{"title":"The National Cancer Institute's CancerNet: a reliable source of current cancer information on the Internet","authors":"S. Hubbard, A. Thurn","doi":"10.1300/J138V01N03_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V01N03_03","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The International Cancer Information Center (ICIC) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) provides up-to-date, accurate cancer information through CancerNet, an online service. CancerNet is comprised of a comprehensive knowledge base that includes peer-reviewed statements from Physician Data Query (PDQ); fact sheets, publications, and NCI news; detailed information about ongoing clinical trials; selected information from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute; and CANCERLIT topic searches. This article discusses the role CancerNet plays in providing timely and accurate cancer information to health professionals and consumers.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121010299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumer resources for cancer on the World-Wide Web","authors":"P. M. Corley, J. Nelson","doi":"10.1300/J138V01N03_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V01N03_02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126497217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Breast cancer information on the Internet","authors":"Claire Pillar","doi":"10.1300/J138V01N03_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V01N03_06","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Breast cancer is common, and every woman is at risk of developing it at some time in her life. The significance of breast cancer is reflected in the large number of resources that can be found on the Internet. This article briefly describes some of the commonly-known Web-based resources that offer information pertaining to risk factors, early detection, treatment, psychological aspects, and breast cancer in men.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126101317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-managed care: Internet is key to paradigm shift","authors":"D. Robertson","doi":"10.1300/J138V01N02_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V01N02_03","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article discusses the need for a partner in the managed care system that meets the health information needs of the consumer that physicians and hospitals do not provide. It introduces Health World Online (http://www.healthy.net), a Web-based integrated consumer health resource where end users can find accessible health information. The Internet plays a key role by allowing users to make the kinds of personal choices that will help them achieve real health—which is at the heart of the transition to self-managed care.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123711379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Know your search engine: a comparison of six popular Web search engines","authors":"Fred L. Heidenreich","doi":"10.1300/J138V01N02_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V01N02_07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133112815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Connecting to the Internet","authors":"B. Nadler","doi":"10.1300/J138V01N02_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V01N02_06","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117002478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Getting acquainted with support and self-help groups on the Internet","authors":"N. I. Henry","doi":"10.1300/J138V01N02_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V01N02_04","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The combined influence of the consumer health care movement, economics, and the communications revolution (specifically the Internet) promise to radically influence the manner in which the health care industry provides services to the American public. These forces are expected to spawn a more sophisticated consumer who will ask questions, collaborate in treatment options, and readily explore all the alternatives before making a decision. The near limitless possibilities for consumers to network using the electronic resources of the Internet are in the earliest stages of development. The purpose of this article is to briefly define the purpose of support or self-help groups, provide information on how to access them through the Internet, and offer suggestions for criteria that consumers may want to consider in determining the quality and value of these groups.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117069599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Web and Electronic Information in Canadian Consumer Health Libraries: Perceptions of Twenty Public, Hospital, and Special Librarians","authors":"D. Giustini, S. Murray","doi":"10.1300/J138V03N01_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V03N01_04","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Recent Canadian health care reform has its origins in the consumer and patient movements observed worldwide, with system renewal relying heavily on current, accurate information. The advent of accessible electronic information on the Web has made the modern consumer health movements information intensive and its participants well informed. Thirty-three Canadian consumer health librarians were surveyed about electronic information and Web trends, with twenty (61%) responding with personal observations and perceptions regarding use, impact, and value. Qualitative survey data are introduced within the context of other consumer health papers in the literature from other jurisdictions, especially the United States. The investigators relate global trends to what is happening in Canada, always with an eye to reporting librarian concerns of available search tools, unreliable consumer-level information, and the need to improve online appraisal skills, as well as other timely relevant electronic informatio...","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"169 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133712041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumer health on the World-Wide Web: gold or gilt?","authors":"E. Wood","doi":"10.1300/J138V01N01_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V01N01_06","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Is there valid, reliable, useful information on consumer health on the World-Wide Web? The answer is “Yes but…” Libraries, medical centers, state and local agencies, and the federal government have all mounted materials. Commercial enterprises also have offerings on the Web. The good sites list one another. Some are lists of resources, some provide full-text documents, and others provide ordering information. Some incorporate bibliographic databases such as MEDLINE. This article makes suggestions for evaluating these Web sites and offers some starting places for those investigating specific health information.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131060841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Weight-Loss Groups on the Web","authors":"V. A. Lingle","doi":"10.1300/J138V03N01_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V03N01_03","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The weight loss/control industry has proliferated to match the growing problem of obesity in the American population. A selection of weight-loss organizations are profiled as a launching point to locating information on the Web. Comparisons of each site review such aspects as the history of the group, testimonies of weight loss, recipes, chat groups, and other interactive features such as an online body mass index calculator or a menu planner. Suggestions for searching the Internet with various search engines, i.e., YAHOO!, Excite, Snap!, and GoTo, for example, provide leads to thousands of resources—from personal pages to those developed by government agencies and established health care organizations.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123379865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}