February 19, 1999

With the mere click of a mouse button, the latest MGH news can be viewed in an instant. Hotline is now online – conveniently accessible from the hospital's Internet home page at www.mgh.harvard.edu.

Web surfers around the globe can click on "MGH News and Publications" next to the "What's New" icon on the home page, to see current and back issues of Hotline as well as recent news releases about MGH activities. The latest edition of Hotline will be posted every Friday afternoon.

Along with weekly articles about patients, employees, programs and services, Hotline online will feature the publication's regular columns such as "What's Happening" about MGH events, "Advances" about MGH research and "Partners Progress" about Partners activities.

By bookmarking the site, MGHers can refer easily to each Hotline issue, share articles with colleagues, friends and family and reference articles for patients and visitors. The Hotline site also links to an e-mail address for submitting story ideas, tips and suggestions for upcoming issues.

For more information about the MGH News and Publications site, call Georgia Peirce at 4-6423 or Jacki Flowers at 4-2753. To submit story ideas for future issues of Hotline, call Victoria Brady at 4-6433 or Emily Carr at 4-5627.