,230). The Arkansas/Texas state line runs through the middle of the city and Louisiana and Oklahoma are only 30 to 40 miles away. The city is a hub for comprehensive medical care of the Four-States Region. AHEC-SW's Library, the largest Medical Library between Little Rock and Dallas, provides relevant and timely biomedical information to health professionals and students. The Medical Library is geographically and strategically situated to provide outreach services in the neighboring counties. Objective 1: To establish Internet connectivity and online access to NLM databases and programs for practicing health professionals and healthcare professions students in 28 hospitals, community health clinics, junior colleges, and public health units in the 19-county Four-States Region. Objective 2: To provide access to health information for 6,300 underserved and disadvantaged urban and rural patients per year at AHEC Family Clinic, and to the regional rural population by planning and creating a Consumer Health Library with books, video tapes, patient information from Medline Plus, and stationary and mobile kiosks. The two objectives are related by offering health information access to three distinct groups: health care providers, health professions students, and patients.