online health information
People are following popular rather than accurate health information. Based on its search engine ranking and page view statistics, the English Wikipedia is a prominent source of online health information compared to the other online health information providers studied. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2009, 16(4),471-479 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7CPS-4WNB0TY-8&_u ser=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanch or=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=c5bdedef 48e5951ad92c6b29e47c1bd4> &_udi=B7CPS-4WNB0TY-8&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig =search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0 &_userid=10&md5=c5bdedef48e5951ad92c6b29e47c1bd4 This is despite the data of Wikipedia that are less complete, and that has more errors of omission than the comparator database. Ann Pharmacother. 2008, 42(12), 1814-1821 <http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/abstract/42/12/1814> http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/abstract/42/12/1814 Dr. Dina Ralt The Gertner Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center Phone 972-3-5224750 Cellular 972-52-8000210 http://nettingno.blogspot.com/ Life is too short to be in a hurry...
On Jul 15, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Dina Ralt wrote:
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2009, 16(4), 471-479
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I believe google has found me a shorter URL ... http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/short/16/4/471 Michaƫl R. Laurent, and Tim J. Vickers Seeking Health Information Online: Does Wikipedia Matter? J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 16: 471-479. First published online as doi: 10.1197/jamia.M3059
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