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From: Bill Silberg <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 16:44:05 -0600
Subject: [IHC-BOARD] JAMA Editorial
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JAMA's editorial calling for papers for our fall theme issue on computers and
medicine can be found here:
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/journals/most/recent/issues/jama/ed71069x.htm
I've provided some excerpts below (not meant for reprinting). References have
been deleted (16 of them). We'd be thrilled if you'd all pass the word. Best.
JAMA, January 7, 1998
Computers, the Internet, and the Practice of Medicine
A Call for Papers
Computers in general and the Internet in particular have revolutionized many
aspects of our lives. Although some have criticized medicine for being slow
to embrace these tools to their full advantage, medicine is being transformed.
The Internet, and particularly its user-friendly subset, the World Wide Web,
is an increasingly popular means of communicating information to physicians,
other health care professionals, and their patients.
But concerns about this medium challenge its promise. The Internet is a
source not just of information but of misinformation. Its value as a patient
care resource and professional educational tool is only starting to be tested
rigorously. Concerns about patient confidentiality in a digital world abound.
Can the Internet improve the way physicians learn and communicate with their
patients and each other? How should the patient-physician relationship evolve
to exploit the seemingly unlimited and often unfiltered clinical information
available to patients? Will physicians take on an enhanced role as counselors
and educators in the face of so much information and misinformation? Can the
Internet be an effective, useful public health and clinical research tool?
To address these and many other questions, an issue of THE JOURNAL in late
1998 will be devoted to the use of computers and the Internet in medicine.
We invite original research papers on these subjects, as well as systematic
reviews and cohesive commentaries. Submitted manuscripts are subject to our
usual rigorous peer review process; acceptance for publication cannot be
guaranteed. Papers received by April 1, 1998, will have the best chance of
acceptance. We look forward to publishing the state of the art¯and science¯in
this far-reaching and fast-moving field.
Margaret A. Winker, MD
William M. Silberg
Dr Winker is Senior Editor, JAMA (e-mail: [log in to unmask])
Mr Silberg is Editorial Director, Medical News and New Media, JAMA (e-mail:
[log in to unmask]).
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