Dear Nancy:

Medical Writing is not a Medical Matrix category at present. Maybe we can change that! I am aware of the efforts of Dr. Sheila Moriber Katz <katzs@icdc.com>and the International Arts Medicine Association
http://www.journeyofhearts.org/IAMA/ and
http://www.amwa.org
http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/health/htmlfiles/scimedic/scimedicfr.htm
http://www.aster-cephac.fr/medical/medical.html
http://www.bioclinical.com/
http://www.cma.ca/publications/mwc/
http://www.mediscribe.com/
http://www.hesca.washington.edu/
http://www.lifescipub.com/
http://www.jacquibwb.ndirect.co.uk/qmws/
http://members.hometown.aol.com/_ht_a/crmmtw1/default.htm
http://freelancewrite.about.com/careers/freelancewrite/mbiopage.htm
http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Industries/Publishing/Services/Writing/Medical_Writing/
http://nasw.org/users/nbauman/
http://www.evo.org/user/keith/
http://cardioscript.com/index.html
http://www.adis.com/adis/technicalmedicalwriting.html
http://www.net-link.net/~mwarner/WWS/web.htm
http://www.swan-net.com/gelvin/medical.htm
http://www.precise.net/serv04.htm
http://www.dianthus.co.uk/
http://www.GLENNSTER.COM/creativity/ and your own site
http://www.nyhwriter.com . There is a spectrum here from high level culture to pure business promotion. Can you recommend other WWW sites in this area? How would you best define the category?

Best regards. - Kim

Only one caveat: I find it distressing that you do not list medical writers or consultants in medical communication in this age when doctor-patient communication is so important--and does seem to be breaking down.

Nancy Yanes-Hoffman, THE WRITING DOCTOR
NYH HealthCare Communications/Writing Group
ph. (716) 385-1515 fax (716) 385-3858
16 San Rafael Dr.
Rochester, NY 14618 USA
nywriter@rochester.rr.com

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From: Kim Solez, M.D. <Kim.Solez@UALBERTA.CA>
To: <MEDWEBMASTERS-L@LISTSERV.ACOR.ORG>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 4:05 PM

In addition to adding many new innovative or 5 star sites over the past few days on http://www.cyber-medicine.org we have also now completed the analysis of Medical Matrix data by specialty as of August 14, 2000 and November 14, 2000.
There were 3183 Subspecialty Entries on August 14, 2000 and 3293 Entries on November 14, 2000.
Among these, substantial gains in 4 and 5 star sites were seen in the following areas listed below. (The gains in Oncology and Orthopedics are the most dramatic.) Drop by the http://www.cyber-medicine.org site and have a look at the details!
As many of you know we are about to put together a site http://www.cyber-medicine.org/India/ generating similar data for Indian health sites. We are creating a new Email discussion group for people who wish to help with that effort. If you would like to be included in that please contact me privately.

All the best. - Kim

Areas with substantial gains in 4 and 5 star sites:

Addiction and Substance Abuse-
AIDS -
Aviation Medicine -
Emergency Medicine -
Endocrinology -
Environmental Health -
Family Medicine -
Gastroenterology -
Genetics -
Geriatrics -
Gynecology -
Hematology -
Infectious Diseases -
Neurology -
Oncology -
Orthopedics -
Pathology -
Prevention Medicine -
Psychiatry -
Pulmonology -
Radiology -
Sports Medicine -
Surgery -
Transplant Medicine -
Travel Medicine -
Urology -
eCommerce -