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Thumbnail Contents Next	THE ISSUES OF COST AND QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE HEALTH COSTS QUALITY IN HEALTHCARE THE COST OF POOR CLINICAL DECISION MAKING THE CONSENSUS ON WHAT IS NEEDED SURELY THE NET ALREADY PROVIDES THE MEDICAL IMFORMATION PROFESSIONALS AND CONSUMERS WANT? WHY IS THERE A PROBLEM? CONSUMERS That Consultation The personal experience of using community health information net sites The medical view of community health information net sites Media and researchers’ view of community health information net sites Should we simply return to the passive patient era? How did community health information net sites end up like this? PROFESSIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION AND CLINICAL DECISION MAKING The problem Background Enter the net THE WISDOC RESPONSE THE WISDOC DESIGN PRINCIPLES Large scale elements Site Design Elements Construction and maintenance efficiencies WISDOC IN SUMMARY IT IS MODULAR IT IS COMPLETELY UPDATED ON A TWO WEEK CYCLE IT IS A MULTI-SPECIALTY TEXT COMMUNITY TEXT MAPS EXACTLY ON PROFESSIONAL TEXT ON THE SAME TIME SCALE WISDOC IS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY COMMON RESOURCE WISDOC REINFORCES THE DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP WISDOC - THE DE FACTO NET STANDARD FOR HEALTH INFORMATION A PROFESSIONAL USER WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE TWO SERVICES: A COMMUNITY USER: PUTTING WISDOC TOGETHER SELECTION OF DISEASES COVERED MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO THE DISEASES TECHNICAL LEVEL OF THE INFORMATION MODULAR TOPIC COMPONENTS THE RELATION BETWEEN SIGNIFICANCE OF INFORMATION AND QUALITY OF SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT. DISCUSSION OF THE APPROACH AN INFORMATION UTILITY TRYING TO DO BETTER THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE WHAT ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS AND HOW WILL WISDOC GENERATE REVENUE? FOLLOWING ARE WISDOC’S ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ITS PROPOSED SERVICE Assumption one Assumption two Assumption three Assumption four CONCLUSION REFERENCES APPENDIX A - THE WISDOC INFORMATION FRAMEWORK APPENDIX B - A TEST OF COMMUNITY HEALTH INFORMATION ADEQUACY
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