title: A grassroots resource locator system for rural healthcare providers.
abstract: We present a model for a health resource locator to help rural primary healthcare providers care for patients. We identify some unique needs of rural providers, argue that a grassroots effort, driven by the community, is the optimal way to address some of those needs, and propose a centralized Internet-based system to drive the whole process.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Computer Science, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Jameson P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: Chet
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gentry
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Talbert
mesh_terms: D006295:Health Resources; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009862:Online Systems; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*