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Medical Writings |15 October 1998

The Johns Hopkins AIDS Service

Stephen J. Gluckman, MD; Chris BA Dwyer

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The Johns Hopkins AIDS Service; The Johns Hopkins University Division of Infectious Diseases. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ; 1998. Free. http://www.hopkins-aids.edu. Information phone 410-955-3150.
Field of medicine: Infectious disease.
Format: World Wide Web site.
System requirements: Optimized for Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 and Netscape Navigator 3.0 or above.
Audience: Infectious disease specialists, practitioners caring for patients with HIV infection, medical students, internal medicine house officers, and patients.
Purpose: To provide comprehensive information on HIV for treatment and educational purposes.
Content: The site includes Medical Management of HIV Infection by John Bartlett, MD, a comprehensive management manual describing the standards of care of the Johns Hopkins AIDS Service. It also includes the Hopkins HIV Report, a bimonthly newsletter of recent developments and practical reviews. Also accessible are treatment guidelines; epidemiology data; “Case Rounds,” illustrated with high-resolution images of patient test results; descriptions of ongoing clinical studies at The Johns Hopkins Hospital; and self-assessment tests of knowledge about HIV. Visiting patients may post their questions to a forum, to be answered online by Johns Hopkins AIDS Service clinicians.
Usability: The interface is clean and attractive, with easy-to-find controls and simple, small graphics for quick navigation. The opening screen clearly displays the eight major topic areas; visitors may also consult a site map and perform a full-text search of a single resource (such as the textbook) or the entire site. The site's designers have effectively adapted printed information to the online environment; content is presented in manageable pieces and is enhanced with appropriate graphics....
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Gluckman SJ, Dwyer CB. The Johns Hopkins AIDS Service. Ann Intern Med. 1998;129:675. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-8-199810150-00039

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(8):675.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-8-199810150-00039

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