title: Web-based patient education becoming a powerful tool in demand management.
abstract: The doctor-patient relationship is taking on a whole new meaning with the advent of the Internet--from e-mail updates on blood pressure, to health risk appraisals on line, to huge collections of on-line health resources. It's all there, and still growing by leaps and bounds. Find out how and why you will want to jump on board the Internet bandwagon to support your demand management efforts.
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019468:Disease Management; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012648:Self Care; D014481:United States