Informed is empowered, but only if the basic information is accurate. The internet can be a powerful tool to help us citizens take better care of ourselves, and be informed participants in our own medical care. Our health is too important for us to continue relying on google, and thus website popularity/visibility, to provide the most credible and up-to-date information. Please create a website or series of websites providing health information and forums for discussion that will be useful to experts and laypeople alike.

Also, please address the enormous financial obstacle that increasingly restrictive scholarly publishing systems pose to health research; scientists have more and more difficulty accessing work of peers past and present relevant to their research because their supporting institutions are forced to drop increasingly expensive journal subscriptions. 'Free' abstracts provided online can be misleading, or downright inconsistent with the findings of the full paper. This financial barrier to the dissemination of research results slows even further the progress of life-saving drugs and innovations from basic to applied to tested to certified and finally to the general public. A pipeline that takes fifteen years to deliver a promising new drug to patients who desperately need it is a pipeline that takes too long.

Quality health information needs to be available to the public and to those who are involved in the health care system; it needs to financially and physically accessible; and it needs to be disseminated in an acceptable fashion, i.e. in a way that is culturally, gender and age appropriate and consist with medical ethics. Please coordinate with national and international health organizations and medical professionals to make these ideals a reality. It would have an extraordinary impact on the quality of health in this country, and would inspire similar efforts around the world.