Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:09:35 BST CiteULike: Gaetan Adams http://www.citeulike.org/user/Gaetan/author/Adams CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/Gaetan/article/3083508 <i>Science Technology Human Values (31 July 2008), 0162243907311267.</i><br /><br />The availability of medical and health information on the world wide web has led to a long discussion about the reliability of that information. Various medical, political, and independent organizations have created user-friendly tools for finding reliable medical/health information on the web and have been faced with the challenge of (re)defining what it means for information to be reliable. Little attention has been given to the work of reviewing web-based information and applying selection criteria to individual sites. In this article, the authors examine how guidelines are applied in practice and discuss how the selection criteria and the practices of applying them reinforce distinctions (such as those between lay and expert, global and local, nonprofit and commercial, etc.) that current medical sociology and informatics literature suggests have been broken down by internet technologies and the availability of web-based medical information. 10.1177/0162243907311267 Practicing Reliability: Reconstructing Traditional Boundaries in the Gray Areas of Health Information Review on the Web Samantha Adams Roland Bal doi:10.1177/0162243907311267 Science Technology Human Values (31 July 2008), 0162243907311267. 2008-08-05T06:43:25-00:00 2008 Science Technology Human Values 0162243907311267 no-tag http://www.citeulike.org/user/Gaetan/article/3039970 <i>International journal of medical informatics, Vol. 76 Suppl 1 (June 2007)</i><br /><br />Hyperlinked web trust marks have been a popular topic of discussion during the past 10 years. However, the discussion has focused mostly on what these trust marks are not doing in terms of helping patients (or other lay end users) find reliable medical information on the web. In this paper, we discuss how this focus on patients and their actions with respect to trust marks, has overshadowed, if not rendered invisible, what trust marks are doing to educate medical site/information providers. We draw on data from ethnographic research conducted at the Health on the Net Foundation in 2002 and 2003 in order to explore an alternate definition of what it means to be a 'user' of a trust mark and the importance of the review process in educating site providers. We argue that understanding the work involved in the process of assigning a seal is crucial to understanding the role that the seal plays as part of the medical internet. More than just a mouse click: research into work practices behind the assignment of medical trust marks on the World Wide Web. SA Adams AA de Bont doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.024 International journal of medical informatics, Vol. 76 Suppl 1 (June 2007) 2008-07-24T14:32:55-00:00 2007 International journal of medical informatics 1386-5056 76 Suppl 1 hon http://www.citeulike.org/user/Gaetan/article/1739926 <i>Stud Health Technol Inform, Vol. 130 (2007), pp. 193-203.</i><br /><br />Blogs, short for "web logs," together with podcasts and wikis are currently important foci of general internet research. These three applications are part of the larger body of next-generation communication applications that comprises "Web 2.0." Within the specific area of health care, however, little attention has been devoted to understanding these technologies and how they are being used by lay health publics. In this article, I will discuss the emergent findings from a new project that looks at blogging interfaces as potential tools for disease prevention and health promotion. I use a literature review combined with "front stage" web analyses of two cases and interviews with the supporting institutions for these sites to discuss the relevant informatics questions that arise with respect to these applications. I further introduce the idea of "goal-oriented" blogging that is found in the first case study. Because this research project is still in preliminary phases, this should be viewed as an exploration into the topic and work in progress. In addition to raising questions, I will outline the important subsequent research steps. Using blogging tools to help individuals record their experiences: an exploration and review of two commercial web applications in the Netherlands. SA Adams Stud Health Technol Inform, Vol. 130 (2007), pp. 193-203. 2007-10-08T07:48:44-00:00 2007 Stud Health Technol Inform 0926-9630 130 193 203 web20 http://www.citeulike.org/user/Gaetan/article/1394690 <i>BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Vol. 7 (15 June 2007), 16.</i> Utilization of the PICO framework to improve searching PubMed for clinical questions Connie Schardt Martha Adams Thomas Owens Sheri Keitz Paul Fontelo doi:10.1186/1472-6947-7-16 BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Vol. 7 (15 June 2007), 16. 2007-06-16T21:53:16-00:00 2007 BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 1472-6947 7 16 pubmed