SelfhelpMagazine: EHEALTH Professional Discussion List Charter

EHEALTH Professional Discussion List Charter

I.     AGREEMENT FOR PARTICIPATING
II.    TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED ON THE EHEALTH LIST
III.   IF YOU CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE
IV. EHEALTH POLICY STATEMENTS
V.    ENFORCING LIST RULES
VI.   NETIQUETTE
VII. WARNING AND DISCLAIMER
VIII. EHEALTH WEBPAGE
IX.   LISTSERV LISTOWNER POLICY
X.    LISTSERV HOW TO
XI.   SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

I. AGREEMENT FOR PARTICIPATING

EHEALTH is a loose "sounding board" for professionals with an interest in applications of health care through the Internet. If you accept the following terms, you are warmly welcomed! Please subscribe below and watch messages for a while before sending mail to the list members. As a subscriber, you agree to adhere to the following guidelines as a condition of your subscription:

II. TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED.

The EHEALTH Discussion List is a forum for the professional discussion of EHEALTH companies, products, services, capitalization, valuation, legalities and ethics.

Examples of relevant topics include the following:

	national and international e-health law
	ehealth ethics including security and confidentiality
	ehealth usage and demographic data
	technological advances and developments
	positive and negative influences of ehealth in the lives of users
	new additions to terminology and symbols related to new behavioral patterns resulting from ehealth
	positive and negative influences of current and innovative forms of ehealth technology
	funding resources in both the private and public sectors
	innovative uses of ehealth technology to treat identified disorders
	reviews of resource sites, newsletters, and mail groups related to ehealth
	ehealth conference and meeting announcements
	valuation and capitalization issues for ehealth businesses
	discussion of the role of interpersonal dynamics in ehealth technologies
	bandwidth, transmission, and encryption issues
	interface design, hardware and access routes
	medical records design and usage
	comparative role of system integrators and equipment manufacturers
	pilot project design, implementation and outcome assessment

III. IF YOU CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE.

You do not have to be a trained mental health professional to participate on this list. We encourage all points of view. We ask however that you do not hold yourself out to be a practicing clinician, either by implication or omission of fact, unless you are so credentialed.
Post a short introduction stating how you'd like to be addressed, what you do, your goals for joining us or what you are seeking from this list. Giving the specifics of your credentials, training, years in practice, and the exact nature of the service you deliver is required.
If possible, develop and use a “signature file” with your email that includes the state or country from which you work, your license number if you are licensed, and your full name and email address. If you are licensed, you must post your license number in your signature. Keep your signature files limited to no more than six lines. If you are unable to use a signature file, please post your name and credentials at the end of each post.

IV. EHEALTH POLICY STATEMENTS.

Violation of any of the following policies will result in immediate and possibly permanent removal from the EHEALTH list:

Members must clearly identify themselves in every post. Members are not permitted to use an alias or otherwise conceal their true identity.
No subscriber shall post solicitations nor seek the professional services of another on the EHEALTH list. Such exchanges shall be considered to be "spamming or off topic". Such spamming and off topic mail includes any attempt to solicit clients, customers, dissertation subjects or therapists.
Anyone on moderated status who re-subscribes under another name/address to circumvent the moderated status, regardless of their motive, will be permanently unsubscribed.
Use of this list is for legal, non-prejudicial purposes only, as defined by state and federal law in Nevada and the United States.
Baiting, taunting, name-calling and general disrespect for the points of view of others will not be tolerated.
EHEALTH subscribers agree to adhere to a "love it or leave it" policy. If subscribers do not agree with EHEALTH policies, they are free to leave the list at any time.
EHEALTH policy statements are updated at the sole discretion of the EHEALTH owner, Pioneer Development Resources, Inc.

V. ENFORCING LIST RULES.

To facilitate respectful discussion, essential Netiquette policies will be enforced in the following manner at the sole discretion of the list administrator(s):

First you will receive a courtesy warning from the list administrator, and possibly asked to refrain from posting to the list for a week. If you post nonetheless, you will be permanently removed from the list.
If for any reason you post a public complaint about the courtesy warning, however veiled, you will be permanently removed from the list.
If asked to refrain from posting for a week and you comply, you may simply begin posting to the list again. However if the unacceptable behavior is repeated, you will be permanently excluded from participation in the list without further warning.

VI. NETIQUETTE.

Holding a discussion online is vastly different than a face to face discussion. It is easy to misinterpret a comment that is read as you are missing facial expressions, body language and vocal inflections. This list employs a series of guidelines we call "Netiquette" to help make your message come across as you had intended - in a word, polite. We ask that you please read over and adhere to the guidelines posted on this webpage: http://www.SelfhelpMagazine.com/ppc/netpsy/netiquette.html

VII. WARNING AND DISCLAIMER.

This list is not intended to be a replacement for professional consultation or supervision, nor is it a professional publication. Individuals seeking professional journal references would do well to seek information in traditionally recognized sources. It is also not intended to offer direct psychological advice or supervision to any individual. As a condition of participation, you must accept responsibility for your own reactions and related behavior, regardless of what you read from this list.

Neither EHEALTH, the list owner, administrators, assistants or their delegates; nor contributors can be held liable in any way for any information and/or data made available, or omitted, from any and all information distributed through this forum. Information distributed is not checked for accuracy. By continuing to remain subscribed to EHEALTH, you agree to hold harmless the all above named parties against any and all liability for any action that you may or may not take; and any and all other consequences regarding all postings, regardless of the cause, effects, or fault of any of the parties. We are all here to help one another and our respective professions, but will act and accept full responsibility for ourselves as individual agents.

VIII. EHEALTH WEBPAGE.

EHEALTH has a web page. There you will find these guidelines as well as listserv commands, list owner policy statement and access to the EHEALTH archives. The URL: http://www.SelfhelpMagazine.com/ppc/Ehealth.html

IX. EHEALTH LIST OWNER .

The EHEALTH List is owned by Pioneer Development Resources, Inc., an independent Nevada corporation with Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D. as CEO and President. As such, she serves as the list administrator for EHEALTH Email Discussion List.

X. LISTSERV: HOW TO OPERATE.

It is important that you understand the difference between the two listserv email addresses. Messages that are intended for the list to read are sent to EHEALTH@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG and messages intended to send commands to the listserver are sent to: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG

Please note the difference between these two addresses.

How to send a message to the group:

Send an email to: EHEALTH@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG