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- | The G.A.S. Connection Sysop William 'Bill' Mabee, CRNA |
- | A total anesthesia information system. Voice Phone : (517) 427-5313 |
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- The G.A.S. Connection is pleased to announce a new system available to all
- anesthesia providers. This system puts a large amount of information and
- an equally large number of services as close to you as your microcomputer and
- modem. An expanding library of data has been collected which we feel you will
- find useful in your anesthesia practice. This data and unique service may be
- accessed anytime from your own home or office. The system has been designed
- exclusively for anesthesia professionals by anesthesia professionals.
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- Many of the features of this system resemble a computer bulletin board (BBS)
- system. We provide for the exchange of messages and public domain computer
- programs. We have a large library of PCDOS/MSDOS and CPM public domain
- programs. In addition we are building library's of public domain programs for
- Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and Amiga microcomputers. We plan to
- constantly update all of these libraries . We are always especially mindful of
- any public domain software that might be of special interest to anesthesia
- providers. This feature alone could make the system an invaluable tool.
-
- As interesting as these services are, they are not the features that make our
- system truly one of a kind. Unlike the typical computer bulletin board system
- we maintain information services online that are specific to the specialty of
- Anesthesiology.
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- We provide a mechanism to find the titles of articles related to professional
- anesthesia publications and commercial microcomputer publications. This is
- accomplished by maintaining two online data base programs you may access.
- You locate titles by entering a keyword. The program returns all articles
- which have been indexed to that specific keyword.
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- The anesthesia journals currently supported are Anesthesiology, Anesthesia &
- Analgesia, Anesthesiology Review, and The Journal of the American Association
- of Nurse Anesthetists. Also supported are many of the popular microcomputer
- publications. If there are other publications you would like to see indexed let
- us know, if there is sufficient interest thay will be added to our list. We
- will began indexing these Journals 1 Jan 1987. All articles published after
- that date will be indexed and maintained.
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- An online list of all United States senators and representatives is provided .
- Making a simple selection from a menu will list the name, Washington address
- and phone number of those members of congress that represent you and your home
- state.
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- There is a section that provides you with a list of attorney's who have
- indicated that their area of expertise is medical defense or matters related
- to antitrust action. We will rely on you to help us add addtional law firms
- to this list. Another section has information related to business and taxes.
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- Many bulletin board systems limit the time you may spend on the system. On the
- anesthesia information system you may stay on the system as long as you like.
- Other commercial information systems charge you a fee for accessing most of
- their online information retrieval areas plus a fee for connect time. On our
- system you only pay applicable toll charges to the telephone company.
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- There are sections with information related to travel, DRG's, medical
- manufacturers, federal grants to health care, economics computers, commercial
- anesthesia software, commercial medical software and many, many other topics.
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- In addition, there are many lists of toll free numbers related to travel, car
- rental, airlines, cruises, computers, etc. One of our principal goals is to
- provide you with pertinent information. Sometimes just getting the right
- phone number gets you pointed in the right direction so a list of phone numbers
- specifically directed at anesthesia providers and is maintained which contains
- the addresses and phone numbers for : ASA, AANA, AMA, ACOG, FTC, ACS, AORN,
- ANA, and many other professional organizations.
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- There is also a section devoted to the placement of anesthesia providers in
- jobs. We will list job openings and the names of anesthesia providers looking
- for a practice setting. A very unique feature in this section is yet another
- data base that you may access. This data base contains the name and address of
- over 7,000 hospitals and clinics in the United States. You can list all of the
- hospitals for any city in the United States (providing of course they have a
- hospital). Your access to this particular feature is limited to five times per
- year.
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- Early in 1987 we will implement a proprietary system of electronic mail which
- will enable you to send a file to any other user of this system. You send it
- to us, tell us who is to receive it, and we tag it for you. When the person to
- whom you have sent the file logs on to our system thay are informed that they
- have mail waiting and at that point it can be downloaded.
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- There are sections in the system that highlight anesthesia meetings and
- seminars. We are currently completing a mechanism that will allow you to
- register online for certain anesthesia meetings.
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- We want to participate with you in making this system a contemporary forum
- that can address any aspect of anesthesia practice. So once you are on board
- we invite your ideas and comments.
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- The fee for all of the services discussed thus far described is $125.00
- annually. We will be putting the system online on New Years Day 1987. Unlike
- other systems, there is no additional charge incurred for connect time. All
- you pay is the telephone toll charge.
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- If you register prior to New Years day you will save $25.00. This substantial
- savings is offered to encourage early registration. As soon as you register,
- you will be sent a peronal access code, password, and users guide. Remeber,
- register before January 1, 1987 and the cost is only $100.00. Your membership
- fees will not be due again until the following New Years Day, January 1, 1988.
- Early registration will allow us to get the necessary material to you and add
- your name to our computers data base.
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- To use this system you need a microcomputer, a modem capable of 300 or 1200
- baud, a monitor that can display 80 columns (or software that will allow your
- monitor to display 80 columns) and communication software for your computer
- that supports the xmodem or ymodem telecommunications protocol. If you only
- plan on sending and receiving text files a communication software package that
- only supports ASCII transfer is sufficient. We would encourage you to purchase
- software that supports the xmodem or ymodem protocol.
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- The communication software for your computer is available at your local
- computer store. Many communities have a "Computer Users Group" that supports
- many microcomputers. If your community has one for your micro you can obtain a
- public domain communication program for your machine at no cost or for a very
- nominal fee.
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- Our users manual and the help screens on our system will make using it very
- easy. We have no control regarding the ease of use of your communication
- software. Be sure to buy it from a dealer who will help you become familiar
- with it or from an active user group.
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- There will be some services offered in the future that will require an
- additional fee. For instance we can supply you with labels addressed to
- hospitals located in a geographic area larger than a city. These services will
- be announced on the system.
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- One of the services we will be offering early in 1987 is a continuing education
- program that will permit you to earn CE credit. We have been developing this
- important aspect in co-operation with the Institute for Post Graduate
- Education (IPGE) of Hastings, Michigan. Users of this system will have access
- to specially designed continuing education programs using your computer and
- modem. Each of these educational programs will address a specific topic related
- to current anesthesia practice and will permit you the flexibility of earning
- CE credit in your own home at a very nominal cost. We are very excited about
- this aspect of the anesthesia information system.
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- This announcement (of necessity) is somewhat brief. We are sure that it will
- whet your appetite. We invite you to register, become an active user and help
- us develop this system into a dynamic resource for all anesthesia
- practitioners.
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- It is required that you register by mail. As soon as we receive your
- application and fees we will send you your personal access number and password
- You will also receive directions for using the system. Please fill out each
- space on the application form. Your phone numbers are optional, but we do need
- your social security and professional membership numbers. A portion of your
- social security number will become your password. If you decide to avail
- yourself of our continuing education programs we will need your professional
- recertification number to speed credit recording.
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- To Register Fill Out The Registration Form completely:
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- Name :____________________________________
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- Address :____________________________________
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- Address :____________________________________
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- City/State/Zip :____________________________________
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- Home Phone :____________________________________
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- Work Phone :____________________________________
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- Title (MD,CRNA) :____________________________________
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- Professional
- Membership
- Number :____________________________________
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- Soc Sec
- Number :_____________________________________
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- If registration sent prior to 1 Jan, 1987 enclose payment of $100.00. For
- registraton after 1 Jan, 1987 enclose payment of $125.00.
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- Mail to :
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- The G.A.S. Connection
- Department N
- P.O. Box 538
- Edmore, Mi 48829
- r 1 Jan, 1987 enclose payment of $125.00.
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- Mail to :
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- The G.A.S. Connection
- Department N
- P.O. Box 538
- Edmore, Mi 4