1. About half of U.S. adults are on-line
2. Of the half not on-line, many don't want to be
3. Impact of age, gender, race, ethnicity, income, rural-urban
4. Why don't you want to be on-line?

Not AI, Bio technology

As an Electronic Commerce application

More mundane applications of computers

Maybe of all possible applications of IT

Why?

Life critical business

Errors can cause death or injury

Need for best care

Relieve pain

Financial issues

rising health care costs

Lack of equity in access

Medical record availability

Billing problems

E-mail--some M.D.'s

Lab reports--text only--no graphics at UCIMC

No Rx transmitted to pharmacy electronically--UCIMC

No remote access to lab reports for UCIMC

Appts on web at UCIMC???

Some M.D. information on UCIMC web site

Information on web on diseases and treatment

Money is short

Not sure what to do

Other problems more important, e.g., UCIMC

Mergers, take overs

Don't cost patient time

Money for high-tech gadgets

Multiple files

Privacy concerns

.com problems

resistance to change

don't want to give up money generating care

hard to convert to preventative care

access to on-line info for doctors

drug interactions, side effects