The emergence of Web 2.0 philosophy of using Internet as a platform
generated by all Internet users could have many implications for the
future of healthcare. While application of the Web 2.0 tools, such as
wikis, blogs, podcast and social networks to medicine and healthcare
has definitely many benefits (e.g. to develop communication in healthcare
and education), there is a growing concern about the quality of the
sources of information built using these tools. According to general philosophy
of the web 2.0 every Internet user could be the author of Internet’s
content. Such a practice could be especially dangerous in case of
sources of health related information, where the reliability and accuracy
are especially crucial, because there is to much risk to harm the patient
if inaccurate and misleading information was posted. The aim of the
following study was to assess the quality of the sources of information,
built with wiki technology (which is one of the web 2.0 applications).
keywords in Polish:
Internet, informatyka medyczna, kontrola jakości, informatyka w zdrowiu publicznym, informacja dla konsumenta opieki zdrowotnej, systemy informacyjne
keywords in English:
Internet, medical informatics, quality control, public health informatics, consumer health information, information systems
affiliation:
Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu : Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego