Onsager L W, Summers G V
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1978 Oct;66(4):414-9.
The project was directed toward planning, developing, and implementing a subregional biomedical information network among the forty-three health care facilities (hospitals) of the four-county area served by Loma Linda University's health sciences library. The project coordinator contacted administrators and health care professionals in the forty-three institutions to present a plan for the network. The health care facilities were encouraged to support the continuation of the network through contract fees. The availability of specific information services was assured through contractual agreements. It was anticipated that the subregional network would be self-supporting after the twelve-month project period (December 1, 1976-November 30, 1977). The working territory (40,429 square miles) encompassed Mono, Inyo, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. The project resulted in nine of the forty-three hospitals signing annual contracts for library services. It is recommended that projects of this kind extend beyond a year's duration in order to educate health professionals concerning the value of access to biomedical literature in improving patient care.
该项目旨在规划、开发并实施一个覆盖洛马林达大学健康科学图书馆所服务的四县地区43家医疗保健机构（医院）的次区域生物医学信息网络。项目协调员与这43家机构的管理人员和医疗保健专业人员联系，介绍该网络的计划。鼓励医疗保健机构通过合同费用支持网络的持续运营。通过合同协议确保特定信息服务的可用性。预计在为期12个月的项目期（1976年12月1日至1977年11月30日）结束后，次区域网络将实现自给自足。工作区域（40429平方英里）涵盖莫诺县、因约县、里弗赛德县和圣贝纳迪诺县。该项目使43家医院中的9家签署了图书馆服务年度合同。建议此类项目的持续时间超过一年，以便让卫生专业人员了解获取生物医学文献对改善患者护理的价值。
