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NER's Newest (and Final) Outreach Projects

Outreach Subcontracts 2001-2006

The final year of the current contract brings to a close the funding available for outreach projects. The new projects listed below were targeted projects that planned and submitted proposals in advance of the fiscal years. While these projects are still hard at work, they represent the final wave of outreach projects funded throughout the past four years. The projects are listed below and we welcome them as part of our members' outreach efforts throughout the region.

Outreach Subcontracts Year 05

Franklin Memorial Hospital, Turner Library (Farmington, ME)
Library Outreach Project will increase the ability of librarians, consumers, and health care professionals in the Franklin Community Health Network service area to find and evaluate reliable and user-appropriate health information. The medical librarians will provide onsite and offsite education and training for health care professionals, public librarians and consumers. Project Manager: Emily Scribner

Rutland Regional Medical Center (Rutland, VT)
GRASP: Grandparents and Relatives as Surrogate Parents will provide families and caregivers of chronic illnesses with a team approach to support, counseling, and information services for specific conditions. Project librarian will design and teach instructional sessions on finding information on specific conditions and caregiver issues. Project Manager: Claire LeForce

University of Massachusetts Medical School Family and Community Medicine
Improving Health Information for the Public and Professional in the Management of GERD Project targets physicians and patients at eight community health centers. Project will develop websites and training to deliver treatment guidelines for GERD and a tutorial on using clinical queries, and educating patients on treatment of GERD. Project Manager: Frank Domino

The following two projects were initiated in the closing days of Year 04.

Bunker Hill Community College (Boston, MA)
Community Links to Health Resources Project
This project will provide outreach to health community based organizations currently underserved. Efforts will involve the library staff and community partners to assess needs for health-related information, and to raise awareness and increase use of available health information resources. Project Manager: Diane Smith

Qualidigm Incorporated, Health Sciences Library (Middletown, CT)
Outreach to Quality Improvement Organizations Qualidigm, a quality improvement organization (QIO), will extend library services to the QIO network. The project will improve QIO staff's research abilities and methods, and ultimately improve Medicare provider and beneficiary healthcare knowledge. Qualidigm will develop and implement an outreach program that includes targeted training, and marketing and promotion of library services.