15. Google Health: Tools to help healthcare
providers deliver better care
https://youtu.be/P3SYqcPXqNk
16. Cacciamani GE, et al. Asking “Dr. Google” for a Second Opinion: The Devil Is in the Details.
Eur Urol Focus (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2019.10.011
How Google Search
Might Be Helpful or Harmful
19. … the average person with
diabetes spends no more
than 0.1% of their time in
the course of an entire year
discussing health matters
with a medical professional.
Hernandez M. Diabetes Manage. 2013;3(3):203-205
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21. Collins S & Lewis DM. Clinical Diabetes 2013
Assess patient’s use of online resources
and level of health literacy
22. WHO runs or
created the site?
Can you trust
them?
WHAT is the site
promising or offering?
WHEN was its
information written
or reviewed?
WHERE does
the information
come from?
WHY does the
site exist?
http://nccih.nih.gov/health/webresources
24. Endorses a product. Only quotes people
who say good things about the product.
Presents research findings
that seem too good to be true.
Contains links to a sales site.
Includes only positive reader comments.
You can’t add a comment of your own.
ADVERTISEMENT NOT NEWS
nccih.nih.gov/health/webresources
25. The Internet Prescription
Recommend websites to the patient
Patients will likely seek
a “second opinion”
on the internet
Gerber & Eiser, Journal of Medical Internet Research 2001
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