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- AllRefer Health Encyclopedia
AllRefer Health has extensive information from trusted sources on over 4,000 topics including diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, surgeries, nutrition, poisons, and special topics. Updated daily.
- BestDoctors
Health information and news, medical advice, doctor finder, rumor rx, and ratings of health and medical web sites.
- Consumer and Patient Health Information
From the Medical Library Association. A collection of sites that have been reviewed by health science librarians, using the Health Summit Working Group criteria and other guidelines.
- CyberSpace TeleMedical Office
The CTO is designed to be used by individuals, families, communities, and
healthcare professionals. Free Registration is required for all users.
Guests are able to store up to 3.0 megabytes of their personal health record
and browse a growing list of healthcare information and products.
Paying/sponsored members have access to premium personalized services,
publications, and product discounts.
- eHealth Applications in Health Care Management
Enthusiasm in introducing IT solutions in health care is sometimes bypassing traditional scrutiny and quality control. Without proper assessment and system thinking (how implementation, in part of the system, may sometimes produce negative effects in other parts of the system) one should not introduce new IT solutions.
- e-health surfers should proceed with caution
Author/editor: Stephanie Stapleton
Date: June 11, 2001
From 2001 AMNews, Health and Science, a study of online health data weighs the accuracy and usefulness of the millions of pages of information that patients could uncover via the Internet.
- eHealth Traffic Critically Dependent on Search Engines and Portals
Author/editor: Not listed
Date: April 23, 2001
Results of a nationwide Harris Interactive Survey of 675, surveyed by telephone between March 22 and 26, 2001. From Volume 1, Issue 13 of the Harris Interactive Heath Care Newsletters. Adobe PDF
- HealthCentral
Health information and news, medical advice, online discussions, electronic newsletters, disease/condition library, drug database, and a variety or tools, such as a personal health profile, and a calorie quiz.
- HealthFinder
A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Health information and news, and links to a variety of tools, such as online medical dictionaries, online journals, and list servs.
- Healthopedia
Healthopedia.com has extensive information on over 1,500 health topics including diseases, conditions, tests, symptoms, injuries, surgeries, nutrition, and special topics, as well as information on more than 11,000 drugs and medications. Updated daily.
- InteliHealth
Health information and news, online discussions, electronic newsletters,
and a variety of tools, such as a medical literature service, a medical journal
database, a hospital locator, a physician finder, and a drug resource center.
- iVillage.com Health
Health information and news, medical advice, online discussions, drug database, and a variety of consumer health tools, such as a weight calculator and a virtual check-up.
- Mayo Clinic
Health information and news, drug database, e-mail bulletin service,
glossary, and ask Mayo.
- Medical Matrix
Medical Matrix is a free directory of selected medical sites on the Internet. Each site listing has been carefully evaluated by reviewers from our panel of physicians and medical librarians. Users must complete a free registration.
- Public Libraries and Community Partners: Working Together to Provide Health Information
A guide to encourage health information partnerships between public libraries, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and local health or community-based organizations.
- The Merck Manual
Online companion for hard copy reference for complete and comprehensive medical information.
- eHealth Initiative
The mission of both the eHealth Initiative and its Foundation is to drive improvement in the quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of health care through information and emerging technology.
- e-Health Nurses Network
This network, first established by a small group of UK nurses in 2000, is an independent initiative, freely open to all nurses and health and social care colleagues with an interest in developing e-health in order to maximize the professional delivery of effective patient care.
- Guidelines for Medical and Health Information Sites on the Internet
Author/editor: Margaret A. Winker, MD; Annette Flanagin, RN, MA; Bonnie Chi-Lum, MD, MPH; John White, MS; Karen Andrews; Robert L. Kennett; Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Robert A. Musacchio, PhD
Date: March 22/29, 2000
An abstract from JAMA, Vol. 283 No. 12. The American Medical Association (AMA) has developed principles to guide development and posting of Web site content, govern acquisition and posting of online advertising and sponsorship, ensure site visitors' and patients' rights to privacy and confidentiality, and provide effective and secure means of e-commerce.
- Health On the Net Foundation (HON)
HON's mission is to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information. HON provides leadership in setting ethical standards for Web site developers.
