Internet-based reference case managers for clinical practice and research collaboration.
Historically in medicine, the internet has been used for unidirectional information extraction via search engines that provide database and literature output. Current Web-based case managers allow submission and reception of digital media and have been used to link specialists and provide forums for rapid, bidirectional information sharing.
Bess
R Shay
RS
Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Brodke
Darrel S
DS
Wang
Jeffrey C
JC
Youssef
Jim A
JA
Dickey
Ian D
ID
D019090:Case Management; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D009985:Orthopedics; D012106:Research; D012984:Software