Hi everyone
A friend passes this on to me and I thought it would be useful to others
in Click 4HP.
Peggy
Internet consumer health education documents should improve consumer
health! However, in a recent study,
http://www.interactive-healthcare.com/92text.htm, less than half of
physicians reported that they thought that patients' access to the
Internet contributed to disease management. A concern is that
patients are accessing unfiltered, unscientific,
commercally-motivated, and poorly focused consumer health
resources. Indeed, there is a fear that the net's raw information
sources will cause patients to seek inappropriate therapies which
will result in frustration for both healthcare providers and
patients.
To address this, Medical Matrix, www.medmatrix.org, offers the
following "Internet Consumer Health Resources List". The ranks in
this list are based on a resource's ability to support and enhance
consumers' interaction with experts in a complex,
scientifcally-based healthcare system. In this regard, we have
emphasized sites that provide disease-specific information that can
assist a patient in asking appropriate questions during a health
provider encounter. Our Medical Matrix Code of Conduct and Ranking
Criteria for Medical Documents,
http://www.medmatrix.org/info/sitesurvey.html, have been applied.
These measurements consider:
1. Point of Care Application
2. Dimension
3. Peer Review
4. Hierarchical Knowledge
5. Authority
6. Currency
7. Conflicts of Interest
8. Navigation
Please distribute this Resource List as you may wish, especially to
patients at the point of care, but acknowledge the source by
including the header. (This list and category will appear on
Medical Matrix in the near future.) Feedback is of course welcome.
Regards, gary, [log in to unmask]
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Medical Matrix 1998 Internet Consumer Health Resources List
http://www.medmatrix.org/index.asp
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SEARCHES
Healthfinder****
http://www.healthfinder.org/default.htm
Search and browse access to U.S. government sponsored
fact sheets on healthcare and diseases.
Pathfinder's Thrive Health****
http://pathfinder.com/@@*qUjjQYAbZV2twja/thrive/health/lookitup.html
Users enter query terms and retrieve fact sheets and article
summaries on disease conditions, drugs, and surgical procedures.
Sources include MDX Health Digest, Harvard Heart Letter, and
Consumer Reports. Time Warner.
Patient Education Documents at Healthtouch****
http://www.healthtouch.com/level1/hi_toc.htm
An extensive list of specialty and disease categorized single
page patient education documents derived from professional
organizations.
Onhealth Consumer Health***
http://www.onhealth.com/onhealth/common/htm/index.htm
An A to Z list and search interface for fact sheets on common
conditions and drug products. IVI Publishing.
DISEASE BRIEFS
Health Notes from Your Family Physician****
http://www.aafp.org/patientinfo
Offers disease categorized patient education documents for common
medical concerns. American Academy of Family Physicians.
Infonet Drug and Disease Information***
http://www.druginfonet.com/phrminfo.htm
Information on pharmaceuticals for both health professionals and
consumers. Accessible by brand name, generic name, manufacturer and
therapeutic class.
MedicineNet Patient Documents***
http://www.medicinenet.com/
A medical reference for common diseases and treatments in
easy-to-understand language updated by medical experts.
Medscape's Patient Information Page**
http://www.medscape.com/Home/Patient/PatientInfo.html
Specialty and disease categorized disease briefs and patient
education materials.
RxMed Patient Handouts**
http://www.rxmed.com/handouts.html
Provides information on over 400 conditions.
METASITES/HOMEPAGES
Mayo Clinic's Health Oasis***
http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/common/htm/index.htm
Search and browse access to news items, research updates, disease
briefs, and practical self care recommendations,
Intellihealth Consumer Health Metasite***
http://www.intelihealth.com.
Offers condition-specific health zones that provide fact sheets,
topic reviews, and news updates on health conditions from an
encyclopedia, a drug education database, etc. Johns Hopkins.
New York Online Access to Health Health Database***
http://www.noah.cuny.edu/
Search and browse accesss to disease-specific, high quality
full-text health documents for consumers in English and Spanish.
New York Libraries.
TEXTBOOKS
The 1992 Merck Manual***
http://www.merck.com/!!qt3OX21Eaqt3PH1YfN/pubs/home.html
Hypertext presentation of the most widely used medical text. Covers
human diseases, symptoms, common clinical procedures, and laboratory
tests. Registration. Full-text Search,
Complete Home Medical Guide***
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/
An online presentation of a published text that teaches about the
maintenance of the body in sickness and health, how to get the best
value from the health care system, healthful life-style. life's
stages, and an overview of symptoms and the diagnostic process.
Columbia University.
NEWS
Health Beat Consumer Health Articles***
http://www.hslib.washington.edu/your_health/hbeat/
Search and browse access to updates on health issues for the
community of the University of Washington.
New York Times Your Health Daily**
http://nytsyn.com/live/Lead/
A searchable article archive of updates of medical and health news
plus
USA Today Healthline Health Stories**
http://www.usatoday.com/life/health/lhd1.htm
A saerchable archive of news updates from "AIDS to vaccination".
INDEXES
Patient Education Material Available on the Internet**
http://members.aol.com/DrsPage/pted.htm
A disease categorized list of physician selected documents from
multiple internet sites.
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