- Hi-Ethics
Formed in November 1999 to address privacy, advertising and content quality issues for Internet health consumers. E-health web sites join as members and agree to comply with standards established by Hi-Ethics for privacy, security, credibility and reliability.
- Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
Trade association representing the broad spectrum of the world-leading U.S. IT industry - encompassing computers, software, telecommunications products and services, Internet and online services, systems integration, and professional services companies.
- Internet Healthcare Coalition
Internet Healthcare Coalition is an umbrella organization representing
a broad range of industry, academic, advocacy, and other organizations and
individuals providing Internet-based healthcare information and services
worldwide, dedicated to educating healthcare consumers, professionals,
educators, marketers, media, and public policymakers on the full range of uses
of the Internet - current and potential - to deliver high-quality healthcare
information and services.
- UK e-Health Association
UK eHealth Association (Formerly the UK Telemedicine Association) has been formed to represent all those corporations and individuals interested in the development of eHealth in the United Kingdom.
- Browsing for a second opinion
Author/editor: Tyler Chin
Date: April 23/30, 2001
From 2001 AMedNews, Technology, Internet sites offer to review cases without examining the patient. Is that a good idea?
- eCureMe
A total health center offering 24-hour on-call service. Includes
eConsultLive, a 24 hour live video conferencing center that provides real
time consultations with our teams of multi-specialized health care
professionals.
- e-Health On The Horizon
Better broadband connections, aging baby boomers, and a lack of nurses are increasing the use of remote medical care, diagnosis, and monitoring.
- Partners Healthcare Online Specialty Consultations
Partners Online Specialty Consultations is a health care consultation
service provided by physicians at Partners hospitals, to physicians in
conjunction with their patients. Physicians and patients nationwide may
arrange remote specialty consultations to support their care by accessing
the expertise of physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and
Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare.
- ReachMyDoctor
A web-based communication system that makes it easy for patients to stay in touch with their doctors and the office staff - anytime, anywhere.
- AOL.com Health Web Center
An AOL web center devoted to health. Access all AOL features, plus health information, news and advice, drug database, disease/condition database, personalized home page, and a variety of personal health management tools.
- Discovery Health
A Discovery Communications Inc. web site devoted to health. Health information, news
and advice, online discussions, electronic newsletters, drug database, disease/condition database,
personal health management tools, and shopping for health and fitness products.
- Dr.Koop
Health information, news and advice, online discussions, live chat events, drug database,
disease/condition database, find a clinical trial, find a health care provider, get health insurance quotes, alternative medicine resources, personalized home page, personal health management tools and shopping for health and fitness products.
- HealthAtoZ
Health information, news and advice, online discussions, live chat events,
weekly polls, personalized home page, a personal health calendar and email based
reminder service for refilling prescriptions, recommended immunization schedules
and check-ups for every family member, drug database, disease/condition database,
alternative medicine resources, and personal health management tools.
- Healthopedia
A medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focused health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and medications.
- Med Explorer
Health information, news and advice, online discussions, newsgroups,
live chat events, electronic newsletter, medical conference calendar,
classifieds for employment and health and medical services and products,
bookstore, and personal health management tools.
- MedicineNet.com
Health information, news and advice, audio presentations electronic newsletter, email alerts,
disease/condition database, medical dictionary, medical test database, drug database,
personal health management tools, online pharmacy, and shopping for health and
fitness products.
- Medscape
Medical practice-oriented content information, news and advice for professionals.
Features include next day conference summaries, medical bookstore,
personalized home page, surveys of disease management, online medical journal,
clinical discussion forum, unrestricted free access to MEDLINE and AIDSLINE,
searching the National Drug Data File drug database, hundreds of hours of CME,
interactive case challenges, professional and practice tools such as web based email, physician web sites.
- NetDoctor
A staff of doctors, nurses and editors prepares high quality medical
information in easy to understand terms. A network of 600 of Europe's most
respected doctors and professors, who write articles, answer questions from
users and offer editorial guidance, assists them. Specialized password
protected "Pro" sites help doctors keep up-to-date with professional online
medical resources and relevant medical topics. A range of NetDoktor
communities address the needs of users with specific health conditions and
interests.
- NIH - Health Information
US Department of Health and Human Services and National Institute of Health's Portal.
- Tribal Connections
A portal to health information for Indian Health.
