Uploaded to inforM September 26, 1994
Subject: new resource on the Internet
From: DonnaHope_Wegener@qm.server.ufl.edu (DonnaHope Wegener)


A NEW RESOURCE on the Internet:  a special list serv dedicated to children
with special health care needs and their families.

Staff at the Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida (
supported by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau) are ready to launch the
CSHCN-L.  The purpose of the list serv is to develop an electronic forum for
discussion of issues relevant to all children with special health care needs
and their families, as well as pediatric health care in general.  This list
serv, by adopting a non-categorical rather than a condition-specific approach,
provides a single location for discussion of issues pertinent to all children
with special needs previously absent on the electronic superhighway.

A second purpose of the list is to establish an electronic network of
individuals with shared interests, both professional and personal, in the
important issues for this special population of children and their families.
A membership list will be constructed and maintained in an archive for access
by subscribers.  Each individual is encouraged to complete the short bio which
will be disseminated within 1-2 weeks of subscribing.

Given the current national debates about health care reform, the list will
initially focus on health care reform and its impact on children, especially
children with special health care needs.  The list members will have the
opportunity to examine the salient issues presented by this special population
of children for health care reform, especially the implications of managed
care and managed competition environments for these children.

If you are aware  of research conducted in this area, have knowledge of a
private, managed care arrangement that has effectively served these children
or have personal observations on this topic, please post the information to
the list.

To subscribe to CSHCN-L, send the following message to

        listserv@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu or listserv@nervm.bitnet

Ignore the "Subject" header of the email and type a one line command in the
body of the message

        subscribe CSHCN-L your first name your last name.

You will be sent an immediate confirmation notice that you have been added to
the list of subscribers.

For additional information about the list serv, CSHCN-L, or about the
Institute for Child Health Policy, contact Donna Hope Wegener, Project
Coordinator by telephone  at 904/392-5904, ext. 242 or by electronic mail at
the following address:  DonnaHope_Wegener@qm.server.ufl.edu


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Institute for Child Health Policy
5700 SW 34th Street, Suite 323
Gainesville, Florida  32608
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