Abstract:
The Tribal Connections Four Corners Project (TC4C) is an effort to improve access to up-to-date and reliable information for health care providers serving tribal members and their communities. The goals and objectives of the collaboration are: Four Corners Go Local – add information on services available in the Four Corners region to NLM’s Go Local database (under development – will permit local input of information from around the country to NLM’s database); Needs assessment of health information for medical units (IHS and tribally owned) in the Four Corners area; Contacts database – names and addresses, other pertinent info, of contacts in the Four Corners region; Effective practices database – captures lessons learned from working with American Indians in their communities