title: Healthcare in a networked world.
abstract: In this essay a medical informatics expert reflects on what the history and future of the Internet means to the way we do business and how we relate to each other. It is not just a matter of more of the same faster; the nature of work changes, the value of services change, and participation in community becomes natural. Ironically, the informality and impersonal nature of the Internet is making it that much more important to know who one is dealing with.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Frisse
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D003729:Dental Care / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans