The Internet and health communication: experience and expectations

Foreword Preface Part I: AN OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS 1. The Internet and Health Communication: A Framework of Experiences - Ronald E Rice 2. The Future of the Internet in Health Care: A Five-Year Forecast - Robert Mittman and Mary Cain PART II: SOURCES OF AND EXPERIENCES WITH ONLINE MEDICAL INFORMATION 3. Consumer Use of Medical Information from Electronic and Paper Media - Philip M Napoli 4. Assessments of Quality of Health Care Information and Referrals to Physicians: A Nationwide Survey - Philip Aspden and James E Katz 5. Use of the Internet for Professional Purposes: A Survey of New Jersey Physicians - Philip Aspden, James E Katz and Ann E. Bemis 6. Expectations and Experiences of Infertility Information Seeking via the Internet and Telephone Directory - June Anigbougu and Ronald E Rice PART III: EXPERIENCES DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING HEALTH INFORMATION SITES 7. Using the Web to Assist Communities in Public Health Campaign Planning: A Case Study of the React Project - John Finnegan et al 8. Evaluating a Federal Health-Related Web Site: A Multimethod Perspective on Medicare.gov - Sid Schneider et al 9. A Pound of Cure: A Content Analysis of Health Information on Web Sites of Top-Ranked HMOs - Elizabeth Witherspoon 10. A Comparative Features Analysis of Publicly Accessible Commercial and Government Health Database Websites - Ronald E Rice, Michael Peterson and Robert Christine PART IV: EXPERIENCES OF ONLINE HEALTH COMMUNITIES AND OF ORGANIZATIONS MOVING TO E-COMMERCE 11. Experiencing Empathy Online - Jennifer Preece and Kamiz Ghozati 12. The Role of the Organization in the Success of Web-Based Continuing Medical Education Programs - Pamela S Whitten, Matthew S Eastin, and David Cook 13. Improving Diabetes Care with Telecomputing Technology - Richard L Street, Jr., and Veronika K Piziak 14. Web-Enabled Hospitals in the United States: Influences on Adoption Processes - Lauren B Eder and Donald E Wise 15. Competitive Collaboration in Australia's Pharmaceutical Industry - Elizabeth More and G Michael McGrath PART V: PUBLIC POLICY EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS 16. ehealth: Federal Issues and Approaches - Cynthia Baur, Mary Jo Deering and Leslie Hsu 17. Old Wine in Silicon Prescription Bottles: /Some Legal Issues, Benefits, and Disadvantages Associated With Internet Pharmacies - Barry D Bayer 18. Networked Communication Practices and the Security and Privacy of Electronic Healthcare Records - James Katz and Philip Aspden Concluding Thoughts - James Katz and Ronald E Rice