Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
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J Am Med Inform Assoc · Jan 2002
Indicators of accuracy of consumer health information on the Internet: a study of indicators relating to information for managing fever in children in the home.
To identify indicators of accuracy for consumer health information on the Internet. The results will help lay people distinguish accurate from inaccurate health information on the Internet. ⋯ This method provides a systematic way of identifying indicators that are correlated with the accuracy (or inaccuracy) of health information on the Internet. Three such indicators have been identified in this study. Identifying such indicators and informing the providers and consumers of health information about them would be valuable for public health care.