ABSTRACT
Web applications are increasingly used for all types of businesses including healthcare. Two main applications are the World Wide Web for all types of on-line transactions and e-mails for exchanging messages with and without attachments. An example where the Internet can play an important role is shown in Figure 39.1. A pharmaceutical company outsources part of its clinical studies or laboratory analyses to a contract laboratory. The sample is sent by FedEx to the contract laboratory, analyzed, and the data sent back to the sponsor by e-mail with reports attached.
