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Association for
Veterinary Informatics
NEWSLETTER
March - April, 1998
Charles A. Cohen (Branford,
CT) - President; Robin Starr-Chichester (Conifer, CO) - President
Elect, James T. Case (UC-Davis) - Secretary Treasurer; Ronald D.
Smith (Illinois) - Newsletter Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
How to
Contact AVI
Applications
for membership, accompanied by a check for $35 payable to the AVI,
should be sent to:
Dr. James T. Case; Secretary Treasurer,
AVI; 1590 Augusta Ct., Dixon, CA 95620
Phone: 916/752-4408;
FAX: 916/752-5680; E-mail: JimCase@aol.com
Membership application forms are
available online at:
http://netvet.wustl.edu/avi.htm
Dr. Case is responsible for distribution
of the hardcopy version of the AVI Newsletter.
Newsletter
items can be sent to:
Dr. Ronald D. Smith, Newsletter
Editor, AVI; UI College of Veterinary Medicine; 2001 South
Lincoln; Urbana, IL 61801.
Phone: 217/333-2449; FAX:
217/333-4628; E-mail: rd-smith@uiuc.edu
If
you are an AVI member and would like to be on the AVI Newsletter
electronic distribution list, send an e-mail message to the
Newsletter Editor. Although the electronic version is only an
ASCII (text) file, it's faster, searchable, easier to store and
retrieve, and environmentally friendly.
Current and past
issues of the AVI Newsletter are also available on the Web at:
http://netvet.wustl.edu/avi.htm.
CORRESPONDENCE
Changed
URL NetVet/Electronic Zoo
This
is to notify you that the URL for NetVet & Electronic Zoo has
been changed. NetVet & Electronic Zoo are now hosted and
updated from , the website of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, the AVMA Network, at
http://www.avma.org/netvet
or
http://www.avma.org/ezoo.
Please
update your link.
Best regards,
Diana Tomasek,
AVMA
dtomasek@avma.org
Informatics
SIG of the Australian Veterinary Association
From:
"Ken Boschert, DVM" <KEN@dcm.wustl.edu>
Date:
Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:27:05 +1100
From: "Michael Cumpston"
<micha57@ibm.net>
Ken,
I have finally bitten
the bullet and called for expressions of interest in a veterinary
informatics Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Australian
Veterinary Association (AVA). I circulated my request on tha AVA
discussion mailing list (about 300 subscribers), and received
about 25 responses.
I have prepared a draft constitution
that I have circulated to the respondents for comment. The next
step is to formally apply to the AVA where I believe approval will
be automatic. It is my hope that we will be able to collaborate
closely to exchange information for the benefit of both the AVI
and the new SIG. Some of the best veterinary minds in the country
(Aust.) have already expressed strong interest, so I am very
optimistic.
I guess this letter is to inform you of what is
happpening and to invite input from the AVI. I can send you a copy
of the draft constitution, if you like.
Regards,
Michael
Cumpston
BVSc., Grad. Dip. Information Systems, MRCVS
Canberra
Distance Learning
for Veterinary Technologists
From: "Joanna Bassert, VMD" <jbassert@Misty.com>
I
am the Director of Veterinary Technology at Manor Junior
College in Jenkintown, PA which is located just north of the
Northwest section of the City. In July I received a grant to
partially fund a project that would put six Vet Tech courses on
the Internet using real time audio streaming. No video for now.
Classes would be taught from a specialized classroom located on
Manor's campus and would be taught by Manor faculty. I am looking
for faculty with an interest in distance education. The instructor
can be either a techncian or a veterinarian. We are beginning with
a course called Professional Development and Practice Management.
It's an intro course. Other courses being considered are: Animal
Management and Nutrition, Animal Medicine, hematology, clinical
chemistry and parasitology.
If interested, please
contact:
Joanna Bassert, VMD <jbassert@Misty.com>
Manor Junior College, Program of Veterinary
Technology, 700 Fox Chase Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 (215)
885-2360 ext.221
BECKONING
BITS ON BYTES IN BALTIMORE: IMPROVING PATIENT CARE
by
Duane Steward, D.V.M.,
M.S.I.E., Fellow A.A.V.I.
Fellow in Medical Informatics
Clinical Decision Making Group
Laboratory for Computer Science;
M.I.T.
NE43-415
545
Technology Square
Cambridge, MA., 02139
duane@mit.edu
http://medg.lcs.mit.edu/people/duane/duanespg.html
Phone: (617) 253-3533
Group
Office: 253-5860
Fax: (617) 258-8682
The 1998 Talbot
Symposium in Baltimore, Md promises to be an occasion for exciting
changes. The title of this year's symposium is "Improving
Patient Care with Informatics". After only a three year
history, the former one day Talbot Symposium is to be expanded
into a 3 day event including a computer "wet" lab (to be
offered twice), split clinical/ academic tracts, veterinary
informatics student paper competition, poster session and
commanding keynote speaker. With the generous support of Remote
Veterinary Consultants and DVM Communications, the entire third
day is to be devoted to telemedicine and includes didactic
presentations, live teleconsulting with both veterinary and human
centers (New England Medical Center), as well as hands-on
opportunities to personally explore diagnostic data input and
display device workstations. The day will conclude with a panel of
the presenters and invited guests who have spent considerable time
exploring the means by which to network practitioners with
specialists in routine veterinary practice. This panel and open
microphone session will field questions from all sides stemming
from the day's stimulation.
