Hello,
 
     I am looking for a home for a proposed mailing list /
bulletin board for the members of the Society for Medical
Decision Making and others interested in the areas of research
of SMDM members.
 
     The SMDM has about 800 members.  I can't imagine that a
mailing list would have more than 200 subscribers.  Is there the
possibility that _your_ listserv could host a SMDM mailing list?
 
     Any information or pointers would be appreciated.  Please
feel free to forward this message to others that may be able to
help.
 
-- Jim Levin
 
James E. Levin, MD, PhD
Fellow, Health Informatics
University of Minnesota Pediatric Infectious Diseases
UMHC Box 296, 420 Delaware St, SE
Minneapolis, MN  55455
 
Office Phone (612) 624-1112
Fax (612) 626-4102
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Here is how the SMDM describes itself:
 
     The Society for Medical Decision Making is an international
society promoting the theory and practice of medical decision
making through the application of analytic methods.  The Society
is devoted to the analysis of decision making as it applies to
clinical practice, to the establishment of health care policies,
and to the administration of health care programs.  It addresses a
diversified audience of health care professionals including physicians
and other heath care professionals, students, hospital and health
administrators, policy analysts, health economists, educators,
computer analysts, psychologists and medical ethicists.
 
Areas of Research
o Health care technology assessment
o Optimizing clinical strategies for patient management
o Making predictions from empirical data
o Computer-aided diagnosis and decision making
o Artificial intelligence and expert systems
o Measurement of health outcomes
o Cognitive and attitudinal aspects of decision making
o Ethical issues in decision making
o Assessment of patients utilities for health outcomes
o Cost-effectiveness analysis and technology assessment
o Public health and health policy
o Educational methods for teaching decision making