title: The e-healthcare cybertsunami.
abstract: The trend toward the new healthcare e-consumer and e-patient shows no signs of slowing down. Embracing e-health is about more than merely launching a Web site or selling products online. Before you take the next steps in your e-strategy, get hip to the trends that are hitting the beach. Gone are the days when you could slap together a Web site that offers information about locations, hours, services, products, or doctors. The medium of the Internet is interactive. Patients want you to give them something to do.
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authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019468:Disease Management; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States