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1Fondation Health On the Net, Geneva, Switzerland. celia.boyer@healthonnet.org
Objectives:
To explore how the Internet is being used as a source of information, but also as a source of consumption in certain health-related fields. Determine the negative and positive impacts of this trend, depending on the topic or quality standards of websites.
Method:
Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2011.
Results:
Six papers from international peer reviewed journals have been selected for the section on health information systems.
Conclusions:
The articles selected discuss issues of major concern for online health information seekers, because of their positive or negative impact on health outputs.
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