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- The Internet can offer a means to research health conditions, connect socially, reach health care providers, find diet and nutrition information, and learn about exercise.
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Oct 8, 2016 · Online health information can increase patients’ knowledge of, competence with, and engagement in health decision-making strategies. 4 Independent online inquiries can complement and be used in synergy with doctor-patient interactions in the clinic, which often become highly time constrained.
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Sep 30, 2022 · People can ask themselves questions about the health information they find on the internet or in the media. For example, Who said it? When did they say it? How do they know? People can think about trusting health information if the source of the information is a national health service or the government
Therefore, the Internet at the present time does not provide reliable health information for laypersons. The quality of online health information requires significant improvement which should be a mandate for policymakers and private and public organizations.
- Lubna Daraz, Allison S Morrow, Oscar J Ponce, Bradley Beuschel, Magdoleen H Farah, Abdulrahman Katab...
- 2019
Oct 27, 2019 · The internet holds the potential promise of improved patient outcomes, especially when one is faced with a critical or life-threatening disease or condition. Appropriate and timely access to health information can support informed negotiation of optimal treatments, optimal management, and expedited ….
- Andre Kushniruk
- 2019
Oct 14, 2019 · Appropriate and timely access to health information can support informed negotiation of optimal treatments, optimal management, and expedited recovery, and to an improved outcome for a patient.
- Andre Kushniruk
- 2019
Jun 21, 2019 · This comprehensive systematic review has evaluated health information targeted to patients and the general public stratified by health conditions and type of organization. We found suboptimal quality across various medical specialties suggesting a major gap in evidence-based online information.
Internet access is found to be positively correlated with the use of healthcare and thus health outcomes, providing evidence underlining the growing importance of the Internet as a valuable source of health related information (6, 25–27).
