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Announcement: Keynote presentation on mednet99 (World Congress of
Internet
and Medicine)
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Consumer participation in health care: will the Internet help or hinder?
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Alejandro (Alex) R. Jadad, MD DPhil
Chief, Health Information Research Unit
Director, McMaster Evidence-based Practice Center
Co-Director, Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre
Chair, Consumers and Health Information Evaluation Working Group,
American
Medical Informatics Association
Editor, Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group
Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Although it is impossible to predict its evolution, recent developments
and
trends indicate that the Internet will have a profound effect on the
role of
patients and the general public in health care decisions and on how they
interact with clinicians and other groups of decision-makers. The
Internet
is providing extraordinary opportunities to build strong partnerships
between consumers and any other group involved in health care decisions.
It
has also the potential to create unprecedented division.
In this session, I will focus on key challenges that we must meet to
develop optimal partnerships between consumers and other groups of
decision-makers. Some of these include the need for:
o meaningful collaboration with consumers,
o efficient strategies to monitor patterns of Internet use among
consumers,
o preparation for upcoming technological developments,
o balance between connectivity and privacy,
o better understanding of the balance between face-to-face and virtual
interactions, and
o equitable access to technology and information across the globe.
The presentation is expected to motivate discussion and debate around
issues
that require immediate attention if we are to maximize the benefit of
the
Internet in health care.
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4th World Congress of Internet in Medicine
Heidelberg, Germany, Sept 18-21 1999
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MEDNET 99 Congress Secretariat:
University Heidelberg
Institute for Clinical Social Medicine
Cybermedicine Research Group Dr Eysenbach
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Congress Venue:
DKFZ (German Cancer Research Centre), Heidelberg, Germany
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