Lodico N J
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1973 Oct;61(4):422-5.
At the time this paper was written a unique trial project for disseminating medical literature to physicians had been in operation for six months (October 1971-April 1972) at the Virginia Medical Information System. Doctors in the state who referred patients to the Medical College of Virginia received short lists of references relevant to the problems of their patients as described in referral letters sent them by MCV consultants. Doctors receiving such lists were offered free photocopies of the articles cited if they could not obtain them locally. Of some 700 reference lists sent out, VAMIS received 12(1/2) percent direct responses, and 22 percent of respondents to a questionnaire reported obtaining articles elsewhere. Ninety percent of the respondents favored the service and approved of its method. Funding problems necessitated revision of the service in the summer of 1972. Presently the service is provided only on request of the referring physician.
在撰写本文时，弗吉尼亚医学信息系统开展了一项向医生传播医学文献的独特试验项目，该项目已运行了六个月（1971年10月至1972年4月）。该州将患者转诊至弗吉尼亚医学院的医生会收到简短的参考文献列表，这些文献与弗吉尼亚医学院顾问在发给他们的转诊信中描述的患者问题相关。收到此类列表的医生如果无法在当地获取所引用文章的复印件，可获赠免费复印件。在发出的约700份参考文献列表中，弗吉尼亚医学信息系统收到了12.5%的直接回复，在对问卷做出回应的人中，22%报告说在其他地方获取了文章。90%的受访者支持这项服务并认可其方式。资金问题使得该服务在1972年夏季进行了修订。目前，仅应转诊医生的要求才提供此项服务。
