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Medicine on the Net

Issue 12, December 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Widening Web of information transforms patient education

  The stereotype: The patient sits in the doctor's office cradling a ream of printouts describing her...

Issue 11, November 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Open access: Will it spell the end of the medical library?

  Predictions that technology will do away with the librarian have been around for decades. In the...

Issue 10, October 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Online journal access: How much will you pay?

  The shift to Net-based journal access has left subscribers with a confusing array of licensing...

Issue 9, September 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Physicians turn to Net-based resources to improve patient care

  Is the Internet changing the way physicians practice medicine? Consider this: On June 15, 2003...

• Seeking health information online

  The number of consumers, caregivers, and patients searching the Internet for health information...

Issue 8, August 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Health professional training and education on the Net

  Soon to be gone are the days of having to sign up for healthcare training classes, or gathering...

• New Web site features patient satisfaction ratings for California hospitals

  A new site ( http://www.calhospitals.org ) allows consumers to compare hospital satisfaction scores...

• Site promotes local meetings of professionals focused on advances in cyberMedici

  cyberMedicine Meetup ( http://cybermedicine.meetup.com ) is a new international Web site where...

Issue 7, July 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Online CRM: On to the next level

  Even innovative hospitals are being challenged by the next step in the evolution of online customer...

• Internet2: The next step in advancing Web technology

  Internet2 is "not a separate physical network and will not replace the Internet." Rather, it is a...

• Complementary and alternative medicine: Web resources for choices in healing

  With the surge in health information available via the Internet, interest in and use of...

Issue 6, June 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Patient Safety on the Net

  Patient safety and medical errors moved into the national spotlight in November 1999, immediately...

• MEDLINEplus: Recent changes and coming attractions

  With 2 million unique visitors viewing 20 million pages each month, MEDLINEplus has expanded vastly...

• Info RX: Prescriptions for online patient information

  Iowa physicians can now prescribe health information as well as medications after seeing a patient...

Issue 5, May 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Online journals make access easier, but often at a price

  The Internet is having a profound effect on health and medical information research, publication...

Issue 4, April 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Ethics, security, and quality on the Net

  We are in an era where consumers can buy stocks online with confidence, purchase airplane tickets...

Issue 3, March 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Popular PDAs

  Like many healthcare organizations, Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, NJ, is under tremendous...

• Physician-patient Web visits cost-effective

  Patients and physicians alike responded well to a recent series of pilot programs that allowed them...

• "Webliography" for clinicians

  Growing numbers of Web sites offer vital resources and tools that clinical writers-physicians...

Issue 2, February 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Information prescriptions

  Healthcare leaders and self-care advocates are promoting a new patient service known as...

• What drives consumer trust and credibility on the Web?

  Trust is a fundamental concern in e-health. Indeed, it is fundamental to healthcare. But trust can...

Issue 1, January 1, 2003 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Medicine on the Net Web Excellence Awards

  What makes an outstanding health Web site? It takes a combination of excellent user interface...