Each time, he had to ask them the same questions to get their history. By day's end, he knew there had to be an easier way. That way, a patient could hand over his or her records to a doctor, or the doctor could call them up online, presumably saving time and trouble in collecting information. This just came to me, like an epiphany. Dr. Sugar, who used the Internet for buying personal items and perusing information on his own for years before launching his site, says in the past two years he's noticed a change in the way his colleagues view the Internet.
People are no longer afraid of it.
I think physicians are becoming more comfortable with the Internet. Whether the Internet is the greatest thing to happen to health care since Hippocrates remains to be seen. What's to come However, here are some predictions on what 2000 may bring for Internet health. Patients will get even more power in their hands. One of the most immediate effects of the Internet has been the ability it's given patients to research their diseases, or just find out how they can tell if their baby has the flu.