Medical Practice Online Articles from American Medical News: How long can Internet health companies last? Two physicians who developed high-tech companies out of their practices. AMA releases universal Internet health site principles. A guide for physicians about Internet privacy. National Academy of Sciences reports Barriers to making the Internet part of health care. The Federal Trade Commission looking into privacy practices of Web sites that offer online health information to physicians and consumers. At issue: a report that several prominant Web sites, including HealthCentral, drkoop.com, iVillage and Healtheon/WebMD share information about their users with third partiens without the users' permission. More doctors are moving onto the Internet although not as enthusiastically as their patients. Some health and medical Internet sites fail to protect users' privacy. Two would-be titans of online health care: MedicaLogic/Medscape Healtheon/WebMD From The Medical Edge, an article about: Healtheon and WebMD merger. Physicians Practice: Patients pay to put medical records online (Medical Edge). Internet Healthcare Coalition promotes quality healthcare resources on the Internet and issues guidelines on e-Health ethics. Annals of Internal Medicine online report on electronic patient-physician communication, promise and pitfalls. IDG.net reports doctors get wired. IDG.net reports doctors and hospitals scarce on the Web. CNN reports New York allows doctors to use email to send prescriptions to pharmacies. From the Veterans Health Administration: Lessons Learned virtual learning center where doctors share information on how they solved practice problems. DoctorQuality site by physicians for consumers, patients, and physicians tracks issues of quality and best-practice medicine. DoctorQuality's fellowship in e-health care. Building Your Website Health InfoDesign Web Resources and Top 10 Problems of health care sites From David Siegel's book, Secrets of Successful Web Sites: Use this Project Profiler to plan your site before you hire your web site developer Protect your rights when hiring a web site developer Client and Contractor's Bill of Rights Doctor's Guide listing of Physician Home pages. See other doctors' home pages. Missouri Chapter members' home pages and web sites back to main links page