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Information Quality

Assessing the quality of peer health advice

August 12, 2019 By Susannah Fox 37 Comments

Trust

“Can you really trust what you read online?” is a frequent (and valid) question about online health information, particularly peer to peer advice. People who are part of healthy peer communities sometimes scoff at the question since they see so much good coming from the opportunity to connect and share information. But how might we […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Information Quality, John Grohol, peer-to-peer healthcare, Trustworthiness

Tell the FDA the whole story, please

November 8, 2009 By Susannah Fox 26 Comments

Exterior of the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, with the Washington Monument in the background

I scan menus for keywords (fig, parsnips, salmon…) and it turns out I scan Twitter the same way, looking for anyone who is talking about my favorite topics (data, consumers, information quality…) So when I saw Jonathan Richman‘s tweet the other night, I couldn’t resist it: Anyone ever seen data on the overall accuracy of […]

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