Beyond the Superhighway
Exploiting the Internet with Medical Informatics
- Affiliation of the author: Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
- Correspondence and reprints: James J. Cimino, MD, Atchley Pavilion, Room 1310, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York 10032. E-mail: James.Cimino{at}columbia.edu
- Received 9 January 1997
- Accepted 17 February 1997
Abstract
As in other areas of society, the Internet and the World Wide Web are becoming important topics in medical informatics. This is evident from the recent American Medical Informatics Association's 1996 Annual Fall Symposium, where the theme was “Beyond the Superhighway: Exploiting the Internet with Medical Informatics.” Of the over 330 papers and abstracts published in the Proceedings, one third dealt with the Internet and/or the Web. In some cases, system developers demonstrated how this technology can do old tasks in new ways. In other cases, researchers described new tasks that are now possible with this technology. Still others examined this technology to show how it can be evaluated and improved. This paper summarizes their accomplishments.
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↵* This paper refers to over a hundred papers and abstracts in the Proceedings. Inclusion of full citations is reserved for those which are highlighted; the remainder are referred to by page number. Page numbers below 817 refer to full papers, while those above 817 refer to abstracts describing posters and demonstrations.
