Computers and Family Practice

Special Section -- July 1996

Front page

Family physicians lead computer crusade
Not psyched up about computers?

Programs for Patients

'Patients will tell computers anything,' family physician discovers
Research update: Plugged-in people can combat addiction
AAFP joins health information network on Web

Academy Initiatives

AAFP opens new "home" on World Wide Web
Resources help family physicians plug into computers

Features

Keep the human touch in a high-tech family practice
Thespian family physicians present their 'Vision of the Future'
Computerization timeline: Should you get your feet wet first or jump right in?
Expert describes phases of medical record computerization
To contact family physicians quoted in this special section on computers ...

A PDF version of this special section is available.

Photo of AAFP Web site demonstration. Photographer: Sharon Dent/AAFP

Illinois AFP board members visit the Academy's new World Wide Web site during the State Officers' Conference May 4-5 in Kansas City. Chris Robinson of the AAFP Research Division (right) stands by to assist (seated, from left) Raymond Weber, MD, of Glen Carbon; Ed Hirsch, MD, of Sycamore; and (standing) Kelly Carroll, MD, of East Moline.