El Localizador de Información de Salud como herramienta para gerenciar los recursos de información en Cuba

The Health Information Locator in Cuba as a tool to manage the information resources in the National System of Information on Medical Sciences. The management of information resources (IRM) appears as a result of the fact that society recognizes that the information is a key factor to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the work at the different organizations. The Health Telematic Network of Cuba (INFOMED), a part of the National Center of Information on Medical Science, a taking into consideration the present significance of the introduction of the information resources management in the practice of the entity has begun, as a first step, to identify the information resources existing in all the information bodies of the National System of Information on Medical Sciences. This inventory is the basis of the Health Information Locator project in Cuba. It is stressed the importance of the application of the management of information resources in the National System of Information on Medical Sciences, and the Health Information Locator is presented as a useful tool to locate, retrieve and have access to the resources created and managed by the information institutions of the health sector. Starting from the Health Information Locator is possible to use the information resources strategically, to improve their shared utilization and the adequate management of information as a decisive resource for the fulfillment of the objetives and goals of the organizations of the National System of Information on Medical Sciences and for entrepenurial success