The Watson Clinic Library Outreach Project is designed to improve excellence in patient care and quality medical services by providing immediate access to medical information at the point of patient care. The Project will provide increased access to current information by providing computer hardware and software in order to electronically connect health care professionals, through Internet access, to the National Library of Medicine?s PubMed, to colleagues by electronic mail and audiovisual teleconferencing, and to electronic textbook resources. The Project proposes to upgrade the Watson Clinic Internet connection, develop the Watson Clinic Outreach Page, provide journal article reprints, and train the health care professionals to use the new electronic information technologies at twelve patient care sites in Central Florida. The patient care sites include six sites affiliated with the Watson Clinic and six unaffiliated, charitable outreach project sites. The Watson Clinic Library Outreach Project will serve as a model of a non-academic library delivering health care information resources to remote locations. It is anticipated that the connection will improve patient care, diminish the sense of isolation, and help retain personnel in areas remote from large medical centers.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Type
Resources Improvement Grant (G07)
Project #
1G07LM006997-01
Application #
2822119
Study Section
Biomedical Library and Informatics Review Committee (BLR)
Program Officer
Florance, Valerie
Project Start
1999-12-27
Project End
2002-09-01
Budget Start
1999-12-27
Budget End
2002-09-01
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
$79,224
Indirect Cost
Name
University of South Florida
Department
Miscellaneous
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
069687242
City
Tampa
State
FL
Country
United States
Zip Code
33612