The FA4CT algorithm: A new model and tool for consumers to assess and filter health information on the internet

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 129, Issue , 2007, Pages 142-146

  Eysenbach, Gunther ^a,b   Thomson, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

consumer health informatics; education; information quality; information retrieval; internet

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; EDUCATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; WEBSITES;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS; DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; FORMATIVE EVALUATION; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION QUALITY; PROCESS-ORIENTED APPROACHES; SUSTAINABLE HEALTHS;

HEALTH;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; ROC CURVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PILOT PROJECTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 38449116346     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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