What's new

November 1998

Access to Information Act

Call for a national access strategy
Developed by Andrew Clement and Leslie Regan Shade, Information Policy Research Program, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto.

Canadian Health Network's prototype website
The Canadian Health Network / Reseau canadien de la sante (formerly the National Population Health Clearinghouse) has issued a letter soliciting invitations to not-for-profit organizations or consortia of not-for-profit organizations interested in becoming either the western or eastern operating centre. The deadline was Oct. 22 for a declaration of intent.

Information for Health: An information strategy for the modern NHS

National Library of Medicine to Work with Public Libraries to Help Consumers Find Answers to Medical Questions
New consumer health web site "MEDLINEplus" launched

Special issue of JAMA on Electronic Health Information