Seeman N, Ing A. ElectronicHealthcare, 10(3)
Objectives:
(1) To identify some of the most trusted web pages that relate to patient engagement in their own healthcare, and (2) to identify the key themes of these trusted websites that most capture the attention of participants, thereby fostering the mutual sharing of personal and factual information.
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Gallant LM et al, Journal of Participatory Medicine, 3
Background and Objective:
The nature of health communication is changing as people increasingly seek health information on the internet. The objective of this study was to investigate how hospital websites utilize a variety of e-health tools; online communication technologies such as social media, video, podcasts, and interactive formats.
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Vega LC et al, Health and Technology, 2011
With the exploding growth of the web, health websites have become a dominant force in the realm of health care. Technically savvy patients have been using the web not only to self inform but to self diagnose. In this paper we examine the trust relationship between humans and health websites by outlining the existing literature on trust in health websites. A total of 49 papers were examined using a meta-analytical framework.
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Deldar K eta al, J Telemed Telecare, 2011
We evaluated an ask-the-doctor service which was set up as one of the accessory services of a health education website in Iran. The study lasted for five months. A total of 500 enquiries were submitted to the question and answer system. Eighty enquiries were excluded because they were duplicated submissions, not replied to by doctors or gave insufficient information for a reply. Most enquirers (33%) were female and aged 21-35 years.
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Mayer MA et al, Health Informatics Journal, 17(2)
The number of health-related websites is increasing day-by-day; however, their quality is variable and difficult to assess. Various “trust marks” and filtering portals have been created in order to assist consumers in retrieving quality medical information. Consumers are using search engines as the main tool to get health information; however, the major problem is that the meaning of the web content is not machine-readable in the sense that computers cannot understand words and sentences as humans can.
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Conesa Fuentes MDC, Atencion Primaria, 43(1)
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the quality of general health information in Spanish language web pages, and the official Regional Services web pages from the different Autonomous Regions. DESIGN: It is a cross-sectional study. We have used a previously validated questionnaire to study the present state of the health information on Internet for a lay-user point of view.
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Whitten P et al, J Telemed Telecare, 17(1)
We examined 62 telehealth websites using four assessment criteria: design, literacy, information and telehealth content. The websites came from the member list of the American Telemedicine Association and the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth and partner sites, and were included if they were currently active and at least three clicks deep. Approximately 130 variables were examined for each website by two independent researchers.
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Yardley L et al, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 10(1)
Background
It is recognised as good practice to use qualitative methods to elicit users’ views of internet-delivered health-care interventions during their development. This paper seeks to illustrate the advantages of combining usability testing with ‘theoretical modelling’, i.e. analyses that relate the findings of qualitative studies during intervention development to social science theory, in order to gain deeper insights into the reasons and context for how people respond to the intervention. This paper illustrates how usability testing may be enriched by theoretical modelling by means of two qualitative studies of users’ views of the delivery of information in an internet-delivered intervention to help users decide whether they needed to seek medical care for their cold or flu symptoms.
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Jacobs N, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Claes N. Informatics for Health & Social Care, 35(2)
The primary objectives of the present study were to gain insight into website use and to predict the surfing depth on a behaviour change website and its effect on behaviour. Two hundred eight highly educated adults from the intervention condition of a randomised trial received access to a medical intervention, individual coaching (by e-mail, post, telephone or face-to-face) and a behaviour change website. Website use (e.g. surfing depth, page view duration) was registered. Online questionnaires for physical activity and fat intake were filled out at baseline and after 6 months. Hierarchical linear regression was used to predict surfing depth and its effect on behaviour.
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Starman JS et al, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American), 92-A(7)
Background
Although the use of the Internet to access health information has grown quickly, the emergence of quality controls for health information web sites has been considerably slower. The primary objective of this study was to assess the quality and content of Internet-based information for commonly encountered diagnoses within orthopaedic sports medicine.
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Berland GK et al, JAMA, 285(20)
Context
Despite the substantial amount of health-related information available on the Internet, little is known about the accessibility, quality, and reading grade level of that health information.
Objective
To evaluate health information on breast cancer, depression, obesity, and childhood asthma available through English- and Spanish-language search engines and Web sites.
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Damman OC et al, J Med Internet Res, 12(2)
Background:
On more and more websites, consumers are provided with public reports about health care. This move toward provision of more comparative information has resulted in different information types being published that often contain contradictory information.
Objective:
The objective was to assess the current state of the art in the presentation of online comparative health care information and to compare how the integration of different information types is dealt with on websites. The content analysis was performed in order to provide website managers and Internet researchers with a resource of knowledge about presentation formats being applied internationally.
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Mukhopadhyay, Rajlakshmi Sohini et al, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 93(2)
The internet increasingly serves as an important health information resource for patients and their families. Research in the United States of America has identified problems with both the quality and content of leading children’s hospital websites.
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Maifredi, Giovanni et al, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 10(1)
Background
Although the use of the Internet for health purposes has increased steadily in the last decade, only a few studies have explored the information provided by the websites of health institutions and no studies on the on-line activities of Italian hospitals have been performed to date. The aim of this study was to explore the characteristics of the contents and the user-orientation of Italian hospital websites.
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Handel, Marsha J., Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 37(1)
The Internet: gateway to reliable clinical and research information or floodgate to unsubstantiated information of insufficient depth and variable quality? Can it help the physician locate high-quality information that will enhance patient care? Can it help patients become more knowledgeable, involved, and competent in participating in their health care management? Can it be used efficiently and effectively during a busy practice day to immediately educate providers and patients right at point of care?
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Brauer, Jeremy A. et al, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(2)
Background:
With increasing frequency, patients with cancer and their family members are turning to the Internet to educate themselves about their disease and treatment options, including complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and supportive care. However, very little is known about how national leading cancer centers represent these therapies via their websites.
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Alamartine, Eric et al, Presse Médicale, 2010
Introduction
We developed a new system of medical tele-expertise to improve detection and care of chronic renal failure by way of a better communication between general practitioners and specialists. It has been known for long that the incidence of chronic renal failure is increasing while cost of its treatment is very high. Unfortunately, late referral of patients with kidney diseases remains around 30%. Our goal was to help physicians to get access to nephrologists, hence to improve the cure of renal diseases. An early treatment of nephropathies may avoid the evolution to the stage of dialysis.
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Liu, Xiaolei et al, Journal of Medical Systems, 2010
This paper focuses on the evaluation of quality of hospital websites in China. Leading general hospitals’ websites in China are increasingly used by the public, but research on the quality of these websites in China is few and far between. In this article, we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive infodemiology study to assess the quality and to describe the characteristics of these websites. Using a pre-defined objective criterion based on content, function, design, and management & usage, two well-trained reviewers independently reviewed and analyzed websites of 23 nationally prominent leading general hospitals of China from April to June 2009.
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Jiménez Pernett, Jaime et al, Revista Española De Geriatría Y Gerontología, 44(6)
BACKGROUND:
The development and dissemination of the Internet offers new opportunities to meet the needs of older people. To develop this potential, access to the available resources must be guaranteed.
OUR AIMS ARE:
(1) To identify web sites in Spanish with information on healthcare for older adults and (2) to assess the accessibility of the web sites selected.
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Pak, Richard et al, J Med Internet Res, 11(4)
Background:
Older adults’ health maintenance may be enhanced by having access to online health information. However, usability issues may prevent older adults from easily accessing such information. Prior research has shown that aging is associated with a unique pattern of cognitive changes, and knowledge of these changes may be used in the design of health websites for older adults.
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