[The internet presentation of medical departments: an example of a pediatric surgical department].
BACKGROUND
In times of easy world wide information transfer and reduced economic resources of the community, the presentation of medical departments in the internet becomes more and more important. But realisation is often insufficient.


METHODS
The welcome page is the most important element. It should be appealing and easy to understand. Menues should lead to further information like "employees", "premises", "approach" and "medical information". Quick loading times are neccesary to make surfing more comfortable.


CONCLUSIONS
The internet presentation becomes more and more essential in our days. Legal restrictions, although being reduced in the last years, have to be observed.
Doede
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Abteilung für Kinderchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Jena. Thorsten.Doede@med.uni-jena.de
Schmidt
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Beyerlein
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Schier
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D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005858:Germany; D006266:Health Education / Q000191:economics; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000191:economics