title: Understanding the Internet and World Wide Web.
abstract: If home care providers have computers and Internet connections at work or home, they can access the latest information regarding their clients' diseases, communicate with colleagues by electronic mail (E-mail), access government health care policies affecting home care, and much more. The Internet's increased popularity and utilization are a result of high-speed, high-capacity personal computers and related equipment and the development of easy-to-use graphics-intensive software.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thobaben
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008490:Medical Informatics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012984:Software