Veterinary informatics is not
simply computer use and telemedicine. At its best, the role of
informatics in improving veterinary patient care is one of solving
problems and/or making decisions clear. The systematic rigor which
information technologies bring to medicine bring a promise of
resolution to ambiguous tradeoffs and suggest more refined control
of patient parameters. Advances in human medical informatics often
out pace the developments in veterinary medicine. It is important
to increase awareness of these developments for the following
reasons: to 1) stimulate the ingenuity of imaginative veterinary
informaticists, 2) expose practitioners to the potential which
informatics provides, 3) to dispell misconception, fear and
intimidation, 4) to provide first hand exposure in a trusted
environment to practitioners for whom time to experience such
developments is scarce, and 5) raise the cognitive level of
practitioners' awareness of such developments so as to render them
capable of cogent interaction with clientele, colleagues and
industry over such topics.
With the generous support
of IDEXX, the keynote speaker will be Stephen G. Pauker, MD, MACP,
FACC who is Vice-Chairman for Clinical Affairs, Department of
Medicine, New England Medical Center (NEMC) and Sara Murray Jordan
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine.
Despite his Harvard education, Steve often starts his questions of
any presenting speaker with the following claim: "I am just a
country doctor. Could you possibly explain to me, in simple terms,
how to make sense of [whatever the question is]?" Steve is a
tireless advocate of the patient and bedside concerns over
sophisticated medical practice. At the same time, he is a rigorous
and demanding scientist with astute powers of reasoning with a
long history of grateful clinicians who have trained under him.
His honors include both the Society for Medical Decision Making's
Eugene L. Saenger Distinguished Service Award and it's
Distinguished Career Achievement Award among others. His research
interests include Clinical Decision Analysis, Clinical Guidelines,
Cost- Effective Strategies For Care, Decision Modeling, Errors in
Clinical Reasoning, Medical Informatics, and Utility Assessment.
His clinical interests include Clinical Cardiology, Clinical
Decision Making in Individual Patients, Estimating Prognosis and
Life Expectancy, Malpractice and Decision Making, Medical Ethics,
Patient Preferences, and Risk Assessment. After nearly two decades
of leading the NEMC Division of Clinical Decision Making and a
large portion of that time also being an editor of the New England
Medical Journal we are asking him to come give us his advice
regarding the way to judge and critically embrace new potential
technologies in clinical practice. Dr Pauker's talk is entitled
"At the Envelope: Can Technology and Logic Help?"
Additional
supporting presentations include M.I.T.'s Eric Grimson, Ph.D. on
"Image Guided Surgery"
http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/vision-surgery/surgery_home_page.html
and
Harvard Children's Hospital's Dr Isaac Kohane on "Medical
Record Research and Web Record Access"
http://www.chip.org/chip/projects/projects.html
These
presentations are condiments to heighten the interest of
veterinarians who want to improve patient care with the problem
solving and decision making technologies that veterinary
informatics has to offer.
The Association for Veterinary
Informatics Education Committee has selected from a competitive
call for presentations, a program which we hope will demonstrate
the role and principles of disciplined information processing
technologies in veterinary medicine. The committee has
particularly sought technologies which solve defined problems or
indicate the optimal decision in an otherwise equivocal clinical
context and provide a systematic approach to the solution or
decision recommendation clearly described for the intended
veterinary practitioner audience.
Many more new things are
planned for the Talbot Symposium in '98. Scientific posters will
be displayed throughout the symposium with designated breaks for
authors to be present for questions. A student paper competition
has been instituted to encourage budding veterinary genius.
Additional awards for best presentation on practical application
and best academic presentation will be initiated. Thanks to the
provision of hardware and technical support of Remote Veterinary
Consultants, a computer "wet" lab with an elementary
curriculum will be held. The tenative syllabus for the lab
includes 1) Email and how to avoid listservice blunders, 2)
Medline and web searches for useful references, 3) Preparation of
a presentation for the waiting room or local pet fanciers
association, 4) Web page construction for "DVM"mies. Led
by Drs. Cheryl Dhein, Charles Branch and Joe Spano, the results of
current practitioner interest surveys and experience with
continuing education programs will be brought to bear in making
this a safe harbor for both non-swimmers and web surfers. The lab
will be fully integrated with what was formerly the Hill's
Tutorial and NOAH Demo area, and transformed into the Hill's
Multimedia Educational Center.
The AVI Education Committee
thinks both practicing and academic veterinarians will find the
speakers of interest for improving veterinary care in theory and
in practice. A significant increase in attendance is anticipated
as a result of these changes. This will be a genuine opportunity
to share with your colleagues and learn what others are doing with
veterinary informatics to improve patient care.
Duane
Steward, DVM, MSIE, Fellow AAVI
AVI Education Committee
Chair
Committee Members: Lindsey Puryear, Robin M. Starr,
Craig Carter, Chuck Cohen, Cheryl Dhein, Allen W. Hahn, Harmon
Rogers, Ronald D. Smith
Program Listing:
http://hahn.lcs.mit.edu/98talbot/schedule.htm
PRODUCTS
& REVIEWS
Veterinary
Coverage in MEDLINE/INDEX MEDICUS
From:
"Trenton Boyd" <vetlib@SHOWME.MISSOURI.EDU>
Many
of you will remember a survey that the Veterinary Serials
Committee of the Veterinary Medical Libraries Section/Medical
Library Association did in the Fall of the 1996. The survey was
done on behalf of the Literature Selection Technical Review
Committee of the National Library of Medicine to help give them
guidance for their comprehensive review of the coverage give to
the subject of "Veterinary Medicine" in MEDLINE/INDEX
MEDICUS. The Committee also sought input from: American Animal
Hospital Association; Association of American Veterinary Colleges;
American Veterinary Medical Association; American Association for
Laboratory Animal Science and the Veterinary Research Program at
the National Institutes of Health.
The Literature
Selection Technical Review Committee has finished its review and
the results have been made public. My apologies to Lois Ann
Colaianni, Scientific Review Administrator (NLM), for not getting
this information posted sooner to VETLIB-L.
Five new titles
will be added to the indexing coverage. They are:
* Animal
Reproduction Science
* Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
*
Preventive Veterinary Medicine
* Theriogenology
* Veterinary
Radiology & Ultrasound
Four titles will be dropped at
the end of this year. They are:
* Archivum Veterinarium
Polonicum
* Journal of Experimental Animal Sciences
* Revue
d'Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des pays Tropicaux
*
Veterinarni Medicina
The total list of veterinary journals
to be indexed for MEDLINE/INDEX MEDICUS in 1998 is:
Acta
Veterinaria Hungarica
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica &
Supplement Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine
American Journal of Primatology
American Journal of
Veterinary Research
Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia
Animal
Genetics
Animal Reproduction Science
Archiv fur
Tierenahrung/Archives of Animal Nutrition
Australian Veterinary
Journal
Avian Diseases
Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche
Wochenschrift
British Poultry Science
Canadian Journal of
Veterinary Research
Canadian Veterinary Journal/Revue
Veterinaire Canadienne
Comparative Immunology, Microbiology
and Infectious Diseases
Domestic Animal Endocrinology
DTW.
Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift
Equine Veterinary
Journal
Experimental Animals
Japanese Journal of Veterinary
Research
Journal of Animal Science
Journal of Comparative
Pathology
Journal of Dairy Research
Journal of Dairy
Science
Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology
Journal
of Small Animal Practice
Journal of the American Animal
Hospital Association
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association
Journal of the South African Veterinary
Association
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic
Investigation
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Journal
of Veterinary Medical Science
Journal of Veterinary
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Journal of Wildlife
Diseases
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Laboratory
Animal Science
Laboratory Animals
Medical and Veterinary
Entomology
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research Poultry
Science
Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Reproduction,
Nutrition, Development
Research in Veterinary Science
Revue
Scientifique et Technique/OIE Scientific & Technical
Review
Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde
Seminars in Veterinary
Medicine and Surgery (Small Animal)
Theriogenology
Tierarztliche
Praxis & Supplement
Tijdschrift voor
Diergeneeskunde
Tropical Animal Health and
Production
Veterinary and Human Toxicology
Veterinary
Clinics of North America. Equine Practice
Veterinary Clinics of
North America. Food Animal Practice
Veterinary Clinics of North
America. Small Animal Practice
Veternary Immunology and
Immunopathology
Veterinary Microbiology
Veterinary
Parasitology
Veterinary Pathology
Veterinary
Quarterly
Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound
Veterinary
Record
Veterinary Research
Veterinary Research
Communications
Veterinary Surgery/VS
Zentralblatt fur
Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe
B
I wish to thank all of the veterinary librarians who
participated in the survey.
Trenton Boyd, Chair
Veterinary
Serials Committee
Veterinary Medical Libraries Section/Medical
Library Association Trenton Boyd
Veterinary Medical
Library
W218 Veterinary Medicine
Telephone: (+1)
573-882-2461
University of Missouri
FAX : (+1)
573-882-2950
Columbia, MO 65211 U.S.A.
E-mail:
vetlib@showme.missouri.edu
BotSpot
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From:
"Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A."
<zillman@botspot.com>
BotSpot, Inc.
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INTERNET
RESOURCES
AnimaLife
Discussion Forum
From:
<nj@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
News of New Electronic Journals
http://www.envirolink.org:80/arrs/AnimaLife/
Founded in
1989 by Cornell Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(CSETA), AnimaLife is a forum for discussion, information, and
education about animal rights and liberation issues. Though
primarily written by and for Cornell students, AnimaLife is
interested in publishing animal rights articles, poems, cartoons,
etc., from anyone, especially other college students. We maintain
a list of possible article topics for those who want to write
something but cannot come up with a topic. People interested in
writing/submitting articles should read our writer's guidelines
and then either contact Peter Wilson
<wilson@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu>,
or write to
AnimaLife
Willard Straight Hall
Box
39
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Deadlines for
articles are usually early November and April, although we would
appreciate advance warning about submissions. Sources for any
factual statement made in an article must accompany the
submission.
Recent Contents:
*Carl Sagan Speaks Out on
Animal Rights
*Dueling Philosophies (Letter To Editor)
*The
Fur War Hunger Strike
*Environmental Consequences of Corporate
Farming
*Animal Testing (Cartoon)
*In Fur? NO (Poem)
*The
Value of Dialogue
*An Experimental Animal (Poem)
*Animal Use
at Cornell University
*AnimalNews Update--Spring 1997
*Animal
Rights: A Revolution of Compassion
(A Web extra)
The
Association for Veterinary Informatics Newsletter
From: <nj@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
News of New Electronic
Journals
http://netvet.wustl.edu/avi.htm
The Association for Veterinary
Informatics Newsletter is published six times per year. Current
and back issues (from 1992) are available.
