Back in August 1995, in the nascent days of the World Wide Web, I helped launch the websites of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) along with Robert Musacchio and Bill Silberg. At the time, Robert was senior vice president of publishing for the AMA, Bill was the editorial director of news and new media at JAMA, and I was JAMA's editor-in-chief. We thought we were pretty early with our internet presence, and we were, but Medscape was already there.
Peter Frishauf had founded Medscape in May 1995. As part of this 25th-year Medscape celebration, I wanted to call attention to activities Medscape either invented or facilitated as an early pioneer, including the ethics of the medical internet
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Medscape and the History of Internet Medical Ethics
George D. Lundberg, MD
DisclosuresSeptember 24, 2020
Back in August 1995, in the nascent days of the World Wide Web, I helped launch the websites of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) along with Robert Musacchio and Bill Silberg. At the time, Robert was senior vice president of publishing for the AMA, Bill was the editorial director of news and new media at JAMA, and I was JAMA's editor-in-chief. We thought we were pretty early with our internet presence, and we were, but Medscape was already there.
Peter Frishauf had founded Medscape in May 1995. As part of this 25th-year Medscape celebration, I wanted to call attention to activities Medscape either invented or facilitated as an early pioneer, including the ethics of the medical internet
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George D. Lundberg, MD
Consulting Professor, Health Research Policy, Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Disclosure: George D. Lundberg, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: CollabRx
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