New Portal For Doctors Made By Doctors, Doctor2doctor.net

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Article Date: 12 Feb 2006 - 14:00 PDT

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This new portal - made by doctors and for doctors - is meant to be the doctors' dominant forum for world wide professional discussion and share of knowledge. The portal has, among many other things, a well organized second opinion system where doctors with specific specialist field and sub specialist fields can communicate through text, sound and images and exchange data from medical examinations in order to get answers to questions about e.g. diagnosis and treatment.

The purpose - among other things - is in a simple and practical way to contribute to the doctors need to discuss medical problems among colleagues, nationally and internationally, divided into specific specialist field and sub specialist fields. The doctors themselves upload the databases with the relevant keywords. The portal may be used free of charge.

This new portal - made by doctors and for doctors - is meant to be the doctors' dominant forum for world wide professional discussion and share of knowledge. The portal has, among many other things, a well organized second opinion system where doctors with specific specialist field and sub specialist fields can communicate through text, sound and images and exchange data from medical examinations in order to get answers to questions about e.g. diagnosis and treatment.

The purpose - among other things - is in a simple and practical way to contribute to the doctors need to discuss medical problems among colleagues, nationally and internationally, divided into specific specialist field and sub specialist fields. The doctors themselves upload the databases with the relevant keywords.

The Functions It is possible to use a wide range of facilities e.g. second opinion and CHAT. Links to authorities, scientific societies, etc. and easy creation of your private links. You can search for official and unofficial documents, and search for jobs, courses and education. Besides you have a private buy/sell facility, and in the near future a personal e-mail function will be established so you can send and receive e-mails, regardless of where in the world you stay.

It is possible to use a wide range of facilities e.g. and . to authorities, scientific societies, etc. and easy creation of your private links. You can search for , and for and . Besides you have a , and in the near future a will be established so you can send and receive e-mails, regardless of where in the world you stay.

Shared Knowledge

This portal contains a range of "shelves" where you can pick up national as well as international official documents and "shelves" where you can place and pick up unofficial notes such as patient information materials, instruction materials, ideas etc. free to use for you and your colleagues.

This portal contains a range of "shelves" where you can pick up national as well as international official documents and "shelves" where you can place and pick up unofficial notes such as patient information materials, instruction materials, ideas etc. free to use for you and your colleagues.

Professional Editor

You can discuss professional subjects and problems within your specialist field in the Second Opinion Forum and in CHAT forum. Each specialist field will in time get its own editor.

You can discuss professional subjects and problems within your specialist field in the Second Opinion Forum and in CHAT forum. Each specialist field will in time get its own editor.

You can influence the future development of Doctor2Doctor! Give your opinion on info@doctor2doctor.net of the relevance and functionality of the portal and thereby have an influence on the development of http://www.doctor2doctor.net . It is the intention to develop doctor2doctor on basis of the wishes and requests which may come from the users. The portal is now available in a test version and is expected to be released in January, 2006.

http://www.doctor2doctor.net

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