Internet Health Road Show
January 29, 2000
Marriott Marina
1881 S.E. 17th Street
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Co-sponsoring Event
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Internet Health Road Show
Using the Internet for Better Health Care
Course Description: Through leaders in medicine and technology, this one-day course will explore where health care and technology currently intersect and what the future will bring. Two hands-on Discovery Sessions will allow participants to learn why patients access the Web, what tools are available to physicians, and the latest cutting-edge Internet health care technology.
Program
Pre-session Tutorial | |
| 8:00 - 10:00 am | Novice Internet Training |
Morning Program | |
| 10:15 - 11:15 am | Emerging Internet Trends and Barriers to PhysiciansÂ’ Use of the Internet AMA Board of Trustees Member |
| 11:15 - 12:15 pm | Discovery
Session I - Hands-on Sites and Web Utilities for Physcicians |
| 12:20 -1:20 pm | Luncheon Presentation Sponsored by MedicaLogic |
Afternoon Program |
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| 1:30 - 2:30 pm | Discovery
Session II - Hands-on Patients on the Internet |
| 2:30 -2:40 pm | Break |
| 2:45 -4:45 pm | Discovery
Session III - Hands-on How the Internet Increases the Efficiency of your Practice |
| 4:45 - 6:45 pm | Exhibit and Networking Reception |
Faculty
Richard Peters, MD, MPH
CEO of Mednav.com Inc. and Contributing Editor for JAMA
and Science Magazine
Ravi Thadhami, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine,
Massachusetts General
Hospital, Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Faculty Disclosure:
The American Medical Association has reviewed the disclosure forms
received from all faculty and any significant conflicts of interest
will be disclosed.
Additional administrative support for the Internet Health Road Show is provided by Loma Linda University School of Medicine and School of Public Health.
Objectives
- Understand the direction the Internet is pushing the patient-physician relationship, health care industry, and health information process.
- Identify barriers physicians have in the use of the Internet and possible solutions to these barriers.
- Identify major types of Internet consumer health sites and applications.
- Identify major types of Internet physician health sites and applications.
- Become familiar with the features provided by Internet tools developed for physicians in clinical, office management, and educational settings.
- Understand the limitations of the current Internet tools.
- Hands-on experience on physician Internet tools.
| Registration Fee (without CME Credit) | $50 |
| Registration Fee (with CME Credit) | $75 |
Continuing Medical Education Credit and Accreditation
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Medical Association takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
The AMA designates this continuing medical education activity for up to 7.5 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the AMA. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spends in the educational activity.
Conference sponsored in part through unrestricted educational grants by:
- Intel Corp
- Healtheon/WebMD
- MedicaLogic, Inc
- Salu.Net
- Wellmed
- Life Masters
- MediVation, Inc
- drkoop.com
- Proxim
- Glaxo Wellcome
Event organized in conjunction with The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
For further information:
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
401 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-4267
sts@sba.com
Visit our Web site at www.sts.org or the Internet Health Road Show Web site
For hotel reservations contact:
The Marriott Marina
1881 S.E. 17th Street
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33316
Phone: (954) 463-4000
REMINDER: Please submit any questions regarding the program by skhalaf@sph.llu.edu. We would like to receive these prior
to the conference to incorporate the answers into the presentations.