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Clinic-Based Health Information Web Site for International Travelers
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To the Editor.—The Internet has been described as the next transformation in the delivery of health care.1 Telemedicine, medical informatics, and consumer health information systems are expected to emerge as integral components of future medical practice.2 We conducted this study to learn more about consumer use of a clinic-based health information Web site.
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In 1996, the International Travel Medicine Clinic of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, developed a Web site to provide health information for its patients and to promote the clinic's services within its catchment area. The Web site conformed to subsequently established standards concerning authorship, attribution, disclosure, and currency.3 The home page address was disseminated on clinic stationery, business cards, prescription forms, educational materials, international certificates of vaccination, and in the local telephone directory. In addition, the home page (http://www.hsc.unt.edu/clinics/itmc/travel.htm) was registered with several search engines.
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