title: Technology part 1: the Internet--opportunities & threats.
abstract: This is the first article in a three-part series about technology and its impact on healthcare systems and the business of health care. This article explores the use and implications of Internet and Web-based technologies for physicians, managed care organizations healthcare providers. The second article will present clinical and pharmaceutical technologies. The third article will profile systems that are successfully exploiting all of these technologies.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reeder
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D016494:Computer Security; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D020407:Internet; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States