Virtual Hospital FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

• How can I get more information from you about my specific medical problem?
• Why don't you have a feature that connects me with a medical professional who can answer my specific health questions?
• How can I be seen at your hospital?
• Can you give me the address and phone number for a faculty author?

Permissions and Copying

• How do I get permission to use text or images from Virtual Hospital for my own projects?
• Can I use Virtual Hospital material on an intranet?
• Can I use Virtual Hospital documents for commercial purposes?
• May I translate and redistribute Virtual Hospital files?
• Why do I occasionally get a message that says "Access Denied?"

How do I view Virtual Hospital content on a Personal Digital Assistant?

Linking to Virtual Hospital

• Can I put a link to Virtual Hospital from my web site?
• I'm thinking about adding a link to Virtual Hospital on my site--how durable are your links?
• Will you link to my web site?

Mirror Sites

• May I duplicate all of the contents (create a mirror site) of Virtual Hospital on another server?
• What do you mean by mirror sites? When I click on your Venezuela mirror, shouldn't I be seeing your content in Spanish?

Virtual Hospital Content

• Can you send me a hard copy of this book/brochure/etc.?
• What should I do if I spot an error?
• How do I view video clips and listen to audio clips on your site?
• Why is some of the content written at a level I can't understand?
• Who provides the content of the Virtual Hospital?
• How do I search the Virtual Hospital?
• Where are the graphics and colors I see on other Web sites?
• Why don't you have drug information to go along with descriptions of diseases and their treatments?
• How frequently does your content change?
• Will you advertise our product?
• Do you offer Continuing Medical Education?
• What does it mean to be a "Friend of Virtual Hospital"?
• You have some creation dates on your material that go back to the mid-1990s, why so old?
• When you say your content has been "internally peer reviewed," what does that mean?
• Why can't I find Virtual Hospital content in my native language?

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