Welcome to DelMIRA!
Building a Healthier Delaware, One Search at a Time

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who took the time to contact their Legislators to urge them to continue funding for DelMIRA for FY10.  Access to these valuable resources will continue for another year.

DelMIRA - the Delaware Medical Information Resource A lliance provides access to electronic databases, textbooks, and journals to most acute care hospitals in the state along with the Delaware Division of Public Health and the Delaware Division of Substance Abuse & Mental Health.  DelMIRA is funded by a grant from the Delaware Health Fund Advisory Committee .  For FY08, all resources were provided at no charge to participants.  In FY09, participants began contributing financially so that, by FY12, DelMIRA will be well-positioned to provide access to a full complement of online resources for clinicians in Delaware.

DelMIRA was created to address the disparity in access to biomedical information and health data that exists statewide and affects all types of health care institutions. Having desktop access to this information improves patient outcomes and quality of care, as well as provider productivity by enabling the clinicians to make the best-informed clinical decisions at crucial points-of-care. DelMIRA will also help Delaware to be more competitive in recruitment and retention of health care professionals, particularly nurses, which is a goal of Healthy Delaware 2010.

This program will draw on the resources of the Delaware Division of Libraries and the Delaware Academy of Medicine, both members of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine - Middle Atlantic Region.