Posts Tagged ‘health information’

Leah
Moon

Searching for Health Information

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

According to a June 2009 survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 61 percent of adults say they look online for health information. As the percentage of e-patients is growing, it is important to provide credible health information to this group. HealthMashTM is a new example of this.

HealthMashTM, a search engine for health information currently in beta version, launched earlier this month. It combines Web 2.0 universal search and discovery technology with Semantic Web Concepts in a simple, yet highly informative user interface. (more...)

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Melissa
Biller

This is the Super Bowl of Part 15 Hearings

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Day 1 of the FDA public hearing on social media is over and I think it's safe to say that we'll never misunderstand again how many Internet users are looking for health information online. In case you've been slacking on your #fdasm monitoring, the Pew Internet Health Survey says it's about 80% of Internet users, or 61% of Americans.

If you tuned in for the entire day, or attended like myself, you were likely overwhelmed by the plethora of information that was being pushed out by pharmaceutical companies, agencies, and online health sites, among a host of others. (more...)

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