title: Cruising the information highway: online services and electronic mail for physicians and families.
abstract: Commercial online service providers, bulletin board services, and the Internet make up the rapidly expanding "information highway." Physicians and their families can use these services for professional and personal communication, for recreation and commerce, and to obtain reference information and computer software. Commercial providers include America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, and MCIMail. Internet access can be obtained indirectly through America Online or directly through specialized access providers. Today's online services are destined to evolve into a National Information Infrastructure that will change the way we work and play.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Health Computer Sciences, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Faughnan
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Doukas
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ebell
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D009816:Office Automation; D009862:Online Systems; D010820:Physicians; D014481:United States