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- From: backon@vms.huji.ac.il
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.medlib-l
- Subject: Re: US HealthLink
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.162612.427@vms.huji.ac.il>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 16:26:12 GMT
- References: <9207292058.AA04670@bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <9207292058.AA04670@bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, Mary W Sprague <msprague@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU> writes:
- > We've been asked by one of our University Hospitals planning people to find out
- > more about US HealthLink, a sort of reincarnation of AMA/Net but more, which is
- > operated out of the Oregon Health Sciences University.
- >
- > A brief article in the June, 1992, issue of Health Care Strategic Management
- > provides an 800 number for dialing into a preview of the system (800-225-4652).
- > While you don't get a look at the services, you do get a pretty good
- > description. I understand that both HealthQuest and IBAX are offering US
- > HealthLink on their hospital info systems. US HealthLink is marketing to both
- > individuals and institutions.
- >
- > Does anyone out there have any experience with US HealthLink? We'd like to
- > know about individuals, groups or organizations who have evaluated it and/or
- > are subscribers.
- > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- > * Mary Sprague msprague@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu *
- > * Outreach Services Coordinator *
- > * The Ohio State University Health Sciences Library *
- > * Columbus, OH 614-292-4863 *
- > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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- I'm a Israeli doctor who logged in to HealthLink's 800 modem number via MERIT's
- Dialout-AA service. I found HealthLink to be very informative. Services
- include: a subset of MEDLINE, EMPIRES (Excerpta Medica Physicians Information
- Retrieval and Education Service giving access to 320 key medical journals),
- document delivery, email to fax gateway, bulletin boards, Comtex medical news
- service (current awareness), a clipping service (SDI), Medicom Drug Interaction
- Service, DXplain (diagnostic decision support from Mass General Hospital),
- patient simulation modules, clinical advisor (Yale Medical School), full text
- of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Communicable Disease Summary, and
- NIH/NLM Clinical Alerts.
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- The only problem for me personally was the pricing ($35/month).
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- Dr. Josh Backon
- backon@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL
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