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Shepherd University Research Corporation (SURC)

Shepherd University Research Corporation (SURC)

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV 25443

U.S.A

Email: blidgerding@shepherd.edu

Phone: 304-876-5231

Health Information & Education

Collaborative IT Projects & Activities

The following are brief descriptions of some of the many collaborative projects, activities, and organizations focused on sharing health information, educational materials, and other knowledge and lessons learned about medicine and healthcare.

2-1-1 Project - The 2-1-1 nationwide project is being spearheaded by United Ways and comprehensive and specialized information and referral agencies in states and local communities. The system provides a critical connection between individuals and families who are seeking healthcare services, or other community-based organizations or government agencies. See www.211.org

Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) - The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a digital library that provides freely accessible digital teaching resources of the highest quality that meet the needs of today's health sciences educators and learners. Using state-of-the-art Internet technologies, HEAL enables educators across the country to efficiently search and retrieve teaching resources from a variety of sources. Visit http://www.healcentral.org/

National Guideline Clearinghouse™ - The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Visit http://www.guideline.gov/

National Library of Medicine (NLM) MedlinePlus - MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, medical journal articles, and latest health news. See http://medlineplus.gov/

WHO Health Information Network Project - The Health InterNetwork, also known as HINARI, was created to bridge the "digital divide" around the world in health, ensuring that relevant information - and the technologies to deliver it - are widely available and effectively used by health personnel: professionals, researchers and scientists, and policy makers. Visit http://www.healthinternetwork.net/

Some other examples of collaborative Health Information & Education organizations, IT projects and activities include:

· Consumer Health Vocabulary Initiative - http://www.consumerhealthvocab.org/

· DrugRef.Org - www.drugref.org

· Health On The Net (HON) - http://www.hon.ch/

· Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/sets.htm

· National Center for Biotechnology Information - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

· FREIDA Online - http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html

· Bioinformatics Research Systems & Projects -

· http://bioinformatics.org/

· The Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) -

· http://nbirn.net/AU/index.htm

· Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) - http://cabig.nci.nih.gov/

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