April 23, 1999

U. of Iowa's Virtual Hospital Informs Medical Students and Patients

By BIANCA P. FLOYD

Not many people look forward to a trip to the hospital. But if you could schedule your appointment by e-mail, print out driving directions to get there, find your doctor's office on a floor map of the building, and read up on your particular ailment, perhaps you'd at least be a little less anxious.

That's why the University of Iowa created the Virtual Hospital, an on-line health-sciences resource that opened in 1992 as a service for

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