- WebMD
Health information, news and advice, online discussions, live events,
medical library covering diseases, news, medical tests, vitamin, herbs, drugs,
and research, physician finder, personal health management tools,
health insurance quotes, alternative medicine resources, and shopping for
health and fitness products.
- Yahoo! Health
Health information, news and advice, online discussions,
live chat events, daily polls, drug database, disease/condition
database, physician finder, health insurance quotes, alternative
medicine resources, and shopping for health and fitness
products.
- Controlling Content: Physicians Launch Health Web Sites
Author/editor: Tyler Chin
Date: May 28, 2001
From 2001 AMedNews, Technology, there are thousands of health sites, but some physicians believe there's still not the right information available to patients. So even as other sites suffer financial trouble, they're spending time and money to build their own.
- e-Encounters
Author/editor: Keith MacDonald, Joanna Case, and Jane Metzger
Date: November, 2001
A report (in PDF format) sponsored by the California Healthcare Foundation
and produced by the First Consulting Group. The report is intended to serve
as an information resource for organizations looking into or actively
engaged in Web-based physician-patient communication. It introduces the
possible forms that these exchanges can take, reviews the state of the
practice, and offers practical advice from early adopters. The report is
based on information gathered from the latest literature, a review of vendor
products and approaches, and interviews with vendor staff, project managers,
and physician users. Adobe PDF
- e-Health Risk Management Services
From Carol M. Stock & Associates, providing e-health risk management services to health web sites, telemedicine and telephone triage centers, and healthcare providers worldwide.
- MD Net Guide
Online companion to print magazine for physicians and health care professionals.
- MDChoice
Medical information and news, interactive education, reading room of online texts and journals,
discounts on medical supplies, and employment classifieds. Also has consumer health news, information and services.
- Medicine on the Net
Monthly online magazine for health care professionals. Restricted to paid subscribers.
- New Data Show Internet, Website and E-mail Usage by Physicians All Increasing
Author/editor: not listed
Date: February 26, 2001
Findings of a new nationwide Harris Interactive survey of 834 physicians, Computing in the Physicians’ Practice, conducted between January 3 and February 7, 2001. From Volume 1, Issue 8 of the Harris Interactive Health Care Newsletters. Adobe PDF
- Study Reveals Big Potential For Internet To Improve Doctor-Patient Relations
Author/editor: not listed
Date: January 8, 2001
Conclusions based on a Harris Interactive Survey for ARiA Marketing and iMcKeeson. Research was conducted in two phases. The first was conducted in September 2000 with 1000 health consumers aged 10 and over who were interviewed online. The second was an online focus group of patients and physicians.
From Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Harris Interactive Heath Care Newsletters. Adobe PDF
- Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare: A Preliminary Roadmap from the Nation's Public and Private-sector Healthcare Leaders
Author/editor: Markle Foundation
Date: July 2004
This report from the Markle Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation details specific actions available to the public and private sectors to advance electronic connectivity and, hence, further the reality of a national health information infrastructure. Adobe PDF
- eHealth International
An online journal about the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long distance clinical health care, patient and professional health related education, public health and health administration.
- Ehealth: Market Potential and Business Strategies
Author/editor: Pamela Whitten, Charles Steinfield, Seth Hellmich
Date: July, 2001
From the online Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, v. 6(4), this article examines e-health activity guided by two broad research questions: the potential is for the development of online health care services by examining its potential in major health care service and product sectors; and second, based upon case studies of two online health service firms,
understanding the emerging strategies of firms that are attempting to enter the health care market with an entirely online approach.
- E-Health: Navigating the Internet for Health Information
Author/editor: Jennifer Marconi
Date: May 2002
The Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) white paper on
e-health and consumer use of the Internet, including information on safety, quality and credibility. Adobe PDF
- Feedback Research Services
Information on the telemedicine market and other news and information on telemedicine.
- Public Value and e-Health
Author/editor: Jamie Bend
Date: 2004
A report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), a progressive think-tank in London, England, on the use of information communications technology (ICT) in healthcare in the UK. Adobe PDF
- Telemedicine and e-Health Law
The scope includes everything from the licensing requirements for physicians who provide medical services electronically across state lines, to the privacy issues raised by the sharing of electronic medical records (EMRs) across computer networks. It also includes chapters on tax, antitrust, intellectual property, and other aspects of e-health.
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