From Richard.Hoskins@DOH.WA.GOV Mon Apr 10 10:56:24 2000 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA43078 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:56:23 -0700 Received: from wagov-exchange1.wa.gov (hub1.dis.wa.gov [147.55.104.40]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA11574 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:56:23 -0700 Received: by hub1.dis.wa.gov with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <2G9ZLA88>; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:56:22 -0700 Received: from mail1.doh.wa.gov ([192.230.11.132]) by wagov-exchange1.wa.gov with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id 2G9ZLA8V; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:56:11 -0700 Received: by mail1.doh.wa.gov with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <2G09V1C4>; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:53:42 -0700 Message-ID: <213895AE8149D3118D9500508B0F20A01892CD@mail2.doh.wa.gov> From: "Hoskins, Richard" To: "'WAPHGIS@u.washington.edu'" Subject: WAPHGIS: Week in Review-Today on Medscape MedPulse 07-Apr-00 --M edscape Members - Get Access to Harrison's Online Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:53:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Dear collegues: Perhaps many of you know about medscape, but here is info anyway; I have found that public health folks are not aware of it. It's a medical www portal for practitioners, not a home health site. I find it quite useful and full of information and links. Richard Hoskins WA State DOH Olympia, WA -----Original Message----- From: Medscape's MedPulse [mailto:news@medpulse.medscape.com] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 2:18 PM To: Recipient List Suppressed Subject: Week in Review-Today on Medscape MedPulse 07-Apr-00 --Medscape Members - Get Access to Harrison's Online _______________________________________________________________________ >>> Week in Review-Today on Medscape MedPulse(R) <<< http://www.medscape.com _______________________________________________________________________ "Medscape.com ranked #1 portal among medical professionals in major market study." 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