Dear Colleagues FYI & Use EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network and American International Health Alliancehttp://www.eurasiahealth.org/index.jsp?sid=1&id=3531&pid=3531http://www.eurasiahealth.org/index.jsp?sid=1&id=1&pid=3531 Building information systems in health care -A reference guide forhealth care decision-makers- Croatia.http://lrc.aiha.com/English/Training/MImanual-Eng.pdf A Guide to Electronic Libraries http://lrc.aiha.com/English/Training/LibGuide-Eng.pdf EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network (a project of the AmericanInternational Health Alliance/AIHA) is an on-line clearinghousefeaturing a library of multilingual health resources, databases, andinteractive forums. This clearinghouse--designed to serve as arepository for clinical practice guidelines, medical textbooks, andother educational materials that are available in the languages of theNew Independent States (NIS) and Central and Eastern Europe(CEE)--provides users with access to information, tools, and trainingto enhance the knowledge of healthcare professionals in the region. A key feature of EurasiaHealth is its network of regularly updateddatabases that literally puts information at the fingertips of NIS/CEEhealth professionals in their native language, in even the most remoteareas of the region. Users can search the Multilingual Library bylanguage, subject, and type of material (articles, conferenceproceedings, presentations, clinical practice guidelines, etc.), tofind downloadable full-text educational documents and other materials.A medical conferences database provides news about upcoming events inthe region or of international interest. The regional health projectsdatabase provides in one place a comprehensive record of current, pastand planned health projects in the NIS/CEE countries conducted by NGOsand other organizations. Other databases provide information ongrants and funding resources, regional contacts, Internet medicalsites, glossary terms, and links to healthcare organizationsthroughout the region. While the Knowledge Network addresses all aspects of health andmedicine, a particular focus lies in several specialty subjectareas--such as community health, emergency medicine, healthmanagement, HIV/AIDS, infection control, maternal and child health,medical informatics, nursing, primary healthcare, and women'shealth--that represent common, critical issues throughout the region. Through research and collaboration, the EurasiaHealth team isconstantly working to develop and catalog new resources in each ofthese areas. The EurasiaHealth Web site also features a variety of interactiveforums, including discussion forums, a teleconsultation forum, and aset of Internet mailing lists, that allow healthcare professionals tocommunicate and consult directly with one another. Theteleconsultation forum supplies a template for clinicians to postinformation about interesting or difficult cases and enables them torequest feedback from hundreds of colleagues and specialists atpartner institutions and the world over. These consultation requestsare then sent out via the EurasiaTeleconsult Internet mailing list. The foundation of EurasiaHealth is the experiences and resources thathave been developed through AIHA's health care partnership program,which brings together over 350 health care institutions, includinghospitals, health systems, medical universities, government bodies andNGOs in the NIS, CEE and the United States. EurasiaHealth works withan ever-expanding community of organizations to offer newhealth-related resources in the languages of the NIS/CEE region. For information on how you or your organization can contribute to thegrowing base of EurasiaHealth resources, contact us atlibrary@eurasiahealth.org. Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G,Librarian – Knowledge Management, (Sharepoint Administrator)Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.comKM-Forum Moderator : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/*************************************... OneSource Ltd.148, Bhaskara Plaza, R.V.Road,V.V.Puram, Bangalore - 560 004, INDIA. Tel:+9180-2650 2540 Ext:103 Fax:+9180-2650 2086 Cell:+91-944 836 9905 E-mail: bhojarajug@yahoo.com************************************************************************************************