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     ** Hospital Computer Network Discussion Group and Data Base **
                 THE HSPNET-L MONTHLY ELECTRONIC DIGEST
                    Volume 3, Number 12, December 1992
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              Editor & Publisher: Donald F. Parsons MD, PhD

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Computer Network and Database Discussion Group (HSPNET-L@albnydh2.bitnet).
Moderator: D.F. Parsons MD (dfp10@albnydh2.bitnet; dfp10@uacsc2.albany.edu)"

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                           THIS MONTH'S TOPICS
EDITORIAL
                         N e t w o r k s
CLOSING OF T1-NSFNET
LINKING VA E-MAIL TO NIH ALERTS
FREE INTERNET DIRECTORY ON LINE
DEPT. OF DEFENSE MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
                         D a t a b a s e s
NIH GOPHER
TELNET TO A DRUG DATABASE?
                         M e d i c a l  I n f o r m a t i c s
HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
BBS FOR TUMOR PATHOLOGY SLIDES
NIBNEWS FROM BRAZIL
X WINDOWS FOR DOS
COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL RECORD
EUROPEAN TELEMEDICINE
THE FUTURE OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS
MEDICAL INFORMATION SERVER
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Moderator's EDITORIAL:
Proposal for ADVLINE@NIH.node:
    A centralized Listserver for Federal and State Medical Advisories.

   Ideally this would be co-owned and moderated by NIH, FDA, and CDC. Its
purpose would be to give a one-stop advisory service that enables reports
to arrive on the practitioners desk PC via Internet.  Its formation is
seen as a catalyst for placing more federal and state advisories on line
and for enabling more physicians, administrators and statisticians to find
a use for Internet.  It would also catalyze a shift of federal and state
health agencies away from Bulletin Boards and private networks to the
public Internet system.  The following are among the reports that could be
included:
   CDC aids and other communicable disease advisories, monthly and
       yearly summaries, etc
   Canadian Ministry of Health advisories
   NCI CancerNet updates
   NLM changes in library services
   NIH Clinical Alerts
   FDA reports
   State Health Department advisories
   Nursing advisories

All the above agencies would have to do is to post a copy of the report
to ADVLINE.  It would then be automatically distributed to all subscribers.
Later, the LISTSERV could be subdivided (ADVLINE_NIH, ADVLINE_CDC etc) so
that health professionals can select what types of reports they wish to
receive.
The achieving of access and exchange of US state and Canadian health
information would be something of a victory for health providers, the
media and the public.  At the same time it would save time and money
resulting from present obscuring of information and duplication of
effort by health agencies.
    Send your views on this to me at dfp10@albnydh2.bitnet.  I will
return a summary of replies to you and suggestions about further action.
Happy New Year! Don

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|Donald F. Parsons PhD, MD         | Internet: dfp10@uacsc2.albany.edu  |
|Wadsworth Center Rm. C273         | UseNet  : dfp10@thor.albany.edu    |
|NYS. Dept.Health, PO Box 509      | Compuserve: 71777,212              |
|ESP, Albany NY 12201-0509         | Home: 150 Mosher Road, Delmar      |
|(518) 474-7047, Fax (518)474-7992 | NY 12054. (518) 439-0049           |
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Donald F. Parsons MD, Wadsworth Ctr. Rm C273, NY State Dept of Health, ESP,
PO Box 509, Albany, NY 12201-0509. (518)474-7047 Fax: (518)474-7992
dfp10@uacsc2.albany.edu dfp10@albnydh2.bitnet Cis 71777,212