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For many applications, people wish to use health information on the Internet to gain further insight about a personal health concern. Because of this, the goal is often to use the Internet to find information as it is described in a person's medical record. [7] In 2013, 72% of US adults used the internet to search for health information. [41]
The Journal of Medical Internet Research is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal established in 1999 covering eHealth and "healthcare in the Internet age". The editors-in-chief are Gunther Eysenbach and Rita Kukafka. The publisher is JMIR Publications.
E-patients report two effects of their health research: "better health information and services, and different, but not always better, relationships with their doctors." [2] E-patients are active in their care and demonstrate the power of the participatory medicine or Health 2.0 / Medicine 2.0. [3] model of care.
A 2013 scoping review published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research summarized the existing evidence about the use of wikis, Wikipedia and other collaborative writing applications in health care and found that the available research publications were observational reports rather than the primary research studies which would be necessary ...
Internet research is the practice of using data from the Internet, especially free information on the World Wide Web and Internet-based resources (like online forums and social media), in research. Internet research has had a profound impact on the way ideas are formed and knowledge is created.
The Society was set up in response to the increasing scientific literature revealing links between chemicals and disease. It was felt that whilst other charities were covering research, patient care, diet and smoking, there was little being done to inform the medical community about the Public health implications of human exposure to chemicals; this rationale was bolstered by the knowledge ...
CancerQuest is a non-profit education program based at Emory University. The central focus of the program is the CancerQuest website, which contains information about the biology and treatment of cancer. The development of CancerQuest began in 1998 by Dr. Gregg Orloff in response to his wife's experience with breast cancer.
Databases for oncogenomic research are biological databases dedicated to cancer data and oncogenomic research. They can be a primary source of cancer data, offer a certain level of analysis (processed data) or even offer online data mining .