The CD-ROM experience at Loma Linda: the issues of training, logistics, and creative financing.
Since the end of 1987, the Medical Center and University libraries at Loma Linda have progressed from stand-alone CD-ROM-based workstations for access to MEDLINE to networked CD-ROM access to a variety of databases. T.O.M.M.I. (Total Online Medical Material Integration) is a CD-ROM-based wide area network linking the Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda University, and other entities in Loma Linda, California. T.O.M.M.I., a microcomputer-based system, represents the implementation of IAIMS at Loma Linda. In addition to discussing the issue of "downsizing" campus-wide information networks, this article focuses on the issues of training, handling of logistical problems, and the use of creative financing.
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D016251:CD-ROM / Q000191:economics; D002140:California; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003200:Computer User Training / Q000379:methods; D005381:Financing, Organized / Q000379:methods; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D016490:Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008838:Microcomputers / Q000191:economics; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques