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该合同的目的是支持NLM与灾害和紧急情况有关的健康信息服务。承包商将提供主题专业知识、技术专业知识和支持，以及相关资源，以加强和支持灾害信息管理研究中心（DIMRC）的使命。DIMRC致力于提供必要的信息，作为联邦努力的一部分，与联邦、州、地方政府、私人组织和地方社区合作，帮助准备、应对、恢复和减轻灾害对健康的不利影响。为了实现这一目标，DIMRC将集中精力提供灾害卫生信息资源和信息学研究，这将直接有利于公共卫生工作者、卫生保健提供者、特殊人群和公众。为了支持DIMRC的使命，除了图书馆收集、组织和传播生物医学信息的基本使命外，NLM最近还代表贝塞斯达医院应急准备伙伴关系（BHEPP）并与其他政府机构和组织合作开展了几个项目。预计承包商将在需要广泛知识和技能的各种活动中提供支持。

The purpose of this contract is to support the NLM¿s Health Information Services Related to Disasters and Emergencies. The contractor will provide subject matter expertise, technical expertise and support, and related resources to enhance and support the mission of the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC). DIMRC is committed to providing essential information as part of the Federal effort to help prepare, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the adverse health effects of disasters in conjunction with Federal, State, local government, private organizations, and local communities. To accomplish this, DIMRC will focus its efforts on providing disaster health information resources and informatics research that will be directly beneficial for public health workers, health care providers, special populations, and the public. In support of the mission of DIMRC, NLM recently has undertaken several projects on behalf of the Bethesda Hospitals Emergency Preparedness Partnership (BHEPP) and in conjunction with other government agencies and organizations, in addition to the basic mission of the Library to collect, organize and disseminate biomedical information. The contractor is expected to provide support across a diverse array of activities that require a broad range of knowledge and skills. Some of the initiatives to achieve may include: 1. Support of activities of the Bethesda Hospitals Emergency Preparedness Partnership (BHEPP) such as digital radio communications, modeling of the Bethesda region using mapping software and virtual worlds, development of a BHEPP library (physical and virtual), support for actual and virtual disaster drills, support for training and education conferences, etc. 2. Collection, organization, and dissemination of disaster health literature. 3. Web 2.0 applications for education, training, and analysis of information (e.g., communities of practice, semantic technologies, wikis). 4. Enhancement of existing emergency response tools such as WISER and REMM. 5. Development of new tools in a variety of emergency/disaster subject areas including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/Traumatic Brain Injury, Mass Casualty Incidents, Hospital Surge Capacity, etc. 6. Investigation of terminology and standardized terminology for disasters/emergency medicine. 7. Design and development of web sites, portals, and databases related to disaster health information. 8. Creation of Disaster Information Centers staffed by librarians trained as Disaster Information Specialists (DIS), within the NLM and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), a network of nearly 6,000 medical libraries nationwide. 9. Investigation of communications interoperability technologies to enhance and support continuity of operations (COOP) programs . 10. Support for the development and enhancement of disaster information resources and tools in conjunction with other government agencies and organizations including HHS, DOD, DHS, IOM, etc. 11. As a member of the BHEPP, NLM will participate in a variety of Partnership activities and projects and in the development and exploration of tools and resources to assist the hospitals in preparing for and responding to disasters in the National Capital Region.