Abstract

ALFONSO SANCHEZ, Ileana R. et al. Contributions of the National Medical Sciences Information Center to the fight against COVID-19. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2020, vol.31, n.3, e1716.  Epub Oct 30, 2020. ISSN 2307-2113.

The fast spread of SARS-CoV-2 has posed big challenges, some of which are related to information management and visibility. Professionals from information institutions have been faced with having to reorganize their services in a short time, with an essential technological component to achieve virtuality in face of the unavoidable imperative of physical distancing. The National Medical Sciences Information Center (CNICM/Infomed) plays a fundamental role in the response plan implemented by Cuba during this health crisis, serving as facilitator and provider of specialized scientific information services, sources and tools, and supplying the required technological platform for the entire national health system and the population. The present document is aimed at describing the workflow devised by this institution, the spaces and modes used for the production and dissemination of scientific information during the epidemic, and the contributions made to the creation of products and the development and implementation of tools and services to support health scientific research and decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords : Coronavirus infections; information services; information; communication; network learning; scientific publication; websites.

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