I am a pretty big supporter of e-health – that is educating and empowering patients to take control of their health using the internet. With this new resource, comes many dangers – especially in the form of incorrect medical information and misinterpretation of information. Two articles from the BMJ discusses the effectiveness and challenges of e-mail consultations.
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- Health information on the web
- The new way to fight health myths, with spam
- Too much information?
- Consumerism and health quality
- Using Wikipedia for online health information, my USA Today column
- Op-ed: Wikipedia isn’t really the patient’s friend
- Retail clinics and their inevitable growth
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