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 E-Mail [log in to unmask] Internet [log in to unmask] 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