Finding Medical Information on the Internet

1. Finding Medical Information on the Internet Ralph Becker

2. Introduction • Reliable Medical Information • I’m a JDMS dad • Work at Lucent Technologies • Author, Julia’s JDMS Diary web page / frequent poster on the MAA BB Finding Medical Information on the Internet

3. Topics of Discussion • What’s Reliable? • Searching • Medical Sites • Drugs • Treatments • Medical Products Finding Medical Information on the Internet

4. What’s Reliable? • Consider the source • Is the information verifiable? • How does the information fit with your own experience? Finding Medical Information on the Internet

5. Searching • Search Engines • Indexes • Links pages Finding Medical Information on the Internet

6. Medical Sites • Cover only health topics • Often too general for rare diseases • Usually reliable • Beware of buying Finding Medical Information on the Internet

7. Links • All links are available at: http://www.ralphb.net/MAA/links.html • Some good links:http://www.intelihealth.com/ -General health site http://www.medscape.com/ - Medical news and referencehttp://www.rxlist.com/ - Drug reference site http://www.ncrhi.org/ - National Council for Reliable Health Information Finding Medical Information on the Internet

8. Things to Remember • The Internet is a valuable and convenient tool, BUT... • Ensure your source is reliable • Bookmark useful sites Finding Medical Information on the Internet

9. Resources • This presentation is available as a web site: http://www.ralphb.net/MAA/ • Email me with questions: ralphb@whoever.com Finding Medical Information on the Internet