Published on 09-08-2011 01:46 PM
Email interview of John Lester and Dr. Dan Hoch September 2003
Question: Why did MGH decide to start the neurology discussion forums?
John Lester: Back in 1993 when I started as the Information Technology director for Neurology, we created a website for the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital that provided basic information about our department. The web was just starting out back then (this was before Netscape). We noticed that there were very few healthcare professionals using the Internet back then, but we found many patients and caregivers going online looking for support
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