Introduction

Abstract

As the single most powerful information tool in history, the Internet has changed everything and has only just begun changing the practice of medicine. Fortunately, the individual physician can also leverage the power of the Net to his or her own individual circumstances and needs. No single book will turn a physician into an Internet expert, but this one offers the savvy physician a large handful of shortcuts to getting to most out of free Internet tools and tricks. Leveraged intelligently, these can save the physician time, money, and hassle.

Personalized Web pages, RSS, social networks, social bookmarking, and note-taking tools can help make manageable the constantly growing avalanche of new information (both clinical and nonclinical) that the busy physician must assimilate.

Knowing what search tool to use for what sort of information and tricks for using each search tool effectively can save your valuable time when you know exactly what you’re looking for and don’t want to waste time sorting through irrelevant search results.