TY - JOUR
T1 - The Virtual Naval Hospital
T2 - The digital library as knowledge management tool for nomadic patrons
AU - D'Alessandro, Michael P.
AU - D'Alessandro, Donna M.
AU - Bakalar, Richard S.
AU - Ashley, Denis E.
AU - Hendrix, Mary J.C.
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - Objective: To meet the information needs of isolated primary care providers and their patients in the US Navy, a digital health sciences library, the Virtual Naval Hospital, was created through a unique partnership between academia and government. Methods: The creation of the digital library was heavily influenced by the principles of user-centered design and made allowances for the nomadic nature of the digital library's patrons and the heterogeneous access they have to Internet bandwidth. Results: The result is a digital library that has been in operation since 1997, continues to expand in size, is heavily used, and is highly regarded by its patrons. Conclusions: The digital library is dedicated to delivering the right information at the right time to the right person so the right decision can be made, and therefore the Virtual Naval Hospital functions as a knowledge-management system for the US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
AB - Objective: To meet the information needs of isolated primary care providers and their patients in the US Navy, a digital health sciences library, the Virtual Naval Hospital, was created through a unique partnership between academia and government. Methods: The creation of the digital library was heavily influenced by the principles of user-centered design and made allowances for the nomadic nature of the digital library's patrons and the heterogeneous access they have to Internet bandwidth. Results: The result is a digital library that has been in operation since 1997, continues to expand in size, is heavily used, and is highly regarded by its patrons. Conclusions: The digital library is dedicated to delivering the right information at the right time to the right person so the right decision can be made, and therefore the Virtual Naval Hospital functions as a knowledge-management system for the US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15685269
AN - SCOPUS:18344393693
VL - 93
SP - 16
EP - 20
JO - Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
JF - Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
SN - 1536-5050
IS - 1
ER -