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: Announcing the December issue of the CyberMed CatalystSM : Journal of the Alliance of Medical Internet Professionals : Apologies in advance for any duplications of you may receive of this notice.—The Editors : For the Second issue, we have several interesting and informative articles, news and updates. : · Innovative Uses of the Internet - The Interactive Patient : http://www.amip.org/catalyst/cc_lehmann_html. This article discusses the innovative multimedia, : interactive patient encounter program on the World Wide Web that simulates a patient : encounter developed by Dr. Christoph U. Lehmann, Instructor at John Hopkins University. : · International Uses of the Internet - From Dr. Nitesh Thakker, Internet Use in India, : http://www.amip.org/catalyst/cc_thakker_html this article discussing some interesting findings : regarding Internet use in India, by the general public and by medical professionals in Bombay. : · Doctorism and Doctor Empowerment - From Dr. Tony Rogers, Health Health Care of : Physician Discourse: Neologisms, Narratives for Cultural Change : http://www.amip.org/catalyst/cc_rogers_html, this article discusses a new "Doctorism" : movement, and the Docs4Docs website which they hope will become a vehicle for spreading : the word. : · Cybermedicine - Whos' Definition is Right? - From Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer and Cole D. : Thompson a look at, and try to make some sense of, the many and varied definitions for : "Cybermedicine" currently being used on the Internet. : http://www.amip.org/catalyst/cybermedicine_html : · XML - What it is, what it means to the medical profession - Cole D. Thompson. After : hearing physicians bemoan about "just wanting to access patient records easily" an article about : an upcoming document technology (XML) for how medical information hopefully will be : accessible "anytime, anywhere" in the future. http://www.amip.org/catalyst/xml_html : Announcements about the CyberMed Catalyst : · Welcome to the New Editorial Board Members - The CyberMed Catalyst would like to : recognize and welcome twelve New Editorial Board members. : http://www.amip.org/catalyst/edboard_html (If there are corrections that need to be made you : your "name, rank and serial number," let us know editor@amip.org.) : · A New Additional Name for the CyberMed CatalystSM: Journal of the Alliance of Medical : Internet Professionals : Announcements about AMIP : · Changes & Plans for AMIP Committees - see main page for more details : http://www.amip.org/catalyst/index_html : · New Committee Medical Legal : · Separating Website Committee and Communications : · Who are the Alliance of Medical Internet Professionals? This article discusses the : current demographics of AMIP.org to give our members an idea who else is involved. : http://www.amip.org/catalyst/amip_who_html : · Plans, Papers, Projects and Possibilities for AMIP, or "What will AMIP be doing?" : http://www.amip.org/catalyst/plans_html : Call for Articles : For January, we are hoping to get at least two of the editorial board members to submit article : for this issue. We realize that this might be a bit short notice, but hope that with enough : members, this might work for a few. In particular, opinions on the role of Medical Ethics and : the Internet, would go along with other planned topics, or other innovative Internet uses in : Medicine, Internet uses in a particular country. It would also be helpful, if one of our : International Editors could write about the state of the Internet in their country. : If you are able to write and article for the January or February issue, check the Guidelines for : Authors http://www.amip.org/catalyst/cymedguide.htm#Guidelines and let us know : editor@amip.org. : Thank You for Helping Spread the Word : A Special Thanks to all who have passed on the word to colleagues, other websites and : organizations about the Alliance of Medical Internet Professionals. Each connection made is an : important contribution to reaching the goal of "Connecting the Medical Internet Community One : Modem at a Time." : Our goal is to get the CyberMed CatalystSM published on or near the first of each month. : This issue was delayed awaiting word that the Docs4docs http://www.docs4docs.com.au site : was up and running, an unexpected problem with our Service Provider for the website, and the : high volume of applications for AMIP needing to be processed. We hope that next month's : issue will be published closer to the 1st, keeping our fingers crossed about our Y2K computer : compliance. : Cole D. Thompson, MA : Kirsti A. Dyer, MD, MS : Editors, The CyberMed CatalystSM: Journal of the Alliance of Medical Internet Professionals : <http://www.amip.org/catalyst>