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Article: Hospital Web Sites Face an Unpredictable Future: Strategies are evolving as CIOs and Web site developers implement interactive applications.
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- Health Data Management
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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The revolution has turned into a slow evolution.
Circa 1995, hospital Web sites were sprouting up like spring corn. These first-generation sites were admittedly crude, offering little besides a facility picture, mission statements and departmental phone numbers.
Many CIOs and industry experts expected these sites to quickly be replaced by interactive "e-health" sites. This trend, the thinking went, would enable patients and business partners to do everything from schedule appointments to monitor vital signs remotely. It was the Internet revolution, and the sky was the limit.
But reality-"vaporware," bankrupt vendors and stubborn legacy ...