assignment 1 mhi2003 ppt murtaza ali
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MHI2003Consumer/Public Health Informatics
Murtaza Ali
Electronic Resource Review“www.Healthline.com”
Purpose:
• To provide highly reliable and up to date health information to consumers :
“who consult their medical conditions online by reviewing latest information for specific
medical conditions as a second opinion”
General Description:
• Founded in 1999 as YourDoctor.com • Revised and Re-launched in 2005 as
Healthline.com• Corporate office in San Francisco (US).• Medical Advisory Board (Physicians).• Medical Informatics Specialists.
General Description Cont…
• Offers Medical expertise , health tools from well known medical publishers and partners such as :
• Harvard Health Publication.• Reed Elsevier.• GALE Cengage Learning• AHFS Drug Information
Major Features:
• Risk Assessment tool• Quizzes• Health Calculator (BMI, Calorie burn)• Supplements by Disease• 3D Body Maps (images and videos)• Healthline blogs (RSS feed)• Search ( Diseases, Drugs, Symptoms, Doctor)
Intended Audience
• Patients• General Public• Medical Students• Healthcare professionals• Consumer Media (AOL, Health.com)
Medicine 2.0 Rating Scale (Eysenbach scale)
Dimension Points Narrative Justification of rating
Participation 3 Healthline has advanced end user content management (health blogs) function which allows the users to read and give their comments.
Openness 2 Healthline contains open content/data and it exports some of its content to other health related sources.
Collaborative 2 RSS feed is available for the new events and news.
Apomediation 1 Consumers can only do simple discussion, commenting without rating.
Social Networking 1 Users can create profile but there is no social networking option available such as relationship with other users (add as a friend).