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Neurologists and the Internet
Neil A. Busis, MD;
Lawrence S. Honig, MD, PhD
Arch Neurol. 1999;56:1335-1337.
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INTRODUCTION
The development of the electronic Internet catalyzed a communications revolution that may compare with the invention of the printing press. The Internet has greatly expanded our ability to communicate with one another. Currently, about 1 in 5 Americans have used the Internet.1 Web addresses are becoming ubiquitous, even on television advertisements and highway billboards. We access the Internet for news, weather, factual information, financial investment, and interpersonal communication.
In this article, we discuss the use of widely available Internet resources and applications for a neurologist's professional activities, including clinical care, practice matters, research, and teaching, from the office or home. Many of these resources are also available to neurological patients and their families. Patients and "third parties" increasingly locate physicians of various subspecialties through the Internet rather than the Yellow Pages. Furthermore, there is a demand for the temporal immediacy of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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From the Departments of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa (Dr Busis), and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (Dr Honig).
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