Digital bridges need concrete foundations:lessons from the Health InterNetwork India.

Autor: Kuruvilla, Shyama1, Dzenowagis, Joan1 dzenowagtisj@who.int, Pleasant, Andrew2, Dwivedi, Ranjan3, Murthy, Nirmala4, Samuel, Reuben5, Scholtz, Michael6
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Zdroj: BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition). 5/15/2004, Vol. 328 Issue 7449, p1193-1196. 4p. 1 Color Photograph, 3 Charts.
Abstrakt: Reports on the lessons being learned from the Health InterNetwork in India. Pilot project which is now providing public and non-profit health institutions in 113 countries with free or low cost access to over 2300 biomedical journals; Health InterNetwork India which was a pilot programmes to show the value of integrating information technology into public health practice; Background on HIN India; Objectives; Achievements and lessons from HIN India; Capacity building and how India tackled it; Local policies and customs which sometimes interfered with the with institution of the plan; How The World Health Organization will have to maintain a major role in getting the information to doctors in developing countries.
Databáze: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts