Patients should be careful when doing online health information research

November 23, 2009

With the majority of American patients using the internet to research their health, it’s essential that they be guided to reputable sources of information.

Better Health’s Val Jones, in a recent presentation at the e-Patient Connections 2009 Conference, starkly framed the problem in a creative limerick, presented Pecha Kucha-style.



Related posts:

  1. Using Wikipedia for online health information, my USA Today column
  2. Having access to online health information doesn’t make you a doctor
  3. Patients using internet health information without physician guidance
  4. USA Today op-ed: Will comparative effectiveness research help patients?
  5. How patients can bring information and new ideas to their doctors
  6. Do doctors already have a source of comparative effectiveness research?
  7. Online health information


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