Information
about the Association for Veternary Informatics is available
online at
http://netvet.wustl.edu/aviinfo.htm
Contents of the November-December, 1997
issue:
*ASSOCIATION NEWS
o How to Contact
AVI
*CORRESPONDENCE
o TALK-ABOUTCATS Mailing
List
*CONSULTANT ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB
*PRODUCT AVAILABILITY/
REVIEWS/ COMPARISONS
o MedPRO: Bibliography Software for
Medical Literature
o Medical Microbiology and
Immunology
*INTERNET RESOURCES
o October 27th Update of the
DVM Newsmagazine Web Site is Now Available
o Hog Outlook
o
Poultry Outlook
o WELLPET Server Changed
o Visit the
Marketing Communications Resource Library
*NEWS AND
COMMENTARY
o Leading the Pack
o America Online to Operate
CompuServe
o Information Technology is Nation's Largest
Industry
o Amusing Internet Statistics
o Virtual Hospital
o
VETINFO Mailing List to be Moderated
*MEETINGS AND EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
o Posters for 1998 Richard Talbot Veterinary
Informatics Symposium
o The Journal of Medical Education
Technologies- Call for Papers
o Distance Learning in Public
Health
o Pittsburgh Medical Informatics Training Program
o
Winter Web Workshops Now Open
*SUGGESTED READING
o Two New
Books on Medical Informatics from AMIA
o Review of
Practice Management Software by AAHA
o The Internet Workbook
for Health Professionals
*CLOSING BITS
o The "Good Ol'
Days"
Contact:
Ronald D. Smith, AVI Newsletter
Editor
rd-smith@uiuc.edu
Aquaculture
International
From:
<nj@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
News of New Electronic Journals
http://www.chapmanhall.com/aq/default.html
ISSN:
1357-5325
Aquaculture International is a subscription-based
electronic version of the print journal of the same title
published by Chapman & Hall.
Aquaculture International
is a quarterly journal devoted to publishing original research
papers in the English language on any subject relevant to
aquaculture. Short communications, technical notes and review
papers will also be accepted, as will book reviews.
The
submission of papers is encouraged where the emphasis is placed on
aspects such as: the biology, physiology, pathology and genetics
of cultured fish, crustaceans, molluses and plants; the water
quality of supply systems, fluctuations in water quality within
farms, and the environmental impacts of aquacultural operations.
Nutrition, feeding and stocking practices, especially as they
affect the health, behaviour, appetite, conversion effeciency and
growth rate of cultured species. The development of economically
sound sustainable production techniques. Bioengineering studies
focusing on important aspects of the design and management of both
offshore and land-based systems, as well as the integration and
application of improved scientific and engineering technologies.
The improvement of quality and marketing of farmed products. Each
article should include a clear statement of the practical
significance and implications of the results obtained, from
original research conducted or literature synthesized, in a way
that can be readily appreciated by commercial farmers.
Recommendations should be made whenever possible.
Recent
Contents:
From the editor's desk: , PP. I-I
Effect of
Low Temperature on Feed Intake, Growth Rate and Body Composition
of Juvenile Baltic Salmon: J. Koskela, J. Pirhonen, M. Jobling,
PP. 0479-0488
Effect of Different Light Regimes on the
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Content of Isochrysis Aff. Galbana
(Clone T-ISO): I. Tzovenis, N. De Pauw, P. Sorgeloos, PP.
0489-0507
Effect of Different Dietary Levels of
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA, 22:6w-3) on the DHA Composition of
Lipid Classes in Sea Bass Larvae Eyes: J.C. Navarro, L.A. McEvoy,
M.V. Bell, F. Amat, F. Hontoria, J.R. Sargent, PP.
0509-0516
Application of Soya Phosphatidylcholine in Tuna
Orbital Oil Enrichment Emulsions for Artemia: L.A. McEvoy, J.C.
Navarro, F. Amat, J.R. Sargent, PP. 0517-0526
Visual and
Chemical Cues Stimulate Microdiet Ingestion in Sea Bream Larvae:
S. Kolkovski, A. Arieli, A. Tandler, PP. 0527-0536
Genetic
Variation in Different Varieties of Siamese Fighting Fish Using
Isoelectric Focusing of Sarcoplasmic Proteins: Gideon Khoo, Eric
Y.F. Loh, Tit Meng Lim, Violet P.E. Phang, PP. 0537-0549
Contact: jhelp@rapidcom.co.uk
Aquarium
Sciences and Conservation
From:
<nj@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
News of New Electronic Journals
http://www.chapmanhall.com/as/default.html
ISSN: 1357-5325
Aquarium Sciences and Conservation is a
subscription-based electronic version of the print journal of the
same title published by Chapman & Hall.
Aquarium
Sciences and Conservation is a quarterly publication which will
provide up-to-date information to professional and amateur
aquarists, including those involved with public aquaria. captive
breeding programmes and the ornamental fish industry.
The
Editorial Board is drawn from throughout the world, and is
committed to encouraging influential and international debate in
the field. We aim to establish Aquarium Sciences and Conservation
as the leading forum for scholarly, pertinent and substantial
discussion on the subjects of the day.
Wide enough in scope
to be of interest to fish biologists as well as those maintaining
aquaria for education and research purposes, Aquarium Sciences and
Conservation will cover Aquaria, Water Quality Management, Fish
and other Aquatic Vertebrates, Aquatic Invertebrates, Aquatic
Botany, and Conservation.
Recent Contents:
Experimental
Effects of Salinity on Gonad Growth and Maintenance in Small
Tropical Freshwater Ostariophysans: N.-K. Ng, A.D. Munro, PP.
0139-0158
Captive Breeding and Sanctuaries for the
Endangered African Anabantid Sandelia Bainsii, the Eastern Cape
Rocky: J.A. Cambray, PP. 0159-0168
Induced Final
Maturation and Ovulation in a Small Anabantoid Teleost, the Dwarf
Gourami, Colisa Lalia. I. The Effects Of Gonadotrophic
Preparations, LHRHa, Steroids and Thyroid Hormones: N.K. Ng, D.
Tsi, A.D. Munro, PP. 0169-0188
SHORT COMMUNICATION: Importance
of Adequate Shelters for Crayfishes Maintained in Aquaria: C.
Steele, C. Skinner, P. Alberstadt, J. Antonelli, PP.
0189-0192
Book reviews: Direct link to PDF.
Contact:
jhelp@rapidcom.co.uk
NEWS
& COMMENTARY
Comparison
of Medline Services on the Web
From:
"Jan A Bergeron, VMD" <jbergeron%MONMOUTH.COM>
There is a paper titled "Evaluation criteria for
different versions of the same database--a comparison of Medline
services available via the World Wide Web" available at:
http://omni.ac.uk/agec/iolim97/
JAMA Theme Issue on Computers and
Medicine
From: "Bill
Silberg"
<Bill_Silberg@AMA-ASSN.ORG>
JAMA
will be doing a theme issue this fall on how computers and the
Internet are transforming medicine. Our editorial calling for
papers for this issue can be found
here:
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/journals/most/recent/issues/jama/ed71069x.htm
Assuming that this is of
interest to this list, I've provided some excerpts from the
editorial below (not meant for reprinting). References have been
deleted for space. We'd be pleased to hear from those interested,
and invite you to pass the word to others who might
be.
Computers, the Internet, and the Practice of Medicine A
Call for Papers
Computers in general and the Internet in
particular have revolutionized many aspects of our lives. Although
some have criticized medicine for being slow to embrace these
tools to their full advantage, medicine is being transformed.
The Internet, and particularly its user-friendly subset,
the World Wide Web, is an increasingly popular means of
communicating information to physicians, other health care
professionals, and their patients.
But concerns about this
medium challenge its promise. The Internet is a source not just of
information but of misinformation. Its value as a patient care
resource and professional educational tool is only starting to be
tested rigorously. Concerns about patient confidentiality in a
digital world abound.
Can the Internet improve the way
physicians learn and communicate with their patients and each
other? How should the patient-physician relationship evolve to
exploit the seemingly unlimited and often unfiltered clinical
information available to patients? Will physicians take on an
enhanced role as counselors and educators in the face of so much
information and misinformation? Can the Internet be an effective,
useful public health and clinical research tool?
To address
these and many other questions, an issue of THE JOURNAL in
late 1998 will be devoted to the use of computers and the Internet
in medicine.
We invite original research papers on these
subjects, as well as systematic reviews and cohesive commentaries.
Submitted manuscripts are subject to our usual rigorous peer
review process; acceptance for publication cannot be guaranteed.
Papers received by April 1, 1998, will have the best chance of
acceptance. We look forward to publishing the state of the art
science in this far-reaching and fast-moving field.
Margaret
A. Winker, MD
William M. Silberg
Dr Winker is Senior Editor,
JAMA (e-mail: Margaret_Winker@ama-assn.org)
Mr Silberg is Editorial Director, Medical News and New Media, JAMA
(e-mail: Bill_Silberg@ama-assn.org).
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List" <educom@educom.unc.edu>
Time to log off!
Do it now! While you still can! Seriously! University of
Pittsburgh clinical psychologist Kimberly S. Young thinks that
cyberspace "chat rooms" and fantasy games are the main
attractions for people likely to become "addicted" to
the Internet. ``It's kind of like the Cheers bar, where everybody
gets to know their name.'' Young says she's been contacted by
lawyers about divorces caused by the Net addiction of a spouse.
(AP 15 Aug 97)
TexVetMed Is Here!
One reason why
all Texas veterinarians
should be on the Internet!
From:
"Craig N. Carter, DVM PhD"
TVMDL Chair, TVMA
Committee on Informatics & Telecommunications
Overview
With today's telecommunications technology and the connectivity
provided by the Internet, there's no reason why Texas
veterinarians and associated healthcare agencies shouldn't be in
immediate communication with each other. The TVMA is making this a
reality and you can to be a part of it!
With only a simple
Internet E-mail account, you can be a part of TexVetMed, a
state-of-the-art Listserv designed specifically to serve and
support Texas veterinarians, Texas animal agriculture, and--of
course--Texas citizens!
How does it work? Whenever
an event occurs or a question arises (e.g. disease outbreak,
regulatory question, treatment question) which in some way affects
the health of animals in Texas, the individual directly involved
in the event (e.g. practicing veterinarian, TVMDL, regional Texas
Department of Public Health veterinarian, Texas A&M University
College of Veterinary Medicine specialist, Texas Animal Health
Commission representative) will post the specifics of the event to
the TexVetMed Listserv via Internet E-mail message.
This
posting is read by one of a team of qualified TexVetMed moderators
to determine if the posting should be disseminated. Once the
moderator releases the posting, it is immediately delivered to all
subscribers on the network. Subscribers can then take appropriate
action or might possibly reply to the posting with valuable
information of interest to the network, etc. What results is a
virtual veterinary brain trust that is perpetually convened to
address animal health issues in Texas.
The great thing
about TexVetMed is that you can read the postings at your
convenience yet still be right on top of what's happening in Texas
veterinary medicine from day-to-day! No technical skills are
necessary. You need only to be able to read your E-mail. TexVetMed
is patterned after the PROMED global disease Listserv which has
over 15,000 subscribers in over 150 countries!
What will
it cost me? A subscription to TexVetMed is free! All you need
is a computer, a modem, and an Internet E-mail account. You do not
need Worldwide Web access, only an E-mail account which can also
be obtained free through some providers. One such service is
called Juno and is available at no charge to anyone in the U.S.
Most e-mail services charge fees but advertising income supports
Juno. Some TVMA members already utilize this service. For more
information, call 800-654-JUNO or visit their website at
http://www.juno.com.
How do I subscribe? Once you
have an e-mail account, do the following to subscribe to
TexVetMed:
1) In the "Send To" portion of the
message, place: majordomo@tvma.org
2) Leave the subject blank
or put in anything you wish.
3) In the first line of the
body of the message place: subscribe texvetmed
4) Send the
message.
5) If you did this correctly, you should receive a
message back from TexVetMed stating that you are successfully
subscribed. Periodically, you will receive instructions from the
Listserv telling you how to "unsubscribe" and how to
user other services.
How do I post an important message
relating to Texas veterinary medicine, animal agriculture,
companion medicine, etc? 1) In the "Send To" portion
of the message, place: texvetmed@tvma.org
2)
In the "Subject" place a brief phrase indicating the
content of the message (e.g. "Anthrax outbreak in Pecos
County").
3) In the body of the message, write the full
text description of your message (e.g. outbreak description, new
treatment protocol or diagnostic test, regulatory information,
anything that you think is of interest).
4) End the message
with your full name, title, address, phone number, fax number, and
e-mail address.
5) Send the message.
6) If the TexVetmed
moderator "approves" your message, you will receive it
back from the Listserv as a subscriber along with all other
subscribers. If the message is not approved, you will often
receive a message from the moderator explaining why.
What
if I have problems subscribing or posting messages? Call Dr.
Craig Carter at 409-845-3414 or E-mail him (preferred) at:
cncarter@tamu.edu
What
specific hardware & software do I need? IBM compatible
microcomputer (Intel or compatible processor) running the MS
Windows operating system. Apple computers with Internet access
will also work but Juno only supports IBM compatible
microcomputers.
Modem (usually under $100)
Communication
Software-- Any Internet provider will have this for you. If you
decide to go with Juno, they will mail it to you on a disk for
$8.82 for shipping and handling (call 1-800-654-JUNO to order). It
can also be downloaded free from their website at <www.juno.com>.
After you have your modem, telephone line and
communication software installed, you will be ready to establish
your account. You can do this through your local Internet provider
or through Juno. Juno's technical support line is
1-800-586-0889.
Note: This information is provided to TVMA
as a service to our members and does not constitute a
recommendation or endorsement of Juno Online Services or any of
its products.
MEETINGS
& EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
See the informatics section
of NetVet for a more complete and current list of
informatics-related activities at
<http://netvet.wustl.edu/info.htm>
Richard
B. Talbot Symposium on Veterinary Informatics
Complete
Schedule
From: "Duane Steward"
<duane@MIT.EDU>
Saturday,
July 25
Presiding Officer/ Moderator: Duane Steward, DVM, MSIE,
Fellow AAVI
Saturday 8:00-8:15am
Introduction &
Presidential Address
Duane Steward, DVM, MSIE; (Chuck Cohen,
DVM - AVI President)
Saturday 8:15-8:50am
Multiple Site
Medical Records over the Web: Problems Solved and Problems Exposed
in Sharing Data.
Isaac S. Kohane, MD, PhD
Saturday
8:55-9:30am
IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; Seeing Where You are Going
Before You Get There.
W. Eric L. Grimson, PhD
Saturday
10:15-10:45am
Computer Interface Device for Catheter Procedures
Instruction and Monitoring.
Stephen Dubin, VMD PhD
Saturday
10:45-11:45am
Keynote: At the Envelop: Can Technology and Logic
Help?
Steve Pauker, MD, MACP, FACC
Saturday
1:00-1:30pm
Online Veterinary Communities: The Glue that Bonds
Us Together.
Paul D. Pion, DVM, DACVIM
Saturday
1:30-2:00pm
Integration of Veterinary Clinical Decision Support
Systems with the Electronic Patient Record--Challenges and
Benefits.
Craig N. Carter, DVM, PhD
Saturday
2:00-2:30pm
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Decision Analysis
for Veterinarians.
Duane Steward, DVM, MSIE
Saturday
3:15-3:45pm
The Patient Information Acquisition Model: A
Framework for Identifying Causes of Missing or Inaccurate
Information.
Eric (Rick) M. Mills, DVM, PhD
Saturday
3:45-4:15pm
The Use of an Apple(r) MessagePad 2000 in an
Integrated Veterinary Invoicing and Medical Records Keeping
System.
William B. Ley, DVM, MS
Saturday
4:15-4:45pm
CLINIPHARM: A Computer-Based Drug and Poison
Information System for Veterinarians.
Daniel Christian Demuth,
DVM, PhD
Sunday, July 26
Presiding Officer/ Moderator:
Duane Steward, DVM, MSIE, Fellow AAVI
Morning: AVI Working
Groups
Noon: Business Luncheon
Sunday
1:00-1:20pm
Comparing Rule Based and Neural Network Based
Knowledge Systems.
Allen W. Hahn, DVM, PhD,
ACVIM(Cardiology)
Sunday 1:20-1:40pm
The Use Claris
FileMaker(r) Pro to Maintain and Deliver Preventive Medicine and
Herd Health Information for Both Restricted and Public Use Over
Intra- and Internet Networks.
William B. Ley, DVM, MS
Sunday
1:40-2:00pm
Web Access to Referred Case Clinical
Information.
Paul R. Brentson, MBA; James Allen Self
Sunday
2:00-2:20pm
Word Search Performance of Free-Text Electronic
Patient Records by Surgical Diagnoses in a Veterinary Medical
Teaching Hospital Clinical Database.
Leah Estberg, DVM,
PhD
Sunday 3:15-3:35pm
The Impact of Information Derived
from a Search of an Electronic Bibliographic Database on
Veterinary Clinical Decision Making: The Information Search
Process.
Elizabeth T. Hewins, MSLIS, PhD
Sunday
3:35-3:55pm
Solving the Technician Shortage Via Distance
Education.
Guy C. Hancock, DVM, MEd
Sunday
3:55-4:15pm
Creation of Client Education Materials using
Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word on the Web.
Cheryl
Dhein, DVM, MS, ACVIM
Sunday 4:15-4:35pm
An Interactive
Multimedia Program on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Dog and
Cat.
Al Jergens, DVM
Sunday 4:35-4:55pm
Teaching
Animal Intensive Laboratories Without Animals : Development of a
Win 32 Application to Teach the Principles of Mechanical
Ventilation.
Robert D. Keegan, DVM, Diplomate ACVA
Monday,
July 27
"Telemedicine: Networking Resources for Improved
Veterinary Patient Care"
Presiding Officer/Moderator:
Duane Steward, DVM, MSIE, Fellow AAVI
Monday
8:00-8:30am
Digitizing Case Material. What it Takes and What it
Makes.
Peter K Shires, BVCs, MS, ACVS
Monday
8:30-9:00am
One-Way Telemedicine for Clinical Pathology
Consultation.
Charles E. Branch, BME, PhD
Monday
8:30-9:00am
One-Way Telemedicine for Clinical Pathology
Consultation.
Joseph S. Spano, DVM, PhD
Monday
9:00-9:30am
World Class Digitized Image Transfer, Keeping Pace
with Radiologists.
Sean Doyle
Monday
10:15-10:45am
Internet Based Image Management and
Communications.
Marc Karyo, MAIT
Monday
10:45-11:15am
How Telemedicine Will Assist the Daily Practice
Routine.
T. Arch Robertson, DVM
Monday
11:15-11:45
Telemedicine at the New England Medical
Center.
James Stahl, MD, CM
Monday 1:00-1:30pm
Live
Teleconsult with the New England Medical Center.
James Stahl,
MD, CM
Monday 1:30-2:30pm
Multiple Workstations for
Hands on Experience; Including Teleradiology, Telesonsography,
Telecytology, Document Camera, Teleoto-Ophthalmology, etc.
Marc
Karyo, MAIT
Monday 1:30-2:30pm
Multiple Workstations for
Hands on Experience; Including Teleradiology, Telesonsography,
Telecytology, Document Camera, Teleoto-Ophthalmology, etc.
T.
Arch Robertson, DVM
Monday 2:45-3:15pm
Telemedicine:
What's in it for Practitioners?
Marc Papageorges, DVM, MS,
PhD
Monday 3:15-4:15pm
Tough Questions: A Panel of the
Day's Speakers Addresssing and Fielding Questions on the Tough
Issues. Panel of all the day's speakers plus invited referral
hospital department heads weathered by efforts to establish
telemedicine services; Duane Steward, DVM, MSIE presiding.
1998
AMIA Spring Congress
Call for Participation
May 27-30,
1998; Philadelphia, PA
"Bringing Knowledge to the Point of
Use"
The Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel
Philadelphia, PA.
(See the January-February, 1998 AVI Newsletter for
details)
Stanford Medical Informatics Short Course
June
or August, 1998; Stanford, CA
(See the January-February, 1998
AVI Newsletter for details)
Medical Informatics Degree
Program at UC-Davis
(See the January-February, 1998 AVI
Newsletter for details)
Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) in Public Health - Third National Conference
August
17-21, 1998; San Diego, CA
Town and Country Resort &
Convention Center, San Diego, California
(See the
January-February, 1998 AVI Newsletter for details)
International
Health Geographics Conference
October 16-18 1998;
Baltimore, MD
Venue: The Maritime Institute of Technology,
Baltimore, Maryland
(See the January-February, 1998 AVI
Newsletter for details)
AMIA 1998 Annual Symposium
Call
for Participation
Nov 7-11, 1998; Orlando, FL
"A
Paradigm Shift in Health Care Information Systems: Clinical
Infrastructures for the 21st Century"
November
7-11
The Buena Vista Palace
Orlando, FL
The American
Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announces the availability
of the Call for Participation for its Annual Symposium. Those
interested in submitting an abstract for a scientific paper,
panel, poster, theater-style demonstration, tutorial, workshop, or
plenary session may access the call in one of two ways: on the
AMIA Web site at
http://www.amia.org/f98call.htm
or via
AMIA's Document-on-Request service at 800-819-2334 (document #
601).
To ensure that members receive the earliest possible
notification of the availability of the call, AMIA is sending this
electronic announcement to all members with known e-mail
addresses. It will be followed by a general postcard announcement
of the call's availability and a mailing of the print version of
the call to members in early February.
Questions? Contact
the AMIA office at 301-657-1291.
Postdoctoral Training
Program at Columbia
From: "James Cimino"
<ciminoj@CUCIS.CIS.COLUMBIA.EDU>
The Department of
Medical Informatics at Columbia University is now accepting
applications for postdoctoral training programs, to commence July
1, 1998. Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or equivalent.
This
program is sponsored by the US National Library of Medicine and
requires US citizenship or Permanent Residency.
Additional
information can be obtained from:
James.Cimino@columbia.edu
and www.cpmc.columbia.edu
GEOSTATS:
GIS and Decision Support: Call for Papers
http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/hicss
Papers are invited for the minitrack "Geographic
Information Systems for Decision Support" as part of the
Modeling Technologies and Intelligent Systems Track at the Hawaii
International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
The
primary objective of this Minitrack is to investigate the
interface between GIS technology and management decision making.
The goal of DSS in general is to deploy computing technology to
significantly improve the quality of critical strategic and
tactical decisions. GIS technology provides ample opportunities
for extending the scope and effectiveness of decision support for
the many real-world management problems with an explicit spatial-
temporal context.
A secondary objective of this Minitrack
is to promote interdisciplinary interest between the MIS and GIS
research communities. MIS researchers are just beginning to
realize the extent to which GIS can enhance traditional
information systems whereas GIS researchers have been trying for
years, with limited success, to bring attention to the unique
spatial aspects of many traditional management problems. This
forum presents a window for a rich exchange of
perspectives.
Authors are invited to submit papers on
topics involving the application of GIS and spatial analysis to
decision support including, but not limited to:
*
Integration of GIS with operations research and management science
models (e.g., math programming, decision analysis, statistics,
discrete event simulation, queuing, network flow, etc)
* DSS
applications that employ significant GIS technology
* GIS and
Web-based applications
* GIS and data mining applications
*
GIS and data warehousing
Minitrack Chair
Dr. Duane F.
Marble
Department of Geography
Telephone: (614) 292-2250
The
Ohio State University
Fax: (614) 292-6213
Columbus, OH
43210
E-mail: marble.1@osu.edu
Deadlines:
March
15, 1998: 300-word abstract submitted to track chairs or minitrack
chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content.
June
1, 1998: Full papers (see instructions below) submitted to the
appropriate minitrack chair. All papers will be refereed.
Aug.
31, 1998: Notification of accepted papers mailed to authors.
Oct.
1, 1998: Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, sent to minitrack
chair; author(s) must register by this time.
Nov. 15, 1998:
All other registrations must be received. Registrations received
after this deadline may not be accepted due to space
limitations.
Instructions for Submitting Papers:
*
Submit 6 (six) copies of the full paper, consisting of 20 - 25
pages double-spaced including title page, abstract, references and
diagrams directly to the minitrack coordinator.
* Do not
submit the paper to more than one minitrack. The paper should
contain original material and not be previously published or
currently submitted for consideration elsewhere.
* Each
paper must have a title page that includes the title, full name of
all authors, and their complete addresses including
affiliation(s), telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es).
*
The first page of the paper should include the title and a
300-word abstract.
The Geographic Information Systems for
Decision Support Minitrack is a part of the Modeling Technologies
and Intelligent Systems Track of the Thirty-second Annual Hawaii
International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS). Other
minitracks that focus on a variety of research topics in this
track are Soft Computing, Web-based Modeling, and Data Mining and
Knowledge Discovery. For more information on these other
minitracks contact the track chair:
Dan Dolk
Naval
Postgraduate School
0541p@vm1.cc.nps.navy.mil
The
purpose of HICSS is to provide a forum for the interchange of
ideas, research results, development activities, and applications
among academicians and practitioners in computer-based systems
sciences. The conference consists of tutorials, advanced seminars,
presentations of accepted papers, open forum, task forces, and
plenary and distinguished guest lectures. There is a high degree
of interaction and discussion among the conference participants
because the conference is conducted in a workshop-like
setting.
Professor Duane F. Marble
E-mail:
marble.1@osu.edu
Dept. of Geography Home Page:
http://www.geography.ohio-state.edu
The Ohio State
University
Telephone: (614) 292-2250
Columbus, OH 43210
Fax:
(614) 292-6213
SUGGESTED
READING
Mosby's
Veterinary Guide to the Internet
Boschert / NetVet: Mosby's Veterinary Guide to the Internet.
Mosby-Year Book Inc, 1998, $24.95.
CLOSING
BITS
Seven
Deadly Web Site Sins
From:
"Jesse Berst, Editorial Director"
<anchordesk@zdnet.zdlists.com>
ZDNet AnchorDesk
I
have a confession. I keep a running list of terrible Web sites.
Horrible creations that overindulge on graphics. That are rife
with pointless animations. That make you click past an entrance
page. Oh, you know the kind. I plan to make it public one of these
days -- so you'll know where not to go on the Web.
But I've
hit a snag. You see, I am having a heck of a time keeping up with
all the Web site sinners. The list of offenders is too long. There
are simply too many Webmasters who seem hell-bent on driving their
visitors away.
You can't get to Web heaven if nobody will
visit your site. I want you to succeed. So I offer you these
commandments, this list of Web site sins you must never be guilty
of committing:
1. Inconsistent navigation. Sometimes you
click on a left sidebar. Sometimes you get a drop-down box. Okay,
I know we're all still inventing this as we go along. But if your
core navigation metaphor changes mid-stream, you have committed a
sin. Even if you haven't created perfect navigation, at least be
consistent. Please.
2. Broken links. Bonus points for
multiple bad links on the same page or for a bad link to another
page within your own seven-page site. Triple bonus for an
intricate frameset that refers to a missing page as part of the
set.
3. Browser-specific sites. These sites demand a
specific browser ("best viewed with Brand X browser").
They may also require you to download obscure plug-ins. (Heck, why
limit visitors to your own bandwidth-sucking site? You can force
them to go to another one. To fill out a registration form. To
download a plug-in. Just to see yours!) I advocate the Yahoo!
approach: The site is optimized for Netscape 2.0. It may be less
flashy than most. But bless its little digital heart, at least it
won't crash your computer.
4. No contact information. It
blows my mind how many corporate sites don't provide contact
information. No phone number. No address. No customer service
contacts. Can someone tell me, what are these companies
thinking?
5. Frames. Even done well, they bug me because
they muck up my Web experience. Done badly, they drive me nuts.
I'm talking about frames that don't scroll (but should). Frames
that do scroll (but shouldn't). Too many frames, which produce a
miserable patchwork effect (and a headache). Sites that are
"stolen" and framed elsewhere. Oh, and the granddaddy of
Web site sins: Framing another site that also uses
frames.
6. Sites that open new browsers. Enough already.
And deep-six the pop-up ads, too.
7. "Under
Construction" signs. Hello?! Most of the Web is under
construction most of the time. And if your site isn't, well, it's
just sitting there getting stale. Spend less time on the cutesy
construction warnings and update the page already.
Mar-Apr 1998 AVI Newsletter
<http://netvet.wustl.edu/avi.htm>
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