title: [Resources on the Internet in Ophthalmology].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the age of information, the Internet became a powerful, fast and international information resource. The ease with which individuals can access the Internet and with which institutions can make information available explains its exponential growth in the past few years. It is our purpose to provide ophthalmologists with new opportunities and to explore the potential and different functions for the information superhighway with a focus on information resources available to the ophthalmologist like the World Wide Web.
  
  
  RESULTS
  By using the computer programme Netscape one can send or obtain reports or images, consult colleagues, perform a literature search, take part in an ophthalmological congress or discussion- and newsgroup, get information about past and ongoing ophthalmological events or, moreover, achieve product and company information.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Internet transformed the way we view and use information by a dramatic expansion of the ways ophthalmologists interact with their colleagues. Thereby, the use of the Internet and its vast resources will greatly improve the quality of patient care.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Giessen.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tekaat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eisenmann
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D009885:Ophthalmology; D012984:Software
vernacular_title: Die Nutzung des Internet in der Ophthalmologie.