title: Internet-based reference case managers for clinical practice and research collaboration.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: R Shay
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bess
authors.forename: Darrel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Brodke
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jim A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: Ian D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Dickey
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D009985:Orthopedics; D012106:Research; D012984:Software