The proceedings of the first IHC conference that took place in McLean
Virginia last month have been published in a book.

The table of contents is appended below.

To find out more about the Internet Healthcare Coalition or to order
the book, please go to: http://www.ihc.net

Risk

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Quality Healthcare Information on the 'Net '98
Conference Proceedings

Table of Contents
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President's Welcome and Opening Remarks
        John Mack
        President
        Internet Healthcare Coalition

Forging New Standards in Healthcare Information on the Internet
        William Silberg
        Editor, New Media
        Journal of the American Medical Association

The Health Summit Working Group Information Quality (IQ) Tool
        Helga Rippen
        Representative
        Healthcare Summit Working Group

Collaboration for Critical Appraisal of Medical Information on the
Internet
        Gunther Eysenbach, M.D.
        University of Erlangen

HONCode for Healthcare Information
        Celia Boyer
        Head of Web Services
        Health on the Net Foundation

Health Improvement Institute Quality Awards: Standards for Excellence
        Peter G. Goldschmidt, M.D.
        President
        Health Improvement Institute

False and Deceptive Advertising of Healthcare Products Over the
Internet
        Anne Maher
        Assistant Director, Advertising Practices
        U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Selling On the Medical Midway - A Sneak Peak at Questionable Web Pages
        Douglas McCormick
        President
        Physician Verification Services

How to Spot A Quacky Web Site
        Stephen Barrett, M.D.
        Board Chairman
        Quackwatch, Inc.

Whose Internet is it Anyway?
        Ahmad Risk, M.D.
        Chairman
        British Healthcare Internet Association

International Promotion and Sale of Pharmaceuticals: An Industry
Perspective
        Michael Posgai
        Senior Regulatory Associate
        Eli Lilly and Company

Current FDA Guidance on Healthcare Products Information Over the
Internet
        Melissa Moncavage
        Public Health Advisor
        Food and Drug Administration

Patients and Physicians in an Online World: Overview and Implications
        Mark Boulding
        Partner
        Long Aldridge & Norman

Physician and Patient Email Discussion Forums
        John Mack
        President
        VirSci Corporation

Bridging the Information Gap: Trends in On-Line Healthcare Information
Usage by Physicians and Patients
        Michael Brown
        Partner, Health and Medicine
        AGENCY.COM

Challenges to Patients, Consumers, and Physicians from Use of the
Internet
        John Renner, M.D.
        Physician Executive,Consumer Publications
        Cerner Corporation

Paradigm Shift in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Internet
Communities'
Early Model
        James D. Marks
        President
        Body Health Resources Corporation

Healthcare Information Provider Strategies to Maintain Quality
        Joel A. Kahn, M.D.
        Chief Medical Officer
        InteliHealth

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Wild West of Internet Search Tools
        Jennifer Wayne-Doppke

Developing the Physician Internet Site: Case Study of Medscape
        Paul Sheils
        President & CEO
        Medscape, Inc.

Policy & Praxis in Internet Content Control
        Bruce Grant
        Director, Innovation
        Frontier Media Group, An Icon CMT Company

Is the Hype of the 'Net Blinding us to the Real Opportunities in
Healthcare
Information and Management?
        Celia Boyer
        Head of Web Services
        Health on the Net Foundation

Ensuring the Quality of Future Healthcare Information on the Net:
Medical
Webmasters and the Human Side of Internet Infrastructure
        Denise Silber


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Dr Ahmad Risk MB BCh
The Good Doctor Ltd
http://mednetics